Peter

Who even thinks on bidding for these items....complete fools..

I miss the 10 shilling note and the £1 note...I've even starting collecting them...but when you get into replacement notes it gets serious.I was given an unopened wage envelope from the 1930/40's and it contained peppiate 10/- and £1 both worth a bit...especially the 10/-... When I first went to the pub a pint was 22p and we all drank light and bitter because the bitter was awfull and if you were nice to the barmaid you often got a pint +.

It was fairly dreadful at the very end of Alf Ramsey's regime. Failure to beat Poland and qualify for the 1974 World Cup was pretty grim. Going completely off subject, if you remember that superb goal scored by Bobby Charlton against Mexico in the 1966 World Cup, just cast your eyes up behind the goal he scored it in and you will see a small 11 year old boy picking his nose. That's me! Anyway, returning to subject, mediaeval Europe was not noted for its learning on anything other than ecclesiastical matters and the heraldic leopard/lion was probably just based on a folk memory of a big cat as almost nobody had ever seen one - especially a leopard. Wouldn't the 'leo' of 'leopard' indicate something to do with a lion anyway? We were in Lowestoft in a grotty B&B...Dad went potty mum tutted and I watched a big yellow helicopter...sounds like a LSD trip.

I stand corrected...there were a lot of imitators of our silver coins.

Come on you blues the mighty Town are playing Arsenal in the Semi finals....Osbourne 1-0......I'm a happy blue boy.

I do try my bestist

I Can't see this as anything from the norm....all of my 18C Farthings differ...where do you draw the line?....it is sending me crazie please stop it...oh I need a & c of 1771 and R/E 1856 two G's over etc.

Irish and Scottish coins demand a premium...because they are rare and too many collectors are after these...especially the Scots and Irish.I always look for Bury coins as this is my home town and will pay over the odds for nice examples.Some of the rarer mints I will go for....forget London & Canterbury.

Colin we must be in contact regarding bidding on 1/4d's...I remember snatching a few off you in the states

It is Irish...I have a couple of examples but I'm no expert.

Hope all is well.You have been missing on your own forum.

Ahhhh a mongrol race..just like my feral cat who never needs to go to the vet unlike my Springer. Luckily my wife is half Irish and my daughters have wet nose's and never ill...apart from asking them to clean their rooms.

Ibought a snide version of all the books plus more for less than a fiver.I would never buy a book although I have taken them on library a few times.I have the hard copy of 20C but doubt I've ever used it.

Yes please peeps I have many thousands of coin I wood luv to sale.Email me at benttwat.com

Congratulations...Scott

I just can't get excited about modern issues even the 109k issue 50p or the mule 20p.

There is one dealing with collecting coins from your change and it may help you. It is aptly called 'Check Your Change' and it has a wealth of information on Decimal coins. It is quite cheap and can be found quite easily. As a new collector myself who collects Commemorative £2 and 50p's, I have recently purchased the book and I can highly recommend it. Chris Perkins the site owner publish book under the Rotographic banner.It can be purchased from this site,Ebay and Amazon and it is £6.30 I belive amust for modern coin collectors

I fished the Tay in the 80's whilst staying at Taymouth castle (friends had the lease)there were 9 of us and we drank the Kenmore Hotel dry.The only fish we caught were tiny trout smaller than the spinners we were using.I wandered to the river with my air rifle in one hand and a bottle of scotch in the other...I was sober but the ghillie wanted to call the police...oh to be young again.

I have 2 problems with the RM in nearly 1000 deliveries....a Q1 3d never arrived and it was a beauty plus an envelope had been opened and the coin removed...can't be bad...we used to send cash in cards to family in Harrogate always went missing.

I have an example of most gold coins...but haven't bought any over the last few years my sovs cost £60 each and the half sovs £40 my spade £110 and half spade £50...not a bad investment. However Mr Cooke was selling Cnut coins for £60 each and I didn't fill my boots....also looking back on some coin mags the 1960 crown was tipped to be the best investment...not. My tip for a good investment would be a 1835 2/6 a 1894 1/2d 1734 1/4d and 1679 1/4d...all these rarely turn up on Ebay.Please don't bid against me

Although I like lustre a nice even tone is my preference...I can't put up with carbon spots, finger prints or the dreaded green evil. Silver unless its black looks nice...a nice uncleaned blue tone if I was pushed.

My wife was 19 when we met so I suppose I have the Tee shirt

I'm 49 but often feel an eighteen year old....I wish...hang on I really can't be bothered ...a good book glass of wine and a peek at the daily star will suffice.

A nice coin....large 6 and in AVF....expect to pay £25. When a more in depth study of farthings is on the market the prices will rocket so get in now. With farthings I hate selling...but love buying...the original farthing specialist has a lot explain to Mrs Peter about my habbit. I must have over 1000 to go through and ID (plus my date run was complete)....it is these large 6 types that the collection is never closed. Take a look at Colins aboutfarthings web site it is a real dig in the ribs.

My wife now appreciates why I have over 20 reels and rods...it took a lot of wine though.