ozjohn

The RM's output was also shipped out to th Empire as it was then. How these coins related to the year of minting /year of issue as they took many months to arrive at their destination. I cannot speak for other countries but the numbers issued in Australia was recorded by the Sydney, Melbourne mints. In the case of gold coins the coins were minted in Australia with mint marks for Sydney mint etc. No doubt the reverse would have been true with Australian minted gold coins going to the UK. In conclusion the minting and distribution of coins would have been a complex operation. With the date stamped on a coin agreeing with the year of issue being the least of the mint's problem. As Rob says the mint records are the only guide we have but is probably on shaky ground. As a practical test you can check Ebay listings for a particular year and do this over time can give some idea of rarity of a coin. For example for a 1913 halfcrown you do not find too many listed at any one time something I have found to be consistent over time.

Agreed.. However some coins seem to be more plentiful than the mintage figures suggest while others less so. For example I've been trying to upgrade my 1911 florin mintage 5.9 million but when I look it's easier to get a proof coin with a mintage of 15000. In fact the normal issue coins are pretty thin on the ground. In addition as this coin was the first of its type to be issued and usually more are put aside as mementos and as a result more plentiful. This is not the case with this issue. Maybe its a coincidence ?

It has been suggested that the mintage figures supplied by the RM are the actual amount of coins of that denomination that were delivered for circulation during a specific year and could contain coins from previous years mintages that were not delivered previously. I do not know how true this is but if it is the actual number of coins bearing a particular date could vary significantly from the figures provided by the RM.

What you are saying is Scotland is a drag on the rest of the UK ie they cost more than they create. Given that the Scots would be very stupid to vote to part from the UK. The only thing they have going for them is oil (prices depressed) and with the rise of electric cars likely to remain so other than spikes due to world events which is not a good basis for your economy. Also with impending Brexit and a likely customs barrier against Scotland their prospects are bleak. However nationalism has never been based on rational thought. Like they say Brexit means Brexit and independence for Scotland means independence for Scotland no support from the rest of the UK.

Typo " flat service" of course should be flat surface.

looks like the 1d., 2d., & 3d. were stored reverse exposed while the 4d. the obverse was exposed. Possibly a flat service as corrosion can be seen on the edge of all the coins as well. The coins must have been exposed to a very hostile environment It's surprising the corrosion never effected the unexposed sides of the coins. There must have been a good seal between the coins and what they were resting on. As to what caused this ? This has been recently discussed before on these forums but this seems a pretty extreme case. As for cleaning I think the coins will be badly pitted after any attempt to clean them. I'm assuming these coins were minted in 50% silver. I think they reverted to .925 silver at a later date.

If the SNP get their way you are probably looking at another hard border for a diminishing UK. IMO the best way to encourage this would be to have another Brexit referendum. If you can have another bite of the cherry why can't we have the same etc. etc.

Quite. The people voted for Brexit. The EU elections reinforced this result but the remainders still refuse to accept this. Hopefully Boris can produce if necessary a no deal Brexit. Perhaps not the ideal result but in face of EU intransigence the only possible way to meet the results of the Brexit referendum and EU elections. Given all that has happened I do not know how the UK could live with its self if it remained in the EU.

My Spink CofE 2016 catalogs an 1847 Gothic crown at EF GBP 3000. I guess it's overpriced but still a nice coins with a few minor edge knocks.

Fake coin offered as genuine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1900-Florin-Victoria-British-Milled-Silver-Coin-Two-Shillings/123825467047?hash=item1cd492aea7:g:5SsAAOSw2OZdH2Gm

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Britain-1-Florin-1918-Silver-XF-Extra-Fine/401793179018?hash=item5d8cbd5d8a:g:D~gAAOSw8w9dDnie This one IMO would find it difficult to make Fine.

I used to work for the MOV company who made the KT 66 and KT 88 vacuum tubes and have always a bit of respect for vacuum tube audio amps they were well designed and mostly based on the Williamson amp published in Wireless World in 1951 along with the Baxandall tone control and preamp. One of the early designs using control theory.. The Williamson power amp employed the "ultra linear" design that introduced extra negative feedback using taps on the primary winding of the output transformer in addition to the normal negative feedback from the output transformers primary winding back to the input. It has to be said insulated gate FETS make very good power amplifiers as they have a similar transfer characteristic to vacuum tubes as against BJTs (transistors) that have a different characteristic. As an aside I should have brought a lot of KT 88s when I was at the MOV company and sold them to vacuum tube amp makers as they are very much sought after and they mainly use Russian tubes that are inferior to the original MOV ones.

