Emperor Oli

I'd go GVF but even the newly minted coins had flat hair....

The Duke of Westminster will be peeved a Roman Abramovich beat him to the top in this year's Times Rich List: 1. Roman Abramovich £7,500m 2. The Duke of Westminster £5,500m 3. Hans Rausing & Family £4,950m 4. Philip Green £3,610m 5. Lakshmi Mittal £3,500m 6. Sir Richard Branson £2,600m 7. Kirsten and Jorn Rausing £2,575m 8. Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone £2,323m 9. Charlene and Michel de Carvalho £2,260m 10. David and Simon Reuben £2,200m

Ticking it as a gift would be tax evasion and/or fraud. Just ask him to fedex it over, I think their rates are quite cheap....

Ah it would seem we are both right! Read the title on the page!

God shall smite thee. I was on about the monotony of them.....

Wow, they were adventurous with the Vatican sets.....

This page sells some San Marino ones but no mintage figures......

Lol yes, it's amazing how something so.......acceptable could come out of something like the EU

They're my favourite too! I found a picture and attached it here. It's a bit fuzzy and the words don't help but you can make out the designs

As a few of you know, I spent my Work Experience at a stock broking comapny last month and I did a project on a company. I found that a good company to invest your money in at the moment is Stanley Gibbons, the stamp, autograph and coin dealer. Because the stock market has fallen and pensions have all but collapsed, people are looking for alternative investments, namely stamps and coins. This has made the profits of Stanley Gibbons double in the last year. So, if the market does hit a rough patch, SG should fare well as more people turn to them to invest their money. The broker Seymour Pierce upgraded their estimate to a plain BUY from BUY ON WEAKNESS, further evidence to the reasons above.

Whoops, there was meant to be a "V" after that to make in George IV hence 1826

Eugh....euros. Is it even in a case or or they just change finds? I must admit however that I do like the €2 reverse.

Personally, I'd go for some of the older investment gold i.e George III - Victoria. Although the best examples can't be bought with the money you want to spend, you can pick up some nice pieces. Plus, I think you would get more pleasure out of older ones as they are far nicer than the modern issues. If I had that money to invest in gold, I would buy a George I Sovereign in VF however if you could push your budget to £500 (!), a nice uncirculated 1826 Half sovereign would certainly grace any collection!

Steel prices are increasing(my dad works as a director at a steel company) because demand from China is rising steadily.

1953 Farthings are an odd lot. In total, there are four recorded varieties: Obv.1: Upper arm of cross points at a border bead. M.G. indistinct. Obv.2: Upper arm of cross points between two border beads. M.G. distinct. Rev.A: F points between two border beads. Rev.B: F points at a border bead. Those are the singular varities but it is possible to get a combination: 1+A (ex-plastic sets) is scarcer than... 2+B which is common 2+A is extremely rare 1+B can be found in a 1953 "plastic" set.

Oh I have many more up my sleeve; they shall peter out in the coming weeks!

I shall do that! As I said, I want the best examples (within reason i.e BU)

Whoa, Will, reduce the size of your sig!

He has indeed

Was it even one of your own rules?

So what if it's got nothing to do with coins, it's still spamming

This needs to bne ended! It's a more than a post per minute of rubbish

I think this topic needs to be closed now, it's getting to spamming

Judging by your grading questions however, I'd go back and regrade

Sedna