Sylvester

Always give yourself a little room for manoeuvre Chris... cos if you don't one will always get past you.

I understand that actually. Had to get me thinking cap on back with the sub shells there for a moment, but i get the jist.

...and then there was just one. My parents and i will be coming down to London on that day, they're paying their own way and there off to a relatives. Which way is best Chris of getting to where the fair is from London St Pancras?

I asked for a signed one and i never got one! You're popular Chris.

Correct. I never looked in that section of the book. But since i dabble in decimal coins upto and including 1984 i know this to be true.

Huge ain't it! Don't drop it because that much knowledge hitting the table at once could have dire consequences... Are you beginning to feel like you were lacking something? (I know it made me feel like a newbie again!)

Perhaps i was a little too subtle there... As £ is an elaborate L. Which means in solid reality (ignoring the illegal substance) there is no difference at all. But it could also be interpreted the same way you did, it's addictive and coins can make you think you're something you're not. Look at the egotistical (i'm always right types because i can afford MS67 coins)... they think they're flying high above the rest but when their knowledge is put to the test they often come crashing down to earth.

Is that you in the avatar? ! With a name like Dave?

There's a difference between £SD and LSD?

England has been a fairly prosperous country on and off. The 10th century particularly during Æthelred II's reign was equally good, many millions of silver pennies were minted and many found their way onto the continent... alot of them through Danegeld. I read about an excavation in Denmark that reveiled a substantial number of Æthelred pennies.

We found Victorian bottles, an old greenhouse and quite a few other bits and bats too.

My father dug up a 1951 florin... well what's left of it.

Still good though! I wish i'd found something like that!

Ah shucks... now you tell me!

1918 being the last year of the war it is plausible, but bear in mind as 1918 was the last year of the war the call up to war must have been pretty late if he was a soldier.

You and me both Chris. I thought the further up the periodic table you went the heavier the elements got, since lead is after gold i would have though it had been heavier. Unless it a bonding thing? Perhaps gold atoms are closer than lead ones meaning there's more in a certain area, which means that although they are lighter overall the difference balances out in gold's favour.* *That's a guess (not based on principles but just me making it up) So if i'm wrong... well i agree.

I had an Isle of Man 20p for months, it was sat on a drawer awaiting disposal. Managed to finally ditch the thing a few weeks back in a vending machine.

That's interesting, i never actually thought about that. I knew they existed.

'Owwch!' That was an insult at a price like that! From what i've seen on websites and dealers lists it could have been double, that! Someone got a hell of a bargin there. But don't worry in the world of coins you sometimes get disappointed, but there'll be a time in the future when you'll get a good deal on something. Swings and roundabouts.

I'm sure many remember pretending to be a shopkeeper/customer as a child. My cousins and i used to act out these roles (helped us figure money out!) Practical mathematics i'd call it. Sure we used decimal coins. The old five pences came in handy for that, they hadn't been out of circulation long at the time. But we also used to do it in predecimal. Caused a bit of confusion, i eventually got the hang of it!

Another reason why i like florins, only predecimal coins i ever spent (legally). I think i may have passed some old shillings of as old five pences which was perfectly legal, unfortunately i didn't find out that shillings had still been legal tender in 1990 until 1992. (So i'd been hoarding alot and disposing of the odd one on the quiet). If i had have known better then i could have got shut of alot of shillings too, but i don't ever remember getting any shillings in change during the late eighties so i thought they were no longer legal tender. As for George V florins, i've had exactly one in change.

Looking at that, erm yes.

I've got a few thousand pennies... ... i really must take them to the bank sometime! 2700 halfpennies is quite impressive though, i'm guessing they date from Victoria to Liz II, what's the longest run of dates you've got without a gap? I have about 100 silver Washington quarters only a few dates are missing. And the majority of the left overs are 1963/4 dates.

I disagree i think the size is just right on the farthing, it's why i like them alot more than say pennies... pennies are just too big for my tastes. Decimal pennies are preferable. I find medium is the best size for most things.

Nice timing for me personally. I just hope i'm gonna have enough money left! Otherwise i'll have to come back with an Edward I penny...