Gollum

I am so bored that I am really bored, more bored than I was bored before, and 3 times as bored as I was bored earlier. I mean Bored bored, so bored I am bored, the kind of bored where you are really so bored that you are really really bored. I guess I am so bored that I am bored rigid, and that is really bored, the kind of bored where if your bored you want to hit your skull against the wall out of being bored. ah well I guess it isn't as bored as I was bored yesterday, now that was extremely bored, the kind of bored that meant you were so bored you wanted to take a gun abd shoot your brain out of it's skull for some fun. I am bored.

Having watched some of the chatter here I can get a sarcastic note for less than a tenner thanks Debbie. I can imagine it now, an envelope with a tanner in it and a sarcastic note saying "what did you expect"

Blimey !, £105 http://www.tts-group.co.uk/shops/tts/Products/PD1726995/Digital-Blue-QX5-Microscope/ It just grew up

But watch out for the Jersey/Guernsey/Isle on man etc etc which are not widely accepted as legal tender.... Actually I was going to bring those up later, I can not understand why they can strike some really pretty coins and yet we seem to have "dull" ones. Are we just boring as a nation in this respect. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder with some of these!! What have they done to Kate!!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Coins-Collectable-Prince-WILLIAM-and-KATE-Middleton-/160617668726?pt=UK_Royalty&hash=item25658f2076 Nowt, that's her pre makeup face . Well ok, so they made her look a little like wurzel gummidge.

Trouble of this it is impossible to tell minor die errors from dealers lists or Ebay. At fairs ditto with the hustle and bustle and suspect lighting. I take a good quality x7 glass.I also have those tiny x45 & x60 pocket scopes which have LED lights.(I bought 20 from HK)sold a few on Ebay to cover my cost & have plenty left...I may sell a few more but they are so handy...almost disposable. Peter are they really any good and how much for one of those scopes if you sell them ?. I want one but not if its expensive to me.

I see there is a for sale section but I can not find a wanted one, is that deliberate or just an omission. I want lots of coins ( yeah I am talking those you lot call junk but not scrap ) to start with. I mean how many of you have old pennies laying about you want to get shot of, or dare i say half pennies, should be a lot of beginners happy to grab them ust to start a collection with. Bugger Ebay, offer them to your inexperienced and gullible new members ( yep that's me ). Gollum is now in the scrap metal business I suppose.

I've got more than 10 available too. That doesn't mean to say the one you get will be mark free though. The one in the picture isn't, and the other side isn't shown. The picture may or may not be the coin you receive. Dave Watson is a member of this forum, and has told me he will ensure I get one that has either minimal or no marks on it and in a wallet.

But watch out for the Jersey/Guernsey/Isle on man etc etc which are not widely accepted as legal tender.... Actually I was going to bring those up later, I can not understand why they can strike some really pretty coins and yet we seem to have "dull" ones. Are we just boring as a nation in this respect.

In his magnificent design for the gold kilo coin for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sir Anthony has remained true to his sculptural ideals, creating an imposing design that took all the skill of the Royal Mint’s hugely experienced craftsman to embody. Anyone want a job, says a lot for their craftsmen, they obviously have blind monkeys working for them

Uglier than a churchill crown ?.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130579916384

Swine As a diversion from this matter, is it true that ALL old english notes are still exchangeable with the mint for its modern counterpart ?. I ask as someone I know offered me some old green pound ones and a old £10 one for 30p each. Could be a bargain.

???!! If you can afford one of those, it sounds like you should stop buying scrap copper to clean and start taking an interest in this sort of thing instead! Guinea Groat Half crown That was a one of for her birthday shortly after we met and married, mainly because some Billy BS she went out with promised her one and over the years it never materialised, so I made sure it did. I moan about her but she's looked after me for 12 years now, and believe me, that takes a lot.

Oi !, I just purchased one of them, you saying my coins are ugly .

Just for Debbie, that's 5 Bob .

Ok, so crowns when I was a kid were valued at 5/- then when decimal came in at 25p. So why are they calling the £5 coin a crown now. whats that about. It's very confusing to an old brain.

You know the diamonds look quite interesting.... I'm sure Mrs Gollum wouldn't object! No, she probably wouldn't but I would, she breaks or loses anything I get her !. Which reminds me Debbie, she broke her brand new solid gold wristwatch last year within a week and I still have not had it repaired.

Thank you Tom, I agree on the real coin front, but sometimes pretty pictures can brighten up a collection. I like the reverse of the new 2012 britannia £2 coin, can't say much for Her Maj who now seems to be looking like something from planet of the apes in her effigy !.

I just looked at the new kilo coin, considering the pictures on all the foreign ones about, this coin is absolutely but ugly. It looks like my kid took a pick-axe to it. http://www.royalmint.com/olympicgames/London-2012-kilo-coins.aspx?src=hm_SmallBanner_2012Kilo

I am saying nothing about this site. Except perhaps typing in the words coins, tokens, coinage, seem to has a marvelous effect . www.filecrop.com

Yeah, it also says £1.25 each. But don't the royal mint have these at face price ?. Oh no, £45 the set ( silver of course ), ebay looks cheap now.... Forget that too, that £45 is for 2 coins only !!. Don't they do the "normal joe bloggs unc non silver" sets ?.

Yeah, it also says £1.25 each. But don't the royal mint have these at face price ?. Oh no, £45 the set ( silver of course ), ebay looks cheap now....

So apart from the royal mint for UK coins, is there anywhere like it to buy foreign coins ?. I like the look of this coin for the dragon. http://www.gainesvillecoins.com/products/159122/2012-1-oz-silver-year-of-the-dragon-round.aspx In fact is there anywhere like that here ?.

Will Caustic soda do much admage to a coin ?

I can only see the obverse and reverse, that gives me no clue as to how thin it is. could we have a side view ?.