copper123
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yes thats it
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Funny enough hatred of anything german lasted well into the seventies and early eighties (I remember a few old timers from the eighties that always refused to buy german made tools and cars), when it turned more to jealousy as their economy was not riped apart by the thatcher goverment and had a more progresive aproach in europe, indeed turning into the leading light .
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A list of all counties in europe would be nice seeing as i only know about 6
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Yes they are cheap really , few people knew what the original contents were , a lot got emptied of the coins and used to hold needles or pins things like that very few were left with the coins in esp after the first world war when anything connected with germany was viewed with hatred
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Penny Acquisition of the week
copper123 replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Yes Blakey I have a picture of you with your understudy
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Penny Acquisition of the week
copper123 replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
There is an massive gulf between gvf and AU I wonder if these gradeing companies employ children and threaten them with a slipper if they dont do as they say -
Penny Acquisition of the week
copper123 replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I would grade it as EF , while there is little wear it is noticeable and the obverse has slight problems as well . Was the graders name mutly (Always dreaming!) -
Categories American Animals Australian Bible Body Colour Conflict Death Devil Dogs Emotions Euphemism Family Fashion Food French Horses 'Jack' Luck Money Military Music Names Nature Nautical Numbers Politics Religion Shakespeare Stupidity Entertainment Weather Women Work Browse phrases beginning with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T UV W XYZ Full List What's the meaning of the phrase 'Know your onions'? To be experienced in or knowledgeable about a subject. What's the origin of the phrase 'Know your onions'? The English grammarian and lexicographer C. T. (Charles Talbut) Onions was an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1895 and continued to write reference works throughout a long and distinguished career. His last work was The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1966, which was published a year after his death. If I knew as much etymology as he did I could certainly claim to 'know my onions', and it is tempting to assume that this is where the phrase originated. If the 'onions' referred to in the phrase is indeed human rather than vegetable, there is another Mr. Onions that could be our man. S. G. Onions (they were strong on initials in those days) created sets of coins which were issued to English schools from 1843 onwards. These were teaching aids intended to help children learn £.s.d. (pounds, shillings and pence). They looked similar to real coins and had inscriptions like '4 Farthings make 1 Penny' or, as in the example pictured, '12 Pence make 1 shilling'. We can imagine that 'knowing your Onions' might be coined, so to speak, in those circumstances. The first known use of 'know your onions' in print, in the 1920s, tends to argue against either of the above men being involved. While it is true that the phrase originated at a time when C. T. Onions had established a reputation, the match between the phrase and his name is just a coincidence. Know your onions is in fact an American phrase. There are many references to it in print there from the 1920s onward, but none in the UK or elsewhere until the middle of the century; for example, this from Harper's Magazine, March 1922: "Mr. Roberts knows his onions, all right." Another example comes soon afterwards, in The Lima News, May 1923: "The Columbus statement declares that the league is ready to give the Donahey boom every aid and comfort. Of course! Why not? Governor Donahey knows his onions..." Other phrases that refer to knowing - 'know the ropes', 'doesn't know s*** from Shinola' etc. allude to specific items as the focus of the knowledge. Other 1920s variants of 'know your onions' are 'know your oil/oats/apples' etc. The only one that caught on and is still in common use is 'know your onions'. So, why onions? Well, as the citation above asks - why not? Explanations that relate the phrase to knowledgeable vegetable gardeners, or even to C. T. or S. G. Onions, are just trying too hard. 1920s America was a breeding ground for wacky phrases (see the bee's knees for some examples) and this is just another of those. See other phrases that were coined in the USA.
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I do have a yh half sov I found it the other day but any other value would be great (that a john cooke and sons )
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Very kind - I accept your offer - I will of course send you back something of about equal value A pic up from the York coin fair this last weekend - almost certainly a Moore counter issued for use in schools which were starting to take off at this time due to a health interest in education in the 1850's
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55 coins? I aint even got 1
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Sorry i ment lauer
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ARE THESE DEFINATELY ATTRIBUTED TO MOORE?
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A FEW PICS WOULD BE NICE
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There is no latin name for elizabeth so it was not changed
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Penny Acquisition of the week
copper123 replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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I notice instead of Carolus, Charles is known as charles on the new coins another really big break from tradition.
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WOW thats one hell of a large collection you have there larry - god knows how much its cost you over the years . Looking forward to York tommorow I usually find my best stuff in the winter as well
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You can see the compleatly different size letters on these two counters one quite small and the other large - really interesting
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I would imagine "The london mint office" would even beat the royal mint at selling crap.Tristan decuna rubbish and all that
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yes will try again
