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It was Michael's idea! I got chatting to him at Coinex, and he mentioned that the idea of an apprentice/work experience person had been discussed and called me the following Monday morning. Being as I was recently graduated and working for peanuts at Norwich Union, I bit his hand off! As for easier exams, you should see them today! I dont remember bidding on that one although the words 'silver' and 'halfpenny' in a description would have tickled my fancy had I seen it! Aug 2006... just after I finished at Bolton Street... probably could have afforded £100 then as well! However, I assume this isnt what it went for?! Still, having recently purchased a 1983 Unc set with the 2p mule (unfortunately the seller did know what they had ), perhaps my budget limits aren't as tight as I thought they were!

Mmmm .. thank you. Unfortunately I don't see anything about British coins on the site linked, which makes me wonder if this isn't just spam. While there are some that might be interested in slabbed US coins and bullion here, most aren't. But in case you actually are a real person and representative of this company jaden, I'll say 'welcome' and feel free to join in the coin chat. Oh, and the website linked? It needs a quick search function that you can just type in a term, or name of a coin you're interested in, in my opinion. Tom He's posted here as well... looks like a spam to me!

35% profit for the House... bang on Mr Webb's target!

Yep, a couple of months ago - went straight in the 'keepers' pot!

Have fun with that

Yep, £2.95 per coin - individually packed

Me three... oh wait - 60s?! Umm... more like early naughties I was given a 2002 Unc set for a birthday present (in retrospect - 18th... hadn't realised that before - too busy enjoying the couple of bottles of vodka I also got I guess!) It was mentioned in passing 'ooo that might be worth something one day' which tweaked my imagination. Sadly, I dont think it will ever be worth much more than the £3.88 in contains, but the comment did push me to reveal the whole predecimal world! I was captivated by the artistry of the viccy silver in particular, as well as anything earlier than that. I subsequently had the opportunity to do 6months(!) work experience at DNW under the wing of Michael Sharp and PPM - during which I handled the Bamford Collection, most of the Mass Collection and the James Hall Collection... All I can say is WOW! The medals side was quite fun as well! As for now, I pretty much collect anything that takes my fancy, with a leaning towards oddities, mis-stikes and errors!

I'm lead to believe that the face-value exchange extends to the sov (and half, double and quin)... though quite who in their right mind would accept £5 for 40g of 22ct gold, I dont know! Given that - I did have an argument with a pawnbroker once who tried to convince me that my sov (and guinea) were only 9ct! On the Churchill front, I did once (ok twice ) manage to get a fivers worth of change for one... is that mean of me?!

To put it into context, the new decimal half penny had had its final issue just before I was born!

I sincerely apologise! All the emails (officially at least!) come to me - although it is via a POP3 server to my work emails, so possibly some cracks there... I shall have to investigate! Do you know when you emailed? To answer your points in turn... 1 - given that my personal average monthly spend on coins this has has been less than £2, I dont think we qualify as elite! 2 - active membership is about 30, so not small - email part addressed above 3 - possibly - though that would be me - also addressed above! 4 - minimum membership requirement is to have an example of at least two of the below: 1954 penny 1933 penny Charles I Oxford Triple Unite Edward III Double Leopard Gold Coenwulf penny Ok, so I'm joking about point 4! Membership is £14 for the year (optional additional £2 supplement for tea/coffee/biscuits - cheapest cuppa in the country!). Send me a PM (click on the down arrow next to your name in the top right of the screen, then messenger then compose new) and I'll send you any further details that you need!

At least she's not said dated 1933... I wonder if they chose a '66 for any particular reason?!

A well respected gent if ever there were one - a former chairman and current president of Reading Coin Club too! And no, it isnt me!

Hi there! Sorry for being a little late to the party, but welcome and good luck with your collecting! Collecting for the artistry is as good a reason as any, and frankly, we all collect for some obscure reason or other! You won't find anyone knocking you here! You mention that you are in Newbury... If you are interested, a couple of members and I attend Reading Coin Club... I realise its not that close, but we meet monthly, have talks on various topics, and have numerous 'dealer' tables (including a few 10p buckets!) The club website is in my signature (below), so either drop me an email via that (I get the contactus... emails) or send me a PM (personal message!) here and I'll give you full details! Oh and our next meeting is on 9th Jan!

Cheers Peck, got it now! I suppose its like any (what we would call) major variety that a layman might refer to as a slight difference - once you've identified and seen it, it slaps you in the face every time! You say Spink have it the wrong way round... they have for 1921... deep engraved = nose to S = rarer shallow engraved = nose to SV = more common From what you've said, it should be deep = SV... but what about the (slight!) difference in rarity?

Maybe I'm just being dumb, but even with the picture I cant figure the S/SV bit...! Which bit is doing the pointing?! Is it the bottom of the nose, the front of the nose or somewhere in between?! I is confuzzled!

On 15th April 2012, I will be running the Brighton Marathon in aid of Winston's Wish. I realise that all bar about two of you only know me as a name on a screen, but I would be incredibly grateful if you might be able to spare a few pennies for this fantastic cause and sponsor me... I have built a JustGiving page (here) where you will find full details. As I say, I know this is cheeky, but if you don't ask you don't get, and every penny counts! Many thanks, James

See, when I applied for Uni - albeit 10 years ago (really?! I'm getting old ) I was advised that there was no point applying for Oxbridge AND Durham/Nottingham/London/Bristol as these others will reject you out of hand on the premise that you'll be going to Oxbridge if your accepted... I don't know if there is any truth to this, however there were several people in my year who DID apply for combinations of these and got at least one unexpected rejection... Personally, I went to Exeter (University of... - not ...College Oxford!) and loved every minute!

when is the alloy changing? is that not going to affect thickness slightly to maintain weight?

Is that not a broken 6? The shape looks very similar...

Ahh, but at least he's gone to the effort of finding the right picture to convince you it is what he says it is!

As far as I can tell, you just e mail your details and bid. I don't think you have to register. Yep, bidding is remarkably easy... getting an invoice out of them is a touch more complicated however!

Interesting - whilst I've never really look that closely, I hadnt realised that there was such an obvious difference between the two... I guess I've not had two in decent enough grade at the same time!

Hmm... "The milled rim displays the usual evidence of a brockage coin"... Opinions?!

I'm confused?! Is it me or is that just a plain old 1893?!

I'm sorry... £25 for the olympic swimming 50p?! I'll have to re-value my collection!