Peckris

Check out Hatfield & The North, who made music quite similar to Caravan, in fact I believe Caravan's organist went to H&tN which is why their sounds are so similar? Hatfield are perhaps more jazzy than Caravan but still a good listen.

It probably doesn't help that the box lid says "FIRST ISSUE OF SPECIMEN DECIMAL COINS 1968" and lists all 5 denominations. Your mate has taken that at face value, possibly not realising the particular history surrounding the 1968 specimen sets, and jumping to the conclusion you've pointed out, i.e. assuming that since 1968 is the only date mentioned it must therefore apply to all the coins.

Out of interest, which two? My favourite two are "In The Land Of Grey and Pink" and "If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It Over You" (they had some really naughty titles!) Caravan had some very naughty bits. Always good to see them though on the university circuit. Yup. Nine Feet Underground was always worth the price of admission

Exactly. Even VIP issues would have been known about by now. And if they were going to issue VIP proofs, they too would be dated 1971. I think your mate has told you a porkie, Dave.

Peckris is over 100 and he's up to date on Computers True. I was only saying to Alan Turing the other day that IBM really should move out of calculators into the new Sperry-Rand valve machines - can't let ENIAC take all the credit You're great, Peck, you crack me up! You might want to worry about somebody that is talking to Alan Turing... ...even more if he actually understands what Turing says! I visited Bletchley Park last year, and left as utterly ignorant about how Enigma was cracked, as when I entered. There were some frighteningly intelligent people there during the last war, including Turing. His eventual fall from grace and demise were unfair and unfitting for such a great mind.Most gifted individuals tend to lose the Plot in their latter years due to the amount of grey matter they use during their Lifetime, or so i read. Peck is ok is that department as others just lose the plot naturally Yeah, but I can still spell... Really? And so since when was yes spelt yeah my American friend? Since four loveable mop-tops from my home town had rather a big hit with it in 1963?

Out of interest, which two? My favourite two are "In The Land Of Grey and Pink" and "If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It Over You" (they had some really naughty titles!)

Peckris is over 100 and he's up to date on Computers True. I was only saying to Alan Turing the other day that IBM really should move out of calculators into the new Sperry-Rand valve machines - can't let ENIAC take all the credit You're great, Peck, you crack me up! You might want to worry about somebody that is talking to Alan Turing... ...even more if he actually understands what Turing says! I visited Bletchley Park last year, and left as utterly ignorant about how Enigma was cracked, as when I entered. There were some frighteningly intelligent people there during the last war, including Turing. His eventual fall from grace and demise were unfair and unfitting for such a great mind.Most gifted individuals tend to lose the Plot in their latter years due to the amount of grey matter they use during their Lifetime, or so i read. Peck is ok is that department as others just lose the plot naturally Yeah, but I can still spell...

I'm sure this is wrong. The blue wallets were issued in 1968 for familiarisation purposes, when the 1968 10p and 5p were issued for circulation. The bronzes were struck between 1968 and 1971 in massive quantities, but were all dated 1971, including those in the blue wallets, to indicate they weren't yet legal tender. I note in your picture that the CuNi are obverse up, while the bronzes are reverse up - if they were really dated 1968 don't you think that would be displayed due to their incredible rarity? If I was a betting man I'd put my house on there being no genuine decimal bronzes with the date 1968.

I have no idea! But the name Rawlinson puts me in mind of 'Rawlinsons End' by Viv Stanshall so that's my guess.

First of all, a great many people, especially older people, are not especially computer literate. And, even if they are, they do not necessarily spend much time on online forums. I am retired now so have the time to indulge. However, when I was professionally active, I certainly didn't have time to spend on message boards. So the fact that they do not inhabit this forum does not really tell us much. Second, price is a relative notion. If you are a successful CEO, CFO, lawyer or Big 4 partner, spending a few grand more to get what you want is not necessarily a big deal and especially if you do not have the time to hunt around. Remember, these are guys who will pay $6k to fly business class rather than $400 to fly in the back of the plane. Personally, I have always had a very keen sense of what I am willing to pay for a coin. But I am also Scottish. And I'm Scottish in wallet spirit

Peckris is over 100 and he's up to date on Computers True. I was only saying to Alan Turing the other day that IBM really should move out of calculators into the new Sperry-Rand valve machines - can't let ENIAC take all the credit You're great, Peck, you crack me up! You might want to worry about somebody that is talking to Alan Turing... ...even more if he actually understands what Turing says! I visited Bletchley Park last year, and left as utterly ignorant about how Enigma was cracked, as when I entered. There were some frighteningly intelligent people there during the last war, including Turing. His eventual fall from grace and demise were unfair and unfitting for such a great mind. Hear hear.

Let me guess. Lot 591. Of course. And I even had reservations because the reverse was off centre, but that clearly didn't matter to the eventual buyer. I'm just hoping it was a bit of a feeding frenzy as the market has been so lean of late. If these prices reflect a new level I'm not sure where the mid- to better end collectors (which is how I think of myself) are going to find material to keep the collection going.. .. I might have to muscle into Scott and Generic's bargain bucket game! DON'T DO IT. RESIST Let's just say 591 went to a member of this forum. I thought everyone was a member of this forum Rob! But if it's a regularly posting member, does that mean we can hope to see better photos of it in the new acquisitions thread? You're talking about one lot. But does anyone know who the majority of these successful bidders are? I mean, this forum is one of Britain's leading coin forums and yet its members are being blown out of the water at major sales. This implies to me, that the buyers may not even be British : they're clearly not dealers, not at those prices, and we have some of the leading lights of the community here (Michael and Neil, to name but two). So WHO ARE THEY?

To exemplify: I'll be the round about The words will make you out 'n' out You change the day your way Call it morning driving thru the sound and In and out the valley The muses dance and sing They make the children really ring I spend the day your way Call it morning driving thru the sound and In and out the valley Chorus In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they Stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see You Ten true summers we'll be there and Laughing too Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be There with you I will remember you Your silhouette will charge the view Of distance atmosphere Call it morning driving thru the sound and Even in the valley Yeah right, Jon

Peckris is over 100 and he's up to date on Computers True. I was only saying to Alan Turing the other day that IBM really should move out of calculators into the new Sperry-Rand valve machines - can't let ENIAC take all the credit You're great, Peck, you crack me up! You might want to worry about somebody that is talking to Alan Turing... ...even more if he actually understands what Turing says!

If anybody wants to understand the concept of subject drift, they should just listen to a Jon Anderson lyric

David Groom has left and right pointing feathers for the 1975 2p! One wonders whether in 50 years time these will all be enthusiastically sought varieties, much as we now cherish the vagaries of bun pennies I totally ignored Elizabeth halfpennies whilst they were in circulation, modern rubbish I thought, and so I dont have examples of some of the scarcer varieties I had to buy my example of the (commonest) 1956 variety from a forum member. But it's still very scarce so I was happy to pay. Lord only knows how many of them passed through my hands when I was searching through bank bags in 1969.

Peckris is over 100 and he's up to date on Computers True. I was only saying to Alan Turing the other day that IBM really should move out of calculators into the new Sperry-Rand valve machines - can't let ENIAC take all the credit

Hi Peckris, in more recent times we have all the coins pictured and have the number of bids and what the current bid is. Yes just drop us an email and you can either receive the lists by post or we now do a PDF that is in full colour that we can simply email you. We do a general list every month and Farthing list 4 or 5 times a year. You are most welcome to receive either or both lists! Cool! Yes, the email PDF sounds a better option - I can always print off a page that looks interesting for my wants. Will be in touch via your website.

Bring back John McEnroe, I say! "You cannot be serious. That ball was on the line. Chalk flew up"

1986 is the earliest I have found type 2 portcullis with incuse rivets. There are quite a few varieties in the reverses and obverses over the years if you compare the circulation issues, the BU set issues and the proof issues. Even though the pictures above show type 1 portcullis as having 110 beads and type 2 having 113 beads, it is not always the case, you can get the type 2 portcullis with the 110 bead reverse too. Here are the Portcullis types I have in my collection (1971 to 1981 I collected circulation and proof, 1982 and 1983 I collected BU set and proof issues and 1984 >2008 I collected circulation and BU set issues) 1971 to 1985 circulation, BU sets and Proof have type 1 1986 circulation has type 1, BU set issue has type 2 1987 circulation and BU set has type 1 1988, 1989 and 1990 circulation has type 1, BU set has type 2 1991 both circulation and BU set are type 1 1992 circulation has type 2 and BU set has type 1 1993 circulation has type 1 and BU set has type 2 1994 both circulation and BU set have types 2 1995 to 2006 circulation and BU set have type 2 2007 and 2008 circulation has type 1, BU set has type 2 Gollly! any similar discrepencies in the 2p series? What, you mean someone has to count the individual strands in each feather???

Having bought quite a few coins from Colin Cooke in the 90s, I did like the postal auctions he ran, for which you simply sent in your maximum bid, and the highest bidder won the item for the "next highest bid + 1 increment". I see the online auctions functioning in a similar way except that you can actually watch the current highest bid which is a plus if you're chasing a particular coin. I must resume getting the CC list - do I simply register for them on the website Neil?

Bring back John McEnroe, I say!

Yes - that's a better picture. I'd say it was GF from that obverse, but interestingly there's no cross stroke on the 'f' of 'f.d.' - I don't know if it's a variety or just wear? If just wear then it's worth around £25, possibly a shade more.

I can't get the thumbnail to enlarge, so I can't say for certain. If it is, the 'gothic' date will read mdccclii. Nor me

Thanks for the Ripples link - that's a definite MacTube download! (Oops, I never said that* ). Always been one of my favourite tracks. 'Trick Of The Tail' comes pretty close to 'Selling England By The Pound' in my personal Genesis pantheon. We prided ourselves on 'discovering' Genesis when at Uni, when they were virtually unknown before 'Foxtrot'. I saw them 3 or 4 times back then. One of them you wouldn't believe - it was AFTER Foxtrot was released but they obviously had to fulfil a booking made before then : they were second on the bill to Medicine Head (no, really!) in a University hall of residence 'bop' where there was no proper stage, just a temporary structure of wooden blocks. Yet professional to the end, they did the full show - Gabriel with his flower head, then the long red dress with fox head. All I can say is 'Wow, just to be there. Did it really happen?' http://donignacio.com/art/genesispic.jpg *sadly, he seems to have protected it from download happily, someone else has the same version on YouTube If you use FireFox and install the extension "DownloadHelper" you can download and "save to file" any YouTube video (or other sites for that matter, Vimeo for example) that appears to be protected against download. Thanks for that - but I usually find there's more than one version up there.