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I've heard that if you really want some, you have to go To Hanover..

I would like a few Russian coins as they were such big players in early modern European history, but most really don't appeal to me. This one does though with the monogram of Catherine the Great, except I'd have nowhere to put it as they're ginormous aren't they. Do you have any roubles Scott? I say, that's a bit personal isn't it? Oh, ROUBLES. You said roubles.

Shouldn't that be £200-300? I've heard of setting the estimates low to draw in the punters, but £20 is ridiculous. Your sarcasm is very deadpan, Rob

Yeah, that's the one bit about Dropbox that really did p*ss me off. Then I discovered 'symbolic links' (symlinks) which means you can just put those into the Dropbox folder and it will update/sync the original.

Ah, but by then, he IS someone else! That's the moral message I believe?

That's the whole beauty of it - he cheats, but ultimately has to learn more important sh*t than bedding women and winning on the races, especially as he has start again from scratch each morning!

I've been shifting some of the dross recently, and I have been surprised at what people will buy. Not for much - usually £0.99 or £1.99 but it all mounts up to a nice little pool for buying something I really want. I got a superb condition DVD of Groundhog Day recently, for 99p + postage - that sure beats even Tesco's bargain basement!

Yeah, but that depends on having Windows, right? Dropbox works across all platforms, and even though you only get 2GB free, you get 250MB extra for each person you introduce to Dropbox. It also works quietly in the background updating files, and syncs across all your devices. Also it's been around for years and has a top-notch reputation.

I think I can read that first word! Does it say spasebo?

Dropbox is private. And while the 2GB free option doesn't give you a whole lot of online space, so it's no good for music, pictures or videos, it is ample for my word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases, etc, plus all my browser bookmarks, address book, notepad, and small web pictures from Facebook etc. And I've still got half of the 2GB left. "Time Machine" is an automatic backup system for Macs - plug in a 500 GB external USB hard drive, nominate it as your computer's backup disk, and then just forget all about it. It keeps hourly backups for a day, daily backups for a month, and weekly? monthly? backups for as long as you have room on the disk. Like Dave, I'm a 'belt and braces' man - I also have a bag of memory sticks ranging from 2GB (personal documents) up to 64GB (my iTunes library)

If they are genuinely EF then those three might SELL for around £30 on a good day (though none of them is hard to obtain). A dealer would PAY you around £15 though, and that's also what they would pay at an auction for them. But as Accumulator says, it all depends what else is there, and even more, in what condition.

I suppose he could try ... until you throw in the material fact that he was warned it's a worthless replica, and that eBay have certain rules about 'counterfeits'...

Dammit scott, you should have been Ernie Wise..

I'd love to see that film! Peter as Sid James, definitely. I'm not even going to try and guess who Hattie Jacques would be... I'll be Kenneth Williams then - someone has to be

...then it disappears forever about half an hour after you post.

Obviously not a Time Machine or Dropbox user... oops.

Yeah, but what I meant by "ridiculous" was somewhere in the region of £24,499

Thanks Rob. I appreciate the info.. Hopefully someone can help fill my holes. (The best place for you is the Freudian Numismatic Company...)

thanks. I will go check mine now..do they have the same value? The values are roughly (from highest to lowest, medium grade) : 1919KN 1918KN, 1918H 1919H 1912H but in top grade, the 1919H probably ranks alongside 1918KN, it's a difficult one to find. 1950 and 1951 NON proofs are unusual in that the proofs are worth less, and it's the same with the brass 3d of those dates. Normally proofs are worth more.

Yeah, me too. In fact, when I set up my database (1994?) it contained very few fields back then, but one of them was "Where from". Pitifully, back then, a lot of the entries were the same, chosen from my drop down menu : "Circulation, late 60s"

That "Tower of London" replica (souvenir, whatever) is now up to £411 - should one of us leave a ridiculously high bid on it, or be cynical, shrug, and say "A fool and his money..."?

Ah, you've got Dave's problem too - the AyePhone. Dave Allen? "May your Dog go with you.."

Message sent to seller, I advise everyone else to do the same.

I'd be more inclined to ask him what the lottery numbers are in the Euromillions...

Something very similar happened to me! A long time ago a friend bought a museum copy of a Tudor sixpence, which I thought was amazing...until I acquired a REAL one for less than he paid for his copy...cue a life-long passion for coins!You can own hammered coins for under £20 a piece, easily! How much you want to spend, and the quality you will thereafter seek out, is all part of the journey! I'm afraid I was taken in as a dealer - someone offered a Roman coin and an Elizabeth 3d for which I offered £20 (being unsure about them). I sold the 3d but the purchaser was later unhappy about its thickness (too thick) and it turned out to be a replica. Cue refund of selling price and hasty withdrawal of Roman bronze from sale. Lucky I'd only paid £20, and recouped half of that by selling them as replicas. It only goes to show though ... KNOW YOUR SUBJECT!!! (The person I'd bought them from was obviously trying it on with things he'd bought from a Museum shop - I never met him in person, he just left them with the owners of the Antiques Centre so I could make an offer).