Hi Jelida, Nice place. We have nothing like it in Australia. I think the oldest European structure in Australia is probability Capt. Cooks' cottage in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne which was brought to Australia in the 1930s. ozjohn

Monte. Our next door neighbor's cat keeping the hot water service warm. A firm favorite around our units. Plant in my courtyard. Strophanthus gratus a source of arrow tip poison in tropical Africa.

Poinciana tree in bloom. Redcliffe, Qld. (delonix regina)

I wasn't implying it was difficult only making 10/- the currency unit was an easier option. With regard to long division and multiplication of imperial quantities. This had the bonus of improving the ability to carry out complex calculations improving the mathematical level of everyone as you had to be able to perform these calculations to survive. In addition handling complex relationships between quantities ie 12 pennies = 1/-, 12" = 1 foot etc. introduced the importance of understanding units which is essential for higher learning in maths, physics etc. A good example was when a new employees from high school started where I worked and were asked to fill out a time sheet they couldn't do it correctly as they did not have the skills to understand the relationships between the units of days, hour and minutes and could only handle units based on 10, 100, 1000 etc. As an aside I can remember even into the early 1970s up market department stores still advertised prices in guineas and used car lots used pounds to make their prices seem lower which was several years after decimalization in 1966.

When Australia converted it seemed so much simpler. 10/- = $1, 5/- 50 cent, 2/- = 20 cent,, 1/- = 10 cent. 6d = 5 cent. One new silver coin and 1 & 2 cent bronze coins and the old silver 3d piece, and the bronze penny and halfpenny coins abandoned. Compared with the UK conversion 50p' 20p (horrible little coin introduced later) 1/2, 1 & 2 newpenny bronze coins. Changing to 10/- = $1 preserved the numerical relationship between the coins which made the whole process simpler. I suppose the reason for preserving the GBP was the reason for keeping it but you have to wonder if it was worth all the confusion it caused

Given that circulated 1927 florins and halfcrowns turn up on Ebay it is not beyond the possibility that crowns went the same way. After all they were legal tender.

You don't get it you've had the referendum. It's time to implement it. Three years is too long to be stuffing around like chooks with their heads off only succeeding to make your country laughing stock. Even your friends in Australia are shaking their heads in disbelief.

Looks like the Brexit party picked up a large amount of the original leave vote. Overall it looks like the result of the original referendum has not changed and still represents a majority to leave .The major change is the fall in the Tory party vote who are presently occupying the government bench. I'm sure this fact will sharpen the focus of those frustrating this process if they want to stay there. I think their only choice, given the intransigence of the EU is a no deal Brexit if the Tory MPs want to keep their jobs. Any reneging on Brexit is political suicide.

Don't worry we have the same problem with the ABC here in Australia. Gender issues, support of the Labor party ( who just lost the general election despite their support for it) , climate change, biased reporting etc. Like you say not to be trusted.

Assuming we are still talking about the original subject of this post. Part of the reverse is reasonably well struck which includes the bottom shield, the Scottish shield and the thistle pointed sceptre. Perhaps uneven thickness of the planchet or a misaligned die.

If you believe the BBC then you will believe anything. The UK does not have a preferential voting system and if the EU election results are extrapolated to the UK first past the post system. For example say the results for a seat were as follows Tory 41% , Labor 40% and Others 19% the Tory candidate would win the seat and the same with the Brexit party if a general election were called. What the BBC is trying is to post the results in a way that does not represent your voting system to further its own agenda. I amazes me that the Poms have so little knowledge of their voting system. I suppose it goes hand in hand with the lack of turnout at elections. The result represents an indorsement to leave EU. See my above post.

THE UK HAS HAD THE REFERENDUM THAT VOTED TO LEAVE 52% to leave 48% to stay. If that was the result of a general election no one would question the result as it would deliver a majority of seats to the party who achieved this majority. What part of democracy don't the remainders understand? Was leaving the EU ever going to be easy? No! The EU were always going to oppose Brexit. Not because they like the UK but as it threatens the stability of the EU. It's about time the UK gained a set of balls and told the EU how it's going to be. If this means a no deal exit so be it. The time for procrastination is over.

Well put.