Rob

For what it's worth, here's mine. My reverse also shows lack of detail/die fill on Britannia's head, but the rest looks markedly better.

Not as far as I can remember, which probably means a skinful on numerous occasions. We had a day out at Andechs 15 years ago when we went south for the eclipse. I indulged and the wife drove. Half a pig washed down with some suitably heavy liquid ballast. Doppelbocks are always heavy and good value on the calorie front and all weigh in around the 8% mark.

I'm sure I could suffer with a pleasurable grin on my face.

"Annual expenditure twenty shillings, annual income twenty shillings and sixpence - result: happiness. Annual expenditure twenty shillings, annual income nineteen shillings and sixpence - result: misery" No, it just means you have to save up for twice as long. Assuming the 5K comes from an excess of income over expenditure, then barring a foreseeable change in circumstances, the balance will appear in due course. If you know your circumstances are going to change and you only have £5K in total, to spend this in its entirety on one piece would be reckless in my opinion. I would never suggest you borrow money to pursue a hobby.

It's a series R sceat. Spink gives values of £50 fine up to £150 VF

Expand to 10K and you have a lot of choice. After all, if someone is willing to spend 5K, then another 5 is not going to cause financial ruin, plus you can more likely pick up a bargain.

It is easiest to see on the halfgroats. Halfpennies usually have the mark off flan and pennies are just plain uncommon. The mark is also competing with T, cross patonce and a rare rose reverse, which I haven't seen to date. The first two are also muled both ways and are common in any combination, the rose is paired with the uncertain mark obverse, which is itself never otherwise muled. Given rose was a first issue mark at Canterbury, it being muled with the uncertain mark means that should be at the head of the second issue marks. The frequent muling of the T and cross patonce suggests they ran concurrently and may well be the marks of the Archbishop's (2?) engravers.

Hmm. Methinks that Scottish bagpipes are slightly iffy. That one looks to be sheep/goatskin colour. All the Scottish pipes I have seen are tartan - yet I've never seen a tartan sheep whether fully clothed or au natural. It also begs the question as to who first thought up the idea of taking a goatskin, adding pipes to the legs and tying off surplus holes, then blowing into it and regulating the outflow. I guess that was probably the 10th millennium BC equivalent of the weirdo on the bus? One can certainly assume he sat next to the 'lucky' listener.

I think it is C over pomegranate, but just need to prove it. I believe the uncertainty arises from the fact that sometimes the pomegranate has a wavy foot and sometimes not. Coupled with the fact that the overmark is not always centred at the same point on the underlying mark it leads to ambiguity in interpretation.

I'll be with you in 5 Hours, that is

That's not a good sign.

That's a collective you, i.e. all of us.

I've always found an excess makes the extremities go numb. That you also give out garbled messages is a red herring as that happens often.

Biltong is also good. So many good things avaialble. Just indulge if you like something. You are always free to make donations to any charity you like at any time and there's no point in feeling guilty about it, resulting in a period of abstinence. Just think, a bus with your number on it might come to collect you tomorrow.

Chemo might be more effective?

Me too. Available in Switzerland the other day too. Always a good bet. Rhetorical question, but why do they make cars so small? Brought back 150 litres of wine and loads of sausage when visiting last August - and it's nearly all gone

Luckily I am bereft of wagon.

I'll correct myself. There is also the ME110. Wing profile seems to match.

If German, the bombers would probably have to be JU86s as these are the only twin engined bombers with that tail arrangement. Unless someone knows different?

No, can't be they are twin engined but with the tail as per a Lancaster. If British, they must be Manchesters - the plane from which the Lancaster was developed. Trouble is, the Manchester was a bomber. Not many bombers posing as fighters in the BoB. Another problem is the Manchester wasn't introduced until very late in 1940 i.e. after the BoB.

RS do a wide range starting at £1.19 + VAT for a box of 250, if that helps.

As the title says. Please email any images you have of it - irrespective of how clear. Thanks.

Weird. The interference at 1:22 had potential.

I'm afraid I have to out myself as an adopted Franken. With the wife coming from Bamberg, and a winzer who drops a van load of wine off as required, it is difficult to find anything better. 100 brewewries within a 20 mile radius or to put it another way - a brewery in every village, sausage on tap, wine on tap etc. Lifef is decidedly pleasant in the backwater of Germany that is Franken. Mine's a triple wurst and a litre of bock.

I understand the Germans do a good line in men in white coats. I'm willing to pay if it isn't covered by the insurance.