copper123

Those roman coins look really nasty - proper cruds, barely even noticable as coins even

Where-wolf?

One hump or two?

Marty felman - gone too soon

Spotted a couple of coins i fancy , ta.

yuk , tastes HORRIBLE!

Another one bites the duster

A reasonable price might be £135 that mark on the cheek makes me so no

I am annoyed that every single tiny payment via paypal now goes straight into my bank account , before at least I used to save it up for a month or so and then buy something decent with the procedes

And yes I have visited it

coppied and pasted from the national trust At first glance the stunning views on the Yorkshire Coast seem like a rugged natural landscape created by time and tide. In fact, human history is as significant as natural history in the shaping of this beautiful coastline. In the 16th-century alum was essential in the textile industry as a fixative for dyes. Initially imported from Italy where there was a Papal monopoly on the industry, the supply to Great Britain was cut off during the Reformation. In response to this need Thomas Challoner set up Britains first Alum works in Guisborough. He recognised that the fossils found around the Yorkshire coast were similar to those found in the Alum quarries in Europe. As the industry grew, sites along the coast were favoured as access to the shales and subsequent transportation was much easier. Alum was extracted from quarried shales through a large scale and complicated process which took months to complete. The process involved extracting then burning huge piles of shale for 9 months, before transferring it to leaching pits to extract an aluminium sulphate liquor. This was sent along channels to the alum works where human urine was added. At the peak of alum production the industry required 200 tonnes of urine every year, equivalent to the produce of 1,000 people. The demand was such that it was imported from London and Newcastle, buckets were left on street corners for collection and reportedly public toilets were built in Hull in order to supply the alum works. This unsavoury liquor was left until the alum crystals settled out, ready to be removed. An intriguing method was employed to judge when the optimum amount of alum had been extracted from the liquor when it was ready an egg could be floated in the solution. The last Alum works on the Yorkshire Coast closed in 1871. This was due to the invention of manufacturing synthetic alum in 1855, then subsequently the creation of aniline dyes which contained their own fixative. There are many sites along the Yorkshire Coast which bear evidence of the alum industry. These include Loftus Alum Quarries where the cliff profile is drastically changed by extraction and huge shale tips remain. Further South are the Ravenscar Alum Works, which are well preserved and enable visitors to visualise the processes which took place.

It is quite true poo and piss both had values , the piss in the dyeing trade it was shipped from london to north yorkshire to help with colour fastness in quite rich peoples clothes probably wool as yorkshire specialised in processing wool The most valueable piss was from a red headed ginger virgin male under 18 , don't ask me why it just was. Second thoughts they might have been better looking for the above in scotland

The coin has a bullion value , your last poo has not

I thought this was quite funny

Why would a good communist never drink yorkshire tea? Because all proper tea is theft

On the subject of edward VIII coins can anyone confirm that when Edward asked for one of the four sets he was turned down by the royal mint , that must have felt like a right smack in the face . George V would have gone spare if he was turned down .

I feel more like baldrick on here .LOL. Much kicked about and abused , sorry make that manuel

Edward VIII pennies ? I thought only about 4 exist

They definately were circulateing coins - halfpennies of this period often had where they could be redeamed on the edge . By the way i really hope Isacc Newton never looked like pinochio's dad as thui coin seems to surgest This farthing does not have this information , therefore making it a bit more questionable as curency - there again practically every other copper coin in circulation at the time was either a fake / evasion/or token . In the end the public at the time not being too bothered about what was in their pocket their main main worry was who could they pass the coins on too for full face value. The north and south wales farthings produced in huge quantities look like they might have been produced by the same maker

Newton fake yes, contemp made to decieve the public , never to be redeamed

What sort of grade was the 1862 ? Anything above fine is very rare

I imagine many collectors do not want their address known as they might have another collection of valueable stuff ie Moorecroft , crystal , guns etc . It really is very foolish to potentially let the world know your house is full of lovely stuff to pinch.

Nice tone

Good luck with that ! LOL

It does but really low grade so you would have to convince the buyer it is - good luck!