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Many thanks, G3, I'll definitely look into that. I'm going to join the detecting forum and message my local club tomorrow!

A fair comment!

This is my new year project to join a detecting club. I bought a MineLab around 6 years ago, but found it SO complicated to use that I gave up and sold it. I consider myself to be relatively intelligent, but I read the user booklet 20+ times, and I still struggled to use the blinking thing! You definitely need a club!

The price is constantly in flux! Your best bet is to surf the 'net for bullion spot prices, and purchase prices, as and when you come to buy or sell. If you email Chris Perkins, who runs this site, he might give you a price, as I know he occasionally buys bullion silver?

I disagree! People migrate to the most uptodate record or study, if it's worthy and, of course, supercedes the previous works! No-one would ever attemp a piece of numismatic literature ever again, based on your (Rob's) premise! Surely a collection of significant conflicting works are not to be left unresolved forever for fear that any attempt to resolve them might add to the confusion? This is what the next great piece of numismatic literature is all about, shedding light on a previously incomplete or misunderstood area? Surely?

Brillo Pad HAS to be a hoax, nobody, but, nobody, does this! Nobody! ?

Yes, a season's greeting to you all from the British South-West! ?

So am I!

OK, so it seems to be working for me now! Thanks, Dave, for the post, and you gents for your experiences and insights! weird thing is, I remained signed-in for the entire period, yet couldn't access the forum? who knows? Anyway, all's well that ends well! season's greeting to you all!

Blimey, what a transformation...on the I-phone, at least! Will have to take a closer look at it tomorrow! Wow!

I've posted this a couple of times on here along the way but, when decontaminating coins with acetone and q-tips/cotton buds, remember to dip each end of the bud into the acetone bottle only once! I'll never forget (and it's testament to how much junk you can unknowingly remove from the surface of a coin) getting to the end of my first bottle, and realising in the last 4mm of fluid (a dark bottle) was around 2mm of old coin gunk, which I had been smearing back over my coins in ignorant bliss! I only ever dip the q-tip in the solution once nowadays, and wasted around 100 flips by having to start all over again! My tip of the year!

Although I'd hazard a guess that the vast majority of fingerprints on such coins, appeared during, or shortly after, the brief time they were in actual circulation. So the fingerprint is most likely from someone long dead. I'm not sure how careless or otherwise staff at specialist coin auction houses are. Do you have any evidence to support an assertion that they handle them carelessly? What does bug me are those endless pics on e bay with a coin photograohed in somebody's hand. At the auctions I've attended, the coins are in and out of the wallets at a million miles an hour, and being handled by anyone who wants to inspect it.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...really lovely coin, that! ?

I've just been surfing around for the SCBI North Edwardian Silver Coins (39) - not too many of those around from what I can see? Would happily swap a good copy of Peck for one?

Not a great deal in that condition, unfortunately, Brian. Take a look here to get a feel for it... http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=richard+I+penny&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=BS227GL&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=3&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50 Boy, wasn't that great to have something a little different to bronze pennies! EDIT: Here's an eBay VLARD Penny... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/King-Richard-I-Silver-Hammered-Penny-1189-1199-Vlard-on-Cant-/371482700899?hash=item567e182c63%3Ag%3AB18AAOSw5VFWP3Po&nma=true&si=C4E%252Fla%252Bgd88kDexFgH47QmdyYfo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Nobody will ever believe me!

VLARD ON CANT Richard I

That striking band and crude legend??? On first glance I don't think it's short cross at all? Edit: I've had a quick scan, but I just don't have the literature to get anywhere near this one. It could either be something incredibly exciting and crude from the Angevins, or a very crude contemporary short cross forgery? There's just that tantalizing bit of extra detail and positioning of marks in the reverse quarters that make this look unusual? The legends could also be fake, or crude emergency issue?? Interesting Looking forward to hearing the outcome on this one! Some of the reverse legend looks to be ...ARD ON (maybe CANT, but that would fit?). OR, of course, Richard I?

Nicely put, Paulus, it's great to have collectors with Matteo's understandings amongst us...and on young shoulders, too, if his profile is anything to go on? I asked about editions because I thought I'd glanced somewhere on the net something about updates/updated???? I obviously can't find it now (of course, and typically), but thought I'd better ask anyway.

Does anyone have a preference for a particular edition of the SCBI 39?

Yes, I generally go Withers, then a quick scan in North Hammered Coinage, before a minute crawl of Rod Blunt's pages. I might have a look at acquiring the SCBI book in the new year? In time it might be nice to pick up a few of the coins from that collection!

Just out of interest, how useful do you find the majority of images in the SCBI book? I always imagined them to be grainy and of limited use, do you find it generally useful? This is the link to the UKDFD homepage for the Edward Penny series... http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P1.htm#The groups Edit: make sure you scroll right to the bottom of this link

I concede Matteo, 10Cf2 This is another fabulous reference and resource for images http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P11A.htm#Group%2010%20(secondary)

Agreed re the usual hook. I finally decided on 3 because of the overall height of the side petals of the central lis. The upper arch of the side petals tower well above the other ornaments, that's what swung it for me. Will have to revisit it again later. All good fun!

I'm going 10cf3 Just out of interest, what is it that swung you for 2 Matteo?