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Matt, I've got the 1985 edition. At page 19, MF writes the following:- Hope this helps.

Off the top of my head I'd go for GEF/UNC. Nice coin.

Now fully loading - problem fixed

Undoubtedly, probably considerable carnage.

Incidentally guys, there has been a very significant number of additions to the Elstree Collection of pennies, as compared to the original listing for the March "preview" - in case anybody hadn't noticed.

Absolute Magic I just had to copy and paste this !!!

Cheers for the heads up, Pete

Thanks a lot, Matt.

I must admit, Matt, I hadn't realised they were quite that rare. Took a look at some of the major collections and at some LCA auctions before discovering the thread linked to above

Apparently there's only one, and it's in the British Museum - all is revealed on this thread from 2014 You can write a quick post thanking me later, Ian, as I've had to spend a fair bit of time searching for you

So what's the background to these latest coins, ChKy? How rare/common are they, and what is the demand for them amongst collectors in Germany?

Cheers Pete

It was a struggle, but I got there in the end - cheers Matt

OK, I've imageshacked them - if this doesn't work, nothing will:- 1864 penny reverse 1864 penny obverse 1871 penny reverse 1871 penny obverse

They're on my PC and tablet, Pete, but they're not appearing on my phone. They're just pics I took, sent to a spare e mail address, copied the address link, and inserted the image from the URL, in "insert other media" - they should work OK, but clearly there's a bit of an issue ETA - does this work?

The second is an 1871:- To be fair, I actually bought this in August 2013, but didn't have the facilities for photographing it properly back then:-

I was absent from the forum for a while, and during that period I bought some coins, and I thought I oought to share a couple with you:- The first is an 1864 crosslet 4, which I bought a year ago, February 2015:-

Tom, instead of portrait, try holding your phone in landscape mode and the problem is immediately rectified

Had the same issue when dealing with Virgin Media customer services - foreign call centre. Not sure where it was, but I know I couldn't understand the person I was talking to, nor could I quite seem to get my message across to her. Lovely girl, but like walking through treacle attempting to communicate properly. My vote's been committed to leaving the EU for several years. Regardless of what concessions/opt outs Cameron does or doesn't get.

lol

One thing I've noticed on my PC, which is Windows 10 and running Chrome, is that the circular twirly thing never stops - in other words, the page never fully loads, even though I can navigate and post (apart from above). This is not the case on my other devices.

What did they say to you?

They could have dealt with it a lot better, Pete. I would have understood it more if the amount had been £50k or it was a lot of smaller amounts in a short space of time. But if you're selling high end coins - as just one example of normal business practice - £2,500 will frequently be exceeded.

Thanks for the heads up. I have to say that £2,500 is an extraordinarily low sum to suspend someone's paypal account for, on the grounds of possible money laundering. I've just checked my paypal account and my limit set at $2796.00, sending and receiving limit. You can apparently lift the limit, but before you posted the above, I wasn't even aware it existed. Paypal state that the limit is there "for security reasons", but don't make it crystal clear what precisely these security reasons are, nor why it is necessary to inconvenience customers by having them. In fact they don't give any other qualification to that statement at all. This limit should be flagged up on joining so that we all know. I'd be seriously pissed off if it was me.

Superb. The wide date 1876's are quite difficult to get in high grade and that is a really neat example.