I seem to recall the rock test but I don't have the collection with me at the moment so can't check. To see the rim difference you really need to place the two observes side by side.
Colin G said " Surely true democracy is being given a choice by representatives and then those representatives delivering the choice that received the majority of votes. "
We do not have a house of representatives here in the UK. It's government that makes the laws, parliment only supplies oversite.
err the customs union and single market are two totally different animals. So now you are saying that Turkey is in the EU as they are a member of the customs union.
They were shiting themselves over UKIP and nobody took it seriosly that leave would win. Basically the country was peed off over the government and voted to give them a good kicking.
The trouble is nothing will be better than the Germany + which we already enjoy. At least the EU can get 27 governments to agree whereas we can even get one.
I take it you don't remember the 1970s before we join the then common market. Anyway we can unilaterally recind A50, no permission require from the EU and they can't prevent it.
Political party's don't win elections they lose them and the conservatives are doing so badly with running the show labour should be miles ahead, but they are not.
I believe at one stage you could order the case along with the coins, before that I believe they were third party made. Some of the larger cases would hold multiple sets.
It's a sorry state of afairs but Trump has too many admirers. You make think he has an orange tan but it's really the reflection of the sun shining out from his a@se
Maundy sets are presented in small leather pouches. Any cases are after market, some offered by jewellers. Set is not really a correct way to describe the coins as issued as the denomination mix varied, you didn't equal numbers of each denomination.