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That wouldn't be Ding Dong Un of North Korea by any chance?

I wouldn't mind the eyes following me round the room. It's the teeth that spook me...

Eh?

Most early milled silver coins 6d or over bear no denomination and nor do the coppers. The denomination only starts appearing from the mid 19th Century and even then it's not invariable.

Everything looks 'not right' about that, e.g. the obverse lettering. It could be a Chinese-made item clearly intended not to be taken as genuine.

...Wayne Ankers. No, really - look him up! What kind of parent would do that?

They are a government owned company with a "commitment to making a financial return to the government", which means you and I are paying for the minting and selling of all this dross.

"Half" decent is a tad optimistic!

The early days of The Detours maybe, but that's not the same as The Who. Let's face it, how many of The Quarrymen can you name apart from John Lennon and Paul McCartney?

"Dark?" "Yes -the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window." "Well, turn on the office light then." "I can't." "No? Why not?" "Because there's a power failure." "A power... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?" "Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." "Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from." "Really? Is it that bad?" "Yes, I'm afraid it is." "Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" "Tell them you're too fucking stupid to own a computer."

I'm utterly amazed we don't see defacement of George IV coins - a more loathsome monarch it would be hard to find!

Looks like a misstrike or overstrike.

Probably a gaming token or similar - do you have pictures?

You will find it's completely a matter of chance whether you get frosting on 20th Century proofs before 1980,, with a few exceptions. I'm not sure why it's so variable though.

Eh? The Detours were Roger and John Entwistle, and later they persuaded Pete Townshend to join as guitarist. The drummer was Doug Sandom, and there was a temporary vocalist before Roger abandoned guitar and took up vocal duties. Later they sacked Doug, recruited Moonie, changed their name to The Who and the rest is history. There's never been a Gabbie Connelly. Don't kid a Who fan!

"Very Rare 1971 1p New Penny. Two sold together" Only two??

There's quite a lot of these privately struck, high quality commems around : I have 2 VIVAT REGINA crowns from 1978, another for JFK, another for early astronauts. Nice pieces but I'm not sure they're worth a great deal?

You can use Dropbox, but should amend the URL ending from ?dl=0 to ?raw=1 - that will allow embedding.

1973 is probably the modern proof set with the worst reputation - an untoned set often sells at a premium over book price. The probable cause is the dyes in the red foam insert used that year. Those coins are largely untreatable IMO, and spectacularly ugly.

And an object lesson in photography ... if you want to photograph your coins, wait for a rainstorm...

What does a footballer need with putty?

Sorry David. Sad news indeed. Thoughts and sympathies are with you.

Isn't it though. He though.afford a 1933, 1954 and 1952 penny from one week's wages.