Peckris

I cannot Tell a lie, a friend Pointed it out to me, stand up Peckris and take a bow p.s, i'd go with superglue or clenched arse cheeks to hold that in place I'm happy to take a bow anytime ... but why??? (Sorry, getting senile - memory not what it was)

The Jubilee medal is exquisite! A really nice piece - I'm jealous.

Private listing - I wouldn't go near that auction with a bargepole. The three commonest Vicky copper pennies are 1854, 1855, and 1858 (despite all the latter's varieties). In that condition? £200 max I'd say. (Don't quote Spink at me - they are often overpriced...)

William Williams’ London (Middlesex) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1795. Obverse: The arms of the City of London with legend: “FEAR GOD AND HONOUR THE KING 1795”. Reverse: A portcullis surmounted by the Prince of Wales’ crest with legend: “W. WILLIAMS LONDON”, “RENDER TO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR’S”. Plain edge. Issued by William Williams who was originally a grinder and latterly a button manufacturer with a business at 103 St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, London. It is thought he was Welsh by the inclusion of the Prince of Wales’ crest. I wonder if it's also a subliminal message to the future George IV, Prince of Wales in 1795 and already a 'bad sort'? HONOUR THE KING and RENDER TO CAESAR seems like a pretty clear advice for a wayward Prince. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour 1765-1795...4o years wonder when the word honvor first appear in token,i think it is british word,not latin or french like honor. Not a 'British' word, more a Norman medieval scribes' word, as they tried to make sense of marrying a basically Latin/French system of words to an existing Anglo-Saxon (Germanic/Norse) system.

I'm not going to read the other comments yet, as I want to give you an unbiased opinion. For me, the 1818 is a clear winner. It doesn't have the scuff striations on the obverse, as the 1819 has. The reverses are probably level-pegging, as each has areas stronger than the other, but I like the legend better on the 1818.

Actually, the Big Power job Vectras were ok - I remember driving one for the Vauxhall fleet, and you're right, it was absolutely in sheep's clothing apart from the alloy wheels. I had a moment of puzzlement why it wouldn't shift from 3rd to 4th gear getting onto the motorway doing 55mph - because it was still in 2nd, that's why! Then I snuck up on unsuspecting drivers in 'fancy' cars, and watched them sneer and start to put their foot down; I 'tried hard' to overtake them, watching them smile as I 'valiantly' pulled level, then I put MY foot down and watched their smile disappear as I did too.

Brilliant. So 179 days after receipt of a coin, you can file a claim that you didn't receive it?

Technically the question has already been answered : - we may not be 'post decimal' but we ARE 'post decimalisation'.

William Williams’ London (Middlesex) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1795. Obverse: The arms of the City of London with legend: “FEAR GOD AND HONOUR THE KING 1795”. Reverse: A portcullis surmounted by the Prince of Wales’ crest with legend: “W. WILLIAMS LONDON”, “RENDER TO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR’S”. Plain edge. Issued by William Williams who was originally a grinder and latterly a button manufacturer with a business at 103 St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, London. It is thought he was Welsh by the inclusion of the Prince of Wales’ crest. I wonder if it's also a subliminal message to the future George IV, Prince of Wales in 1795 and already a 'bad sort'? HONOUR THE KING and RENDER TO CAESAR seems like a pretty clear advice for a wayward Prince.

No evidence of cleaning that I can see. Note that a lot of 19th Century currency silver has a 'mirror finish' when UNC. This can always be told apart from polishing (even without seeing faint striations): 1. Mirror finish always survives between the legend and the lowest parts of the design where wear is last to reach. The highest parts lose it first. 2. Polishing is the reverse of that - the highest parts will show the polishing effect, whereas the lowest and between the legend won't.

Haha - you obviously don't remember the legendary Edsel. (Nor do I, but its reputation has endured...). Also, the last Escorts were nothing to write home about apparently. But at least when Ford did get rid of the Escort name, they replaced it with the Focus, i.e. something worthy of a successor. Which is a whole lot better than Vauxhall did when they replaced the still in-demand Cavaliers with the Vectra, surely the most foolish decision of all time?

Post decimal? Do you know something we dont? Sorry I'm lost now? Post decimal as in after decimalisation? Post 15th February 1971... Or late 1969 if you're talking 50p's... Or 1968 if you're talking 10p's and 5p's... Or, in this digital day and age, post post

Really? I didn't know that. . . . . . Sorry, where am I?

No, I think you're absolutely right! (Sorry not to give you a good argument...) Having said that, most of the designs aren't attractive enough in anything much less than UNC. The halfcrowns, florins and sixpences especially look rather shabby as soon as they start to wear much, same with the obverses. Oh I agree that they go 'off' very quickly. That's why I'm happy to collect in EF and upwards, but I'm not too concerned to go for the nirvana of UNC. I'm primarily a collector and so value/investment is secondary but not completely ignored, and for this reason I can see that Liz II coins in particular are very unlikely to command investment prices in my lifetime, even in the top condition. Hence, I don't see paying top prices for a common and unremarkable coin, even if it is unusual for that date to be found in UNC.For me it's always about pushing the boundaries and, if you can't keep an eye out for the TOP in E2 coins, then where else can you put together a quality collection?It totally depends on your focus and, having agreed the E2 coins go 'off' with barely a rub, I can't see why someone wouldn't want the very best? There are few monarchs where you can pursue this at such little cost! As I said before, for me at least, the E2 coinage is a happy drug, which still gives the buzz if I'm compiling it diligently, and without compromise! I mean, why would you spend one pound on something ordinary, when two pounds buys you a bit of jazz? Just my anal, pedantic, perfectionist self, coming on...it just wouldn't interest me without this detail and focus! To each their own! Happy daze! Hmm. When you compare £40 upwards for a genuinely BU 1954 florin against £10 for a BU 1945 (silver) florin, I'm not sure I'd entirely go along with that. But yeah, for type collectors, there's always 1966 and 1967

Perhaps we should recognise a new class of ancient coin - the Anglo-Saxby?

No, I think you're absolutely right! (Sorry not to give you a good argument...) Having said that, most of the designs aren't attractive enough in anything much less than UNC. The halfcrowns, florins and sixpences especially look rather shabby as soon as they start to wear much, same with the obverses.

Congratulations Rob - the only computer user in Britain still using a dot matrix printer? I last used one in 1994! Anyway, glad you got the problem sorted out.

There's one major flaw in your argument Rob - our manufacturing industry was wrecked not by Europe, but by Maggie Thatcher. Earlier, even Ted Heath recognised the value of bailing out the likes of Rolls Royce when he was in power.

Good bit of research that, though this no-legend shilling-sized specimen doesn't seem to fit with any of those listed. What's interesting though, is that there is an ME shilling pattern for 1925, the same year as the ME was actually introduced on the halfpenny. Which makes me wonder : if the Modified Effigy was ready for use in 1925, why is there an issue with the old effigy of all silver, plus pennies, in 1926? With the very limited mintages between 1924-1926 the Mint wasn't exactly overloaded with work, so you'd think they could have brought in the ME right from the start in 1926. Oh well, another of those mysteries that may never be resolved.

Well said Richard. I whole-heartedly agree with pretty much all of that (speaking as a now-disabled person who's been living in terror that I'll either lose my benefits entirely or else be forced to look for work I can't do anymore - which would be even more a reality under UKIP). One thing that this week's 70th anniversary of D-Day ought to do, is make people realise that the European Community was founded (yes, initially only as an economic market) in the spirit of all its component nations getting along together and that war between us should never again happen. Yet in that time, the French remain irrevocably French, as do the Germans, the Italians, Romanians, Irish, Spanish, etc - no nation has lost its defining identity. Just as in Britain - the oldest federal state in Europe - Yorkshiremen, Cornish, Brummies, Scousers, Cockneys, etc haven't lost their separate identities in 1,000 years, apart from there being a Starbucks and McDonalds on every High Street! As you say Richard, there's much wrong with the way Europe is administered from Brussels, but that doesn't mean we should do a Farage-style sulk and get out altogether. Far better that we stay in and help to right the ills, than cut off our noses to spite our face and become an isolated nonentity on the edge of the Atlantic. I'm also just glad that I'm not the only 'Europhile' in this forum.

If it's a simple as that, you can do it all in Word.

Can you send me a PM about the Irish pictures please, Chris?

I take it you're looking for a form which will hold multiple fields (your different sized boxes) which can then be used for multiple records (e.g. coins, or whatever purpose you had in mind)? Some kind of database manager is what you need, and there must be a cheap one out there, as your needs sound fairly basic. Unfortunately I don't have experience with databases for Windows PCs but after Googling... list of databases: http://download.cnet.com/windows/database-software/ (some may be free, others will offer a free trial) And apparently the free OpenOffice suite has a database component in it: http://www.download-4-free.com/listing/121698/Apache%20OpenOffice?did=11085&pid=1&ppd=search,48903763765,openoffice,e,,c,0,,,&gclid=CjgKEAjwzcWcBRCat43fy9e5i3ASJADXOBwuMOQjnFI4Kqv_YRoS3dZRdK6UKBipXj38VqxPN2oh-vD_BwE

I don't know, but it certainly looks Anglo-Saxby...

Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, yes.