1949threepence

Yes....for me, there's an interesting looking Freeman 21 1861 penny, which, were it not for significant flan flaws, would be a very nice piece. Also an 1861 "8 over wiry 6" Gouby AA. Not sure whether this could be classed as a F33A or not, to be honest. 1253 Penny 1861 8 over wiry 6, Gouby AA dies D+d, of the same style as the overdate pictures in Gouby page 41, with the underlying digit similarly positioned, but of a more wiry style Fair £50 - £100

Hmmm....quite possibly the most strangely "doctored" 1926 ME ever https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-V-1926-Penny-Modified-Effigy-Doctored/323663497164?hash=item4b5bd907cc:g:8gsAAOSwSe5cQftJ

Sound as a pound genuine.

It's an obverse 7 Freeman 70, Paddy. Here's an obverse 8 - the difference is very subtle, but note the slightly straighter, longer nose, with a shorter gap between nose and lip:-

Very true.

Well I hope you succeed, Josh. Good luck !

Another one on this F24:-

Occasionally there's going to be a diamond in the rough, but far more often than not, I'd say you're going to be disappointed. I'd only buy/bid if I had the opportunity to look through them first - as in a dealer's bowl at a coin fair type scenario.

Nice you say............

Well it's certainly creative, but it's also highly misleading as it's not the author's decision, and therefore factually incorrect.

Interesting that DNW have re-named the F10 N over sideways N (Z) as a F10A, in their auctions. It isn’t noted as such in the latest Freeman (2016). So they've seemingly done that off their own bat. Unless they know something we don't.

Exactly my thought before I saw your post.

Of course, they use the MM/DD/YY format in the States, and it's caused some massive confusion between us and them, as far as dates before the 13th of the month are concerned. For example we would take 5.8.19 as being 5th August 2019, but in the States, it would be May 8th 2019.

What you saw was the planet Venus.........👾

Another one - in talking about the cold weather, both here and in the States, why, when talking about minimum temperatures, are the newsreaders saying "temperatures could reach as low as -16C"? It's "fall as low" - reach is for maximum temperatures. At least the weather forecasters use the correct terminology.

Thanks Pete.

Interesting. Have you got a photo of the letter, Pete?

Oh Shelly..........laugh? I nearly did.

I can say that when a friend of mine toured The Royal Mint last year and struck a commemorative £2 coin for me, the result was appalling. The die was so worn that most of the lettering and the date is simply not there.

Another issue this country faces is the lack of skilled labour in certain fields, such as construction, plumbing, electrics. All vital components of basic infrastructure support, which cannot be robotised. Too many generations have been aspiring to university education in academic subjects, leaving a deficit in essential skills. As older workers with those essential skills retired, this has left an increasing deficit, which up until now, has been filled by EU migrant workers. Obviously, this skills deficit will be worsened, to a greater or lesser extent, by our exit from the EU I partially blame the schools system. When I hear what my sister's and brother in law's kids have been taught (niece & nephew aged 12 and 15), I am horrified at the strong politically correct bias, and the downgrading of practical subjects such as woodwork and metalwork, which were on the syllabus when I left school in 1994. This may be due to lack of teachers with the skill to actually teach those subjects. For anyone now leaving school, I'd say there is far more money to be made, both short and long term by various practical apprenticeships, and therefore plugging a skills gap, than by going to university to get a two a penny degree in an often worthless subject, and saddling themselves with massive tuition fees debt.

Crikey, I was a bit slow there. Not surprised they went so quickly.

It's only when you do have reasonably good knowledge of a given topic, that you realise the sheer volume of utter tripe peddled by the tabloid media on a daily basis. Whether in ignorance or by deliberate design.

Dominic Raab has just said that the ball is in the court of the EU.....is this guy for real? The EU in the shape of Juncker and Barnier have made it abundantly clear that the deal is not up for re-negotiation. I'd say all balls were in the UK court. Parliament say they don't want a no deal scenario, but vote against the only deal in town. I truly believe their puffed up arrogance is now showing these people in their true colours. Two choices, vote for the deal, or a disorderly brexit. There is the third one, a second referendum. Whether that will happen Christ alone knows.

Although looking unlikely, at least as far as the current public face of the EU is concerned, I sincerely hope that they do give some ground on formally re-negotiating the backstop issue. The problem being, of course, the Irish Republic itself. They are just as stubborn and intransigent as the Northern Ireland unionists. If only some common ground could be reached between the two sides. With that said, Ireland would suffer even more than the UK in the event of a no deal, as they rely on the UK as a goods route from the EU.

Well, the seller never replied to my message, but he has the grace to withdraw the item concerned My message read as follows:-