Sylvester

I don't go out in the sun much... too much pollen, too much squinting because of the sun... = headache, and it gets too hot (i'm a shade person). I don't like summer so roll on Autumn!

I had my gold watch cleaned like that... it still doesn't seem to have solved the problem of it not working... I think it needs to go to the breakers for spares. Pity cos it was a nice Victorian one.

And all the new issue news is about stupisd hideous commems anyhow that i'd rather just not know about.

Wow that is a beaut! It just goes to show how much i really don't give copper coins the time of day, i never realised what a nice design it actually was, and it looks alot better in a grey metal. If halfpennies were silver i'd collect them too!

i dunno... i doubt i'll have the cash.

Probably a silky shine?

Don't worry about it at all, you younger members are all regular customers, you really help me out with the Book research and I wouldn't expect the you to pay anything towards this forum, which is basically shaped by you lot. When you're famous collectors you can show me your appreciation by selling to/through me and carrying on buying the odd coin from me. Ah well i've already sold you one sixpence collection what more do you want?

Oh can i see a picture of that coin Chris? I always like non-copper, copper coins cos they just look odd in the white metals. (Well grey really if it CuNi)

Seaby's i think they are now somethink to do with Spink. Auctions, catalogues, books you name it they've done it.

Probably? who knows... She was a big name in the Coin business a few decades ago, i believe she was a Seaby director as well as a coin dealer. I dunno about farthings but i tell you what she did have... an Henry III gold penny. Now when it comes to jaw droppers you can't get much more jaw dropping than owning the most expensive British coin of all time can you? She bought it at auction and it held the record for the most expensive British coin ever sold... since then it's been beaten but by another Henry III Gold penny of all things!

it was me it was me i tell yer!!! Alright it wasn't really... but you almost believed me didn't you? what you didn't? hmmm <_

Who said she was sending you one? I know i wasn't...

i'm not far off 20, 19 at this present moment in time.

yeah some dullness is unavoidable, but 1 mill or so is nothing to worry about, as i say pretty unavoidable due to the way they are stored (in a cardboard holder). PM me with your addy and i'll get £2 off to you probably tomorrow. At least then you've got rid of one of them and i've got a replacement for the one i lost... Honestly i put anything down for a minute and it's never seen again

I'm sure he'd manage that without much trouble. (Sorry mate... Now look what happens when a pretty face shows up. Straight away friends can become competitors, and slightly nasty posts are exchanged. Sam, at this stage I think it's probably best if you email me to save us offending each other ) well was thinking of putting an offer in for the 1968/71 specimen set since i've lost the one i had, but i'd need to know what the coins in that look like. Are the 1/2p, 1p and 2p coins still bright and shiny as they were when new, or have they gone dull like the regular 1971 pennys etc that we see in our change?

Chris i hate to say it but that chat up line is almost as good as 'get yer coat you've pulled' What's wrong with 'Get yer coat, you've pulled'? The subtelty is astounding Chris... (i've probably spelt that wrong and Oli will perpetually show me up for an idiot)

Chris i hate to say it but that chat up line is almost as good as 'get yer coat you've pulled'

I'll not lie, they are pretty common coins but there is a market for them... it's because they are common that the grade is ultimately important [not that it's not important anyhow] it's just more so with modern coins cos there's just so many of them, only the best will sell. And they are alot better than some of the stuff people have tried to ask us about before... e.g "how much is this battered 1969 old size 50p worth?" [well erm about 10p in that condition, but vending machines sometimes take them as £2 coins... and they do! ]

Good for you!

Ah the Coincraft didn't state... oh hang on a minute... bugger i would be looking in the wrong section, yes apparently they do exist... well blow my theory Chris! I'm afraid modern coins aren't really my area so i'm swimming a bit out of my depth here.

i didn't say they weren't worth anything, i just meant they are silver if all else should happen to fail... not that it did.

I make it about £27 based on the values my catalogue quotes. Those are however the higher end dealer selling prices, the dealer buying prices are lower possibly only £17 or so, £20 on a very good day.

Right the 1953 ones aren't bad actually! Quite good the usual weak strike for the 1953 issue... (for everyone else... see here) http://asksam2.tripod.com/Scan0002.jpg I'll have to figure that 1953 average price out by going through the catalogue and adding them all up... The shilling is a bit dark to see but it is lower grade than the ones Chris has for sale on here. My grading skills on Edward VII coins are not fantastic, so i'll let Oli or someone figure that one out... Needless to say the shilling does have it's silver value though cos it's a pre-1920 coin which means it's sterling silver (92.5% silver). Coins from 1920-1946 are 50% silver so are worth less than the earlier ones in the lower grades but will always have some metal value unlike the coppernickel post 1947 issues.

hmm i'm not sure about that maybe, maybe not...? shrug?

Although there was someone on RCC (Rec. Collecting Coins) who actually did like Churchill Crowns and he had a fair few.