Michael-Roo

Not sure if 'laugh' is right, but hey-ho, tug your forelock and know your place.

Here it is. Interviewing a Rose farthing? That must've been some powerful stuff they were puffing on at the FS offices back in the 1980s…...

As I've said before on here I don't often buy coins these days but will, once in a blue moon, spend an idle hour or so grubbing about on Ebay. It would seem there are still occasional bargains to be had as I've just bought this. BIN £1.50, and with free postage.

His ad would appear every month and I don't recall him ever describing anything he offered for sale as less than 'Choice BU'. As Peter says; 'nail on head' Colin.

A gent, and always a pleasure to do business with.

Sometimes I look into our Roo's eyes and think, yes, humans, we're f**kin' useless, aren't we. 60 million of us, and Piccaninny Watermelon Smiles Letterbox is the best we can come up with? Really? To hell in a handcart, and it's no less than we deserve.

Still digging, still finding…. I've found this, from ten or so years later. Why is "update" in in inverted commas? Reads like some kind of secret code. Noting I'd lost out on choices to people who had 'telephoned'? Well, the past is a foreign country….

Just as well. Unfortunately, there's still an abundance of twat.

Isn't it. It did, and he did.

Across the road from Liverpool's glorious Philharmonic Hall (saw T.Rex there in 1971, 60p!) Phonetics has a lot to answer for…..

Just noticed this handwritten note on the back page of a farthing list.

Coin Monthly January 1969. Surely, the person on the right, wearing the pinny, isn't that Andy Fairweather Low?…….

He states 'full time' since 1969, not established that year. Can't be sure, but would think those are probably from sometime in the mid to late 1980s, certainly before we moved to Cambridge in '92, as I don't remember buying from him after leaving Liverpool. I have a number of Colin Cooke sales lists too from the same time and into the early to mid 1990s, plus a couple from someone named David Webb in Hartley, Kent.

I've found a couple. Don't know about you but I always thought his EXCESSIVE USE OF CAPS AND EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!! made for something of an exhausting read beyond the first page or two.

Her 1874 sov looks suspect too.

Ended last night at £1,500 and with 25 bids. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123785755191?ul_noapp=true There were the usual bidders involved, plus a new one, the winner, who has a previous bidding activity record of zero. Back on this morning as a £2,300 BIN. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1847-WW-SOLID-SILVER-PLAIN-EDGE-VICTORIA-GOTHIC-CROWN-MY-GRADE-E-F-plus/123791473035?hash=item1cd28bf98b:g:Jw4AAOSw9A5criZ1

Thanks.

Reading this I thought: 'I'm sure I have one of those somewhere.' Found it. 1.7g. 19-20mm at the widest point. Is it a penny or halfpenny?

Which toned down to that beautiful milk chocolate colour we see today. I agree Peter, the George I coppers are probably my favourites too, and which I consider to just pip the Charles II issue for overall design. The point