scottishmoney

True that may well be that the RM called in as much as possible, but I still hae £90 in £SD from fairlings to crowns

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/queen-offers-to-restore-british-rule-over-united-states God Bless Queen Elizabeth, she has deftly offered to liberate us here in the United States from our ruinous politicians. I do believe she may well get my vote.

Trailer Trash for Trump! But then you have left fielders like Hillary secretly meeting with Wall St. Politics is very much akin to the oldest profession, prostitution.

I have seen Tesla live a couple of times, yes they are a great band.

I'd go for investigating both Trump and Clinton. They are both crooks. No matter who wins, America will lose.

Def Leppard is 1980s, but I like Sabbath, DP and the Zep - even though they are well before my time.

Having lived for awhile in Ukraine, I can tell you that this election reminds me so much of a post Soviet style election with both candidates being corrupt as one another. Yanukovych was a career thug with an actual burglary conviction in 1967( so many first floor apts in Ukraine have bars on the windows because of potential break ins) Tymoshenko was and is known as the "Gas Queen" for running the gas company and signing ruinous deals with Russia. Where does this play now? Well Trump's advisor Paul Manafort was paid significant sums by Yanukovych during the election in 2010, came back to haunt the old boy in August and Trump dumped him. Trump is very favourable to Russia and Putin, wants to recognize Russian annexation of Crimea etc. And when Yanukovych was elected(?) in 2010 he jailed his opponent, Tymoshenko, who was only released in 2014 when the government fell. And now Trump speaks of jailing Clinton. History will repeat itself.

Is it a jacka$$ o' lantern or a Trumpkin?

I'm holding out for the tenner next year. Jane Austen means more to me than Winnie. BTW @Upinsmoke " also listening to music any genre but mainly heavy rock Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath , Deep Purple" Ha, just doing a Deep Purple and Def Leppard binge right now.

Just whence you all thought all was lost HRH QEII has graciously offered to restore her realm to the United States: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/queen-offers-to-restore-british-rule-over-united-states Thank you Dear Beloved Queen, for rescuing us from our miserous political twits. Thanks also for offering to kindly pass over Charles in our realm and instead let the throne to Prince William. VIVAT REGINA - LONG LIVE THE QUEEN, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North America!

I actively collect 17th century tokens - they can be challenging. My main interests are tokens issued by women, unusual tokens like the rat catcher and tokens that have interesting designs.

There goes the Chunnel.

Trump Believes Scotland voted for the Brexit - What a dumbpuck And I love the one tweet:

Of course there is that particular blowhard over in America who is writhing in delight as he hopes the "anti-establishment" will propel him to the helm in his bid to dissolve NATO, the EU and cozy up to Pootie Poot. And to think, he can authorise nuclear strikes and other sundry military actions.

Indeed. It even has a portrait of a ubiquitous rat. What I enjoy the most about 17th century tokens is that many of them are very personal to the issuer - unlike many later tokens that were issued by municipalities, workhouses etc.

I collect 17th century tokens with a focus on unusual issuers ie the one token I have is the only known issuer whose profession was a rat catcher, but also collect tokens issued by women. I really don't have a focus on particular locales.

With all due respects, your worries should not be concerned with the EU vote, but rather the farcical election in the USA come November. No matter who wins, I predict a fool will be the winner. And the country and the world are shafted.

It equaled 11 Merks, a unit of accounting in Scotland - with all the recoining going on at the time it was quickly obsolete and whilst not many were minted in the first place the most of them were melted down.

Some would suggest that plastic and coin don't mix - me being one.

Money and coinage in it's many iterations changed oft during the reign of James VI, this is a noble from 1588, by then the coin in use in England had long evolved into a new denomination with a portrait of the monarch whilst in Scotland the archaic remained. To further complicate matters there were multiple coins referred to as a noble - issued in the same year! The other, smaller, noble was tariffed at 75/- whilst this larger example tariffed at 146/8 - it was strictly a one year type and is very rare.

I do remember some of his mid-1970s fights, as usual he fought as much with his well chosen deprecatory statements as he did with his fists. And that was what made Ali remarkable, he practiced what he preached. He was a great human being and I will remember his quotes forever. "Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee"

Edward III Noble from the brief Treaty Period in the 1360s when England and France were at peace and Edward III was not claiming the French throne, thus no French titles on the coin. One I have owned a few years and will likely enjoy only shortly longer as these treasures will be sacrificed to pay for the ankle biters college fund.

But I am saying that Britain has more in common with her former colonies what with shared values of democracy, tradition etc. as opposed to being a part of the EU. But the next war is indeed on the horizon, and there will be a lot of surprises - look at some of what is going on in some of the "new" democracies in E. Europe. Some countries like Hungary and Poland have experienced a backlash vs. the EU and even NATO lately. What was unthinkable 10-15 years ago, vis a vis favouring Russia's ambitions are becoming much more the norm. Whilst Germany and France now have a 60+ year alliance with few cracks, some other countries are not quite so onboard with such alliances.

Britain does have quite a bit more in common with her transatlantic partners, Canada and the USA, than she does with continental Europe. Think about it, beginning especially in the 18th century industrialism and manufacturing took off at an unprecedented pace in Britain whilst the rest of Europe wallowed in a miserably serf-like existence. The USA, Canada and Great Britain have a long history, not always perfect - but we have a lot more in common in values than say Britain has with that country across the channel.