Sylvester

I don't use ebay for coins too much junk. Since i collect Anglo-Saxon pennies it'd be unwise to purchase them on ebay anyhow, as many replicas abound. My other two areas of interest are Nazi Germany minor coins in UNC and EF+ Louis XVI coins of France. Coins of this nature do turn up on ebay regularly but never above VF, and they always sell way over real value, so there's no real point looking. Find yourself about half a dozen decent professional internet dealers (Chris, Richard etc.) and stick with them, sure you might not get the same level of 'bargain' one off lucky buys that turn up rarely that you do on ebay, but similarly you'll not get fiddled, sold anything substandard or otherwise get landed with pure overinflated, overrated junk neither. Quality is the key. (Plus i get carried away when i get bidding so i never get a bargin as i always pay far too much, ebayitis, it's not about the coin it's about winning the auction!)

The 1929 US coin is a Lincoln 'Wheat' Cent. Not worth much at all, although what's the mintmark? S, D or none (you can find it under the date). S = San Fransisco D = Denver None = Philadelphia

Coincraft makes no distinction between the two on value; both are valued as follows: VG - £10 F - £30 VF - £80 EF - £450. Bear in mind this is approaching six years old. Well i think the safest policy to go with is to include them and price them as the regular issues. That way we don't get people pointing out, "yeah but you missed blah, blah", and it gives some idea to pricing a rather rare but relatively unknown type. Opinions?

I defer to Chris. He's the guy that will be publishing the book. If i can ever get around to finishing writing it.

Oli i've been adding varities into some serieses. This book is technically supposed to be a definative general work. Leave them blank for now JMD and we'll work out those later.

I know it's awful innit. I've ran out of stuff so i'm stopping in today with all the windows and doors closed. Unless i've got some hayfever stuff lurking in one of the cupboards somewhere... i bloody hope so.

Yes but didn't she use magic? (And i don't mean Timmy Mallet's cockerteil). So you're not a professional athlete, but are you registered to do magic? Or are you a muggle?

What i think you've got there is a coronation commemorative piece. George VI succeeded to the throne in December 1936 and was crowned the following year. I can't tell you more than that i'm afriad. Although someone else may know more.

...or survived?

Supergran... by heck going back a bit here aren't we! I must admit i think i have sen the odd episode many, many years ago but i can't remember any of them. As for flying bicycles, it's possible. You'd have to have enough lift though to get off of the ground and maintain the suspension in the air. Going on those gliders i should think you'd need pretty big wings and a lightweight aluminium bike. Have you ever seen that film the Young Sherlock Holmes? I should think it'd be a pretty cumbersom thing, kinda like the Wright brothers had, but with a bike.

Anyhow i'm off to watch T. Bag

I dunno i fluctuate between 6 and 32. I don't feel like a teenager at all, i didn't when i was one. I either felt younger, or older.

Death toll is now 12. Ten people were killed at King's Cross Station. Many more are seriously wounded.

All this lot is quite near to where they hold the London Coinfair, i was thinking. Russell Square in particular, only last month i was sat in there thinking this place is rather tranquil to say it's slap bang in the middle of a city. Less than one month on and they've got terrorists blowing up buses there. It a truly mad world. Innocent people are paying the price again because of a bunch of religious fundamentalists. Let's hope no more people are hurt, injured or killed by these morons.

Yet another birthday!

No it's actually three buses that have been bombed not one... http://news.bbc.co.uk/

I was just signing out of yahoo a few moments ago when i saw the headline. There's been a series of bombs going off in London. Kings Cross, Russell Square, Tavistock, Liverpool Street. Several undergound stations have had these explosions and at least one bus has been bombed having the upstairs removed. There are two dead so far and reports of more dead on a tube train stuck somewhere out of King's Cross station.

I'm not that keen on the rupees, the dress is different and not quite as nice as the one on the Gothic design. Gothics are my thing, but that's because they're florins and i like florins. But there's a denomination i've never tried to collect. Maybe one day i should.

And the Angles! There were also some Middle Eastern/Persians that joined the Roman army and were sent to Hadrian's Wall. We know this because of the evidence of the Cult of Mithras up at Hadrian's Wall. So the mixing pot just got bigger... Don't forget the Danes either, which were slightly different to Norsemen.

Did we win at Crecy? I forget. I hate to point it out to you though they've got one over on us... 1066, oh and 1154.

Oh they've won it then. I'd forgot they were even bidding for it. Oh well i won't affect me. Why's everyone having a go at the French all of a sudden?

Happy Birthday! (There's another one due shortly, well in 22 days anyhow)

Are you sure you don't mean Myfanwy? Myfanwy, hey i used to know someone called Myfanwy. But we used to call her Myf, and she was frequently. Miffed that is!

Elizabeth became queen in 1558, november.

I generally do that. I find that I can consentrate better in the morning as there is usually no one else online (on msn) to distract me, and I am not waiting for other people to come online to talk to myself. Our school is rubbish at time management. Last week, my english group was set a 1500 word essay on tuesday to be completed for wednesday! That would worry me a little. I'd start that tuesday night and hope to get about half to 1000 words done that night. And then finish it on the day. I can't type more than 1000 words at a sitting because i lose concentration then i start waffling instead of answering the question. Although when i was at school/college i must confess i hand wrote most of my essays which saved alot of time because i'm alot quicker with a pen than i am with he typing finger, note use of the singular there.