Hussulo

It appears as though this coin is back on the market for all those that were interested in it before: http://cgi.ebay.com/1965-Churchill-Great-B...1QQcmdZViewItem and check out its new price.

An EXCELLENT addition to your library........... I agree. Even if you don't want to start collecting Bronze varieties it is still a great book to have as a reference.

I just bought this software: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Coin-Database-Softw...1QQcmdZViewItem It looks quite user friendly and useful. It says you can edit all the drop down bars so if for instance there is no 1/3 farthing section I should be able to add it. It worked out to cost a little under £10 ( I didn't pay for postage as its available to download ) which doesn't seem to bad as I have seen some US coin collecting softwares priced at $100. I will let you know what its like once I have tried it.

Not as bad as this ebay listing was.... <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=018" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=018</a> Great coin Rob. It's a super find. BCC I saw that listing too and even from the bad pictures thought it can't be a small (narrow) date. Which brings me onto a post I had on another forum in were I was shocked to hear that NGC do not guaranty the authenticity of the slabbed coins claimed variety, only that the coin is genuine. As you know the difference in a coins variety can be big difference in value. So if you bought this coin and it was genuine but not a small (narrow) date variety NGC would not give you the book value of the small (narrow) date coin. Moral of the story I guess is if buying a slabbed coin don't accept what variety it is stated to be on the plastic but do your homework on varieties before buying.

Its not to say your books are useless however some collectors really collect on variety and the smallest difference can make a coin rarer. The best guide for the bronze coins is Micheal Freeman's “The Bronze Coinage Of Great Britainâ€. This book is great if you really want to tell each bronze coins tiny difference and variety. Again though this book only covers the bronze coins and so I use it in conjunction with my other books. There isn't an ultimate book as such. All coin books have their good points and you will find as your collection develops so does your library.

Congratulations. You can tell a lot of work has gone into it. An excellent, informative site. P.S. Had to edit the post because I tried to put a hats off GIF on but it didn't work.

You could be right Geordie. I found some interesting BBC news articles about it: LINK

I'm having trouble with the main site. Since formating the my C drive the other day I have had trouble in re-downloading the site builder package. When I do I am hoping it will still work as I saved all the site files on the D drive. So it should be a straight swap over and hopefully it will work or else many tears will be shed by me. So all this means is that I can't make any changes or do any work on the main site at the moment.

q I don't think the quotes are working yet but its nice to see the forum returning back to normal Chris.

Christmas tree coin Go on you know you want to look.

$525 Realised Price at auction: Link to teletrade auctions Now what did I do with that bottle of methane?

Some of you might have heard about COINEX. It's an annual British coin fair which is held in Earls court London during the 28th and 29th of September. This year there was what has been described as a professional theft during the 28th. DNW the auctioneers were targeted and many highlights from their previous days auction were stolen. They include a gold patter Guinea 1787 by L.Pingo, a pattern 1820 £2 in gold by Pistrucci amongst other patterns and Charles I silver coins. Anyone with any information should contact DNW via: Tel. 020 7016 1700 email. auctions@dnw.co.uk

Sorry to here about the bad news Chris. If it was spammers they are starting to stoop pretty low. My Windows wasn't working today and I tried repairing it which didin't work so I had to format my C drive and do a complete re-instal. Needles to say I lost a lot of work and programs. I have never understood the people whom deliberately destroy other peoples hard work or that deliberately spread viruses.

To celebrate the birth of my new baby daughter Sophia and the launch of my new website and forum, I am having a giveaway over on the CoinsGB.com forum. There will be two separate prizes. Prize 1: 1872 Queen Victoria Gothic Florin 1787 George III Sixpence Prize 2: Starter coin and banknote collection. (includes Complete set of George VI farthings 1937-1952, 1951 crown, 3x QE II £5 coins, QE II £2 coin, QE II 1956 two shillings a Queen Victoria token, Queen Victoria straights settlements 1 cent 1887 and a selection of banknotes.) To enter the giveaway simply join the CoinsGB.com forum and post a message on the relevant giveaway section. You can find the forum here: CoinsGB forum link Even if you don’t want to enter the giveaway I would be honored if you joined. P.S. I don’t want you to leave this excellent forum and I haven’t any plans of leaving. I will still continue to play an active role here. I only wish is that you join and hopefully enjoy my forum as well. Thank you, Hus

Thats some balancing act! Check this out: 1920 Great Britain One Penny [Rare Quality] "Sharp Clear Date Amazingly Low Overall Wear, a Rare Quality for a coin this age" Link to eBay 1920 Rare Quality Penny

Thank you for all your kind wishes. I'm into day three now and the days have just flown by! We are starting to get a bit more settled now and Lorraine would also like to thank you all as well.

Thank you all for your kind wishes. I am so happy. I can't stop smiling! Hopefully she will be into history and coin collecting like her dad and granddad. As for spending money and the coin budget taking a hit, it already has. Prams, Moses baskets, cots, baby monitors, car seats you name it my wife has probably bought it. I might have to take you up on your offer before I know it Chris.

Great News! I am now officially a dad. My first child, a beautiful baby girl, Sophia Estella Sulo was born Wednesday 1:39 a.m. she weighs 8 pounds 11.5 ounces (3.95kg), she is 35cm tall, and I am over the moon. Sophia and my wife Lorraine are now out of hospital and are home safe and well.

Great coin Teg displaying a multitude of errors.

Interesting coin Coin-Hunter. I would agree with Colin's verdict. It is a repunched letter. I would also like to use it on my site if possible I could list it in the error section. I am planning on listing more error types soon ie. repunched letters, die cracks, wrong spellings etc.

By “officially marked†does the seller mean the scratches along the centre of the reverse?

Thanks guys Bill I will probably take you up on your kind offer shortly.

www.coinsgb.com Its finally here it has taken me over a year to build (so far), with a lot of help and a lot of sweet and tears. I know it’s still not perfect and it needs a little fine tuning etc but I have uploaded it to the net for your viewing pleasure. I would like to say big thank you to everyone that has been kind enough to have helped me and who continue to help. I would also like to ask if anyone has any pictures of coins missing from the site and that would be kind enough to send me them to be uploaded to the site for which I would be most grateful. I would be happy to add your name below them and an address to a coin related website if you have own one. You can contact me at sulo@coinsgb.com P.S. the forum should be up and running in a week or so and I would be extremely great full if you would do me the honor of joining it. Many thanks, Hus

Welcome Mike!

Is the error incuse or raised? If its incuse it could be a struck through fragment if its raised then it could be a die cud. A cud is a damaged area of the coin. It looks like a blob on the coin which and is raised above the field a little caused from a chip in the die. Similar to a die crack or cracked die error.