copper123

well i did get one - i must admit it is not really that awful , while the coin itself is actually a white metal (full marks for that!) the packing is super - just a shame a few details are wrong - no reeded edge to the coin but there again they have to be sure you can tell it from an original coin

i really have a good mind to get one of these free on saturday - just so i can laugh at it and how bad it looks

Does the BM stand for BM bargains?

The 1775 farthing for sale on the cambridge coins website for £75 is also an obvious fake - all-beit a contemp one

Bet they start with the four yorkshire men sketch. Or poss dead parrot sketch

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!

Our chief weapons are surprise , surprise is our chief weapon. Nobody expects the spanish inqustion

But nobody expects "The Spanish inquisition"!

What did they call july before Julius caesar was born? Surely the romans did not walk around with several unnamed months before they were named properly - this would create lots of problems at work trying to get through to your employer what time you want off , though not as much bother for slaves as you could just refuse them any time off (great to be the boss ain't it ! ) LOL

Ok hodgeson did not on purpose set out to lose the world cup but in the end the buck has to stop with someone and someone has to go too make way for someone better (hopefully?) lol

Anyone think hodgeson should go? Sorry i think he should , in the end he is taking a wage 12 x more than he deserves

LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE COMING BACK IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH THE WOODEN SPOON> At least they gave it a go though SPAIN were attrocious.

in the immortal words of Mrs brown " A penis - its like willy only bigger"

the guy with the red one looks like those cocktails are for his boyfriend

like a clit maybe !!

would be funny to see prince charles in one. not for real , i mean a doctored photo (not sure if doctored is the right word) lol

reviews are quite funny - prob worth buying just to leave a scolding review lol

They charge a fortune for putting it in a "plastic tomb" and cannot be bothered putting even the most basic info on the coin - they miss off the moneyer

that aint VF its a lot better

i would love to go i went three months ago and had a field day bought loads of good stuff including a 1856 farthing e/r in fine grade for £6 , beat that guys!!!!!! I have been rota in to work today (grrrrrrrrr) and i have two adult entry tickets for the west midland safari park (via clubcard) valid for six months ( as i cannot justify traveling 120 miles just for a coin fair to my partner , there has to be something else....

it has gone worse yes but the coins are at least not made as cheap as pos like in the usa , cent coins are very poorly made

must be one somewhere - afterall mintage was over 5,000,000 not bad for a coin everyone considers ugly

Maybe a obverse die that was due to be scraped wasn't and was accidentally used again by mistake - my idea of what happened

I suspect it happened because of the "dent" rose obverse 20p die was twined with the wrong reverse. Easy mistake to make i would emagin when you have two different obverses and two different reverses in one year

I have had several of these mules and also had the pleasure of examining them close up (well before all the hype in the newspapers etc started),and ALL have had the defective obverse die which really should have been scraped by the royal mint . I would conclude therefore that only ONE pair of dies was used to make the mules ( though i could be wrong i surpose) Also the coins show a marked obverse and a few look in worse state than others . I would expect that the coin dies were twined up for at least a month before the mistake was noticed , pos even longer