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Spink told me that you don't have to sell them separately so if you don't want both don't pre-order.

It really isn't awash with fake goods though in truth. I don't want to get into it on here as I know some members really dislike ebay but it's just not that bad.

Try getting a group behind you though, the bigger you become the more they listen. As an example try selling a fake Rolex on ebay and see how that goes - some are comparable in price to a 1934 Crown.

For a few years I've been supplying each qualifying class of Royal Air Force Combat Pilots with their Sixpences. It's a long held tradition to sew one behind their wings, preferably one dating from World War Two. The Squadron Leader has contacted me regarding an intake qualifying in late November and a second at the start of the new year, and I'm completely out! I need 40x Sixpences dating 1939 to 1945 inclusive in a minimum of fine condition. A bit of dirt is ok as we polish them up for them. I'll be straight in that I charge them £1.50 per coin including polishing and delivery so will happily pay anyone who has that amount £1.50 per coin. Obviously I could get them in stock tomorrow but I don't want to risk it, would you like a squadron of trained flyers after you! Seriously though I obviously can't and won't let them down but thought I'd try here first. Luv from Dave.

A denarius of, I think, Trajan. Passed off as a 5p and received in bargain booze :-) Sadly it was a fake.

While we're on this subject I had a metal stamp custom made in the U.S. of States "COPY" How would people feel if I were to sell these but ensuring all had copy stamped into either side? No need to go mental or anything, I'm only toying with the idea. Luv from Dave

If it's relevant I recently had a problem with some youths on my property. They mouthed off and I let them drive away before going after them. Managed to catch up to their Renault Clio and nearly managed to achieve my objective before they sped through a red light out into the country. On a straight road I couldn't even get close in my X-type Jaguar and believe me I was trying. Basically I'm saying it's a surprisingly nippy little car which may or may not be a plus from a fathers point of view. If anyone is interested the outcome was the police raided the owners house at 3.00 in the morning which apparently greatly upset his parents whom he lived with. We haven't seen them again :-)

I've been selling that set for years at £1.95 including free postage and to be honest I always felt a bit embarrassed about that price!

Tickets for the o2 this Friday - cost a fortune but can't wait!!!

Can I confirm that this means England are shite at football or not. The two games I begrudgingly watched lead to the obvious conclusion that they're overpaid, ball shy, little girls but then again I'm off the opinion that football is less important than almost absolutely completely anything ever invented in this world or any other ever at any time including the past and future, so I may not be the best judge. BTW I'm English but I have been to Scotland if that helps.

Ford Fusion Unbelievably terrible. The worst car I've ever driven

and here's me thinking you had good taste in cars

Humbling - My Grandad landed at Gold

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Not really paying much attention but due to other factors such as letter thickness etc couldn't the variation be caused by differing striking pressures. Kind regards Dave

Does not ship to is normally a setting inserted by a third party translation service which translate listings onto other ebay sites such as Germany, Spain etc. ie a listing which states does not ship to the UK would in this case indicate that the same listing is actually on ebay.co.uk as well. Luv from Dave

British Copper Company. Walthamstow, Essex. Ca 1810's. Withers no's; 630 to 633 Hope that helps Luv Dave

Dropped at least 40% over the last 12 months if not more? and gold's doing about the same. I wouldn't be surprised if it continued in this vein during the next 12 months.

Thanks guys, I was aware it was a long shot but it's something I have little experience of so it's always best to ask. Some online sources give varying mintage figures and some even claim it was a matt proof only so there wasn't a lot to go on.

It's difficult to show what I mean through these images but the fields do seem mirrored particularly on the reverse. In my experience this is something that could not generally be achieved with cleaning. Obviously this has circulated to a degree although we all know this happens with proof coins, even regularly with the 1927 British issues. What's the general feeling on this, possible proof or definitely not? Luv from Dave

Not only is it not our smallest bird it is actually the only representative of it's genus in the old world being primarily a new world species that in ornithological terms was probably a recent colonist, last 10,000 years. So compared to the Goldcrest and Firecrest it's not only bigger but it's also less British. It was or is one of Britains commonest birds so perhaps another reason for this choice that of the top 5 commonest birds in 1936 it would have been the most readily recognisable from a slightly stylised small drawing.

Or the Firecrest, two different species both the same size. I was a serious twitcher for many years with a "British list" of around 480. British list is the birding equivalent of a coin collection but it's probably slightly more expensive to attain a decent list than a decent collection.

I looked into the possibility of fake slabs a while ago. As far as I can see there's nothing to prevent it happening and in my case the slab and label seemed perfect but there was a single but glaring error on the coin itself.

I have very little experience with slabbed coins but am always prepared to take a chance however, I'm working on a deal involving a USA Silver dollar which is quite expensive to say the least. Cert number checks out as does the coin but how likely is it that the coin itself has been faked and put into a fake slab with a copy of the original labels and cert details. Is there any sure fire way, other than cert lookup, to say the slab, coin and label are genuine? There's nothing about it that looks odd but it would be a crippling loss if I bought it and it wasn't right. I am working on trying to obtain some provenance. Luv from Dave

Ahh that will explain it then - thanks hugely