Emperor Oli

That's beautiful, even with the corrosion. And £179 isn't that bad but I bet people can't understand why anyone would pay that for a coin

Bloody hell, you put coins in those claws?!? Doesn't it scratch them?

Custard1966 or mint_mark or somebody else I can't remember

There's soemone else in here with my birthday too....................odd

Ooh I've had countless extractions - a record (for me) of five in one go. The first time I had a tooth out I had it under general anaesthetic but the latter ones I just had an injection. I didn't like the gas because they just pressed the mask to my face and I was in the middle of inhaling so I spluttered but the assistants held me down until I went out

Oh I've rolled off tables once or twice when I was a baby

I was born in March (15th March) and i'm definitely not lucky. I was born with a Cleft lip and Palate, a lovely picture of which can be found here (not me btw). However, I had a skilled surgeon who rectified, then I went to a cosmetic surgeon and had plastic surgery (how about that - cosmetic surgery at 1!). In all I've had about £100,000 of treatment on my mouth - I've squeezed tons out of the NHS! Once when I was younger i tripped over an umbrella and I had no shoes on and one of my toenails ripped itself off (not a pleasant experience, I can tell you). Well that's all my worst bad luck....never come up on Premium Bonds either

No, I don't although they're very lucky to have them! Howver an interesting fact about Edward VII: From Charles II onwards a tradition developed of successive monarchs on coinage facing in the opposite direction to their predecessor. There was an exception to this in the brief reign of Edward VIII, who liked portraits of himself facing to the left, even though he should have faced to the right according to tradition. The designs for proposed coins in the Mint collection show Edward VIII facing to the left. The tradition has been restored since the reign of George VI.

Well, patterns were made and only a small number of proof sets were struck but they weren't for sale so I'd imagine only a few exist. They did issue coins in overseas colonies which bore his name but not a portrait unfortunately......

Lol I doubt I'd have the audacity to do that! Spink's say that they weren't issued but there's a picture of one so somebody, somewhere has one at least! I may just fork out some money for an expensive restrike but that takes the fun away I suppose.......

Bear in mind, I only started a few months ago but I need: 1902-1931, 1933, 1935-1939, 1944, 1949 and 1953 but I doubt I'll get the Edward VIII ones anytime soon!

No, I didn't bid in the end as I knew i was going to manchester today so I needed the money!

I'd like to see the obverse of that George III one near the George IV at the top, if it's as good as the reverse it'll be super! Im contemplating buying it......oo only 11m31s to go

Wow weeeeee someone buy these for me!!!!

Eurgh! Did you buy it........or, shock-horror, did you dip it??

Wait a minute, that dark patch on the reverse looks as if the coating has peeled off. Thats rather odd, I wonder if anyone can shed any lght on this? £21 @ 19:11!

I have some later proofs (Piedfort 20ps and the like) but no early stuff

No, we had changed to a different topic inside a topic. I thought the engine could search posts as well as topic titles. Oh well, well done william

Are you from Oz too? Would you post some pics of your finds, like Raoul, please ?

Dodgy

My scanner's gone dodgy all the colour is out - picture blue farthings and you get the picture! I'll try to get it fixed and post but don't hold your breath! I'm about halfway there. I reckon i'll be finished by Christmas if I keep this pace up! It's the Edward VII ones I'm dreading - it's going to be rather costly

Exxon

I'm just saying if Master JMD had bothered to use the search function, he could have found out his answer

If we have another auction like that of the Slaney collection, we could see prices shoot through the roof as higher ones are established as the norm but I reckon the previous predictions are sound

Oh I have! I splurged about £75 a few weeks ago, significantly furthering my goal to get all farthings in BU condition between 1902 and 1956