Peckris

In the words my daughter at the age of 4, 'Hello friends, I am here!' Never the modest one and always melodramatic, she has turned out to be a balanced, well mannered and sensible member of society. Who would have thought that? Sorry Stuart, don't do take away pizzas. Coffee is another matter. Nor me - not one of them does my favourite: Seafood pizza. Yet when I phoned Pizza Hut to challenge them on this, they told me they did do them in their restaurants! Pfffft. And while we're at it: who the hell was it decided pineapple would be something to use as a topping? No one Italian I'd wager….. Damn right! Mind, a Persian Chicken Biryani really does come with banana...

Yep

I think they use a traditional North African dagger with a 10" blade?

Exactly. If you have a decent cabinet and don't live right by the sea, neither environmental or "mechanical" (?) damage should be a worry.

In the words my daughter at the age of 4, 'Hello friends, I am here!' Never the modest one and always melodramatic, she has turned out to be a balanced, well mannered and sensible member of society. Who would have thought that? Sorry Stuart, don't do take away pizzas. Coffee is another matter. Nor me - not one of them does my favourite: Seafood pizza. Yet when I phoned Pizza Hut to challenge them on this, they told me they did do them in their restaurants! Pfffft.

No no - it's a double-barrelled name : Cartwheel-Twopence (Grandpa was Cartwheel, Grandma was Twopence )

Yes, I think that's a good thesis. But... To say that currency crowns were issued "in masses" until 1901, is misleading : the average mintage was a tenth of the average halfcrown mintage; then the halfcrown average mintage itself went up almost tenfold from 1914. You'd have to compare nearly 20 million halfcrowns issued in 1914, with the quarter-million annual crown mintage of 1901 and before. So you have to conclude that crowns weren't really very popular.

There's no reason for anyone in the UK to slab for a better price, as received wisdom seems to be that any price upgrade - if any - is marginal. For me, I'd like answers to the following questions: 1) what value is a 'population report' when so few UK coins are slabbed? 2) how would I store such plastic slabs in my mahogany cabinets? 3) how would be able to enjoy my coins, twisting them in the light to see them to best effect? It's a no-brainer. In other words, .... no no, I mustn't!

When are you getting your 1933 penny washer, scott?

I don't collect gold, but if I did, I think the guinea would do it for me, much more than the sov. There's something romantic and olde world about the guinea.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Great-Britain-Shilling-Charles-I-1629-1649-/201210022823?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item2ed90d4ba7 He says "Check photos" - unwise move! (There again, he doesn't say "The coin in the picture is what you'll receive".)

No contest - the coins!

Oh God, I remember my bun pennies well. They were mostly flat washers, or else they were in VG condition and dated either 1890, 1891, or 1892.

That's the one! Andrex me impune lacessit...

I really don't care for hammered (by which I mean MEDIEVAL hammered, not Saxon and earlier), particularly as there are simply gorgeous specimens of very early milled from your period (certainly from Liz onwards) that show up hammered for the very unsatisfactory coins they appear to me to be. The problem is that those very early milled coins are way beyond my purse.

I'd go along with Michael - bun penny washers from the early 1860s. I did find one with the last remaining traces a beaded border but I defy even scott to tell if it was a common or rare variety. I did once find a very worn 1865 and spent several schoolboy hours with a magnifying glass, absolutely convinced I could see the faint traces of a 3. Had I known then that the trace of the 3 in all grades is indeed quite faint, I'd have whooped for joy.

The one with the crapping lion?

Wow. Over 10 years old!! Long before I joined this forum...

Very nice! (What's your address? )

At a fair some years ago, I saw BU 1962/63/64 pennies priced at around £2 apiece - the dealer selling them said "They're not so easy to get as some people think". Hmm. (I remember the Mint Bag offers in Coin Monthly in the late 60s...)

This doesn't apply to Soho Mint issues, and even less to Taylor restrikes (Taylor having "inherited" a whole load of rusting dies from the Soho Mint). Rob is talking mainly about those not Royal Mint output.

Wow, the French had a working Saturn V moon rocket in 1792? Awesome.

^.^

The first one is a lovely coin, no mistake about it. But it's still the JH portrait, and therefore looks "all wrong". The second is a fantasy piece, with the crown enlarged and the bust sitting lower in the flan; however if you look at it objectively (as if a photograph, say) the crown still looks incredibly silly, perched on her head like a hat that's 4 sizes too small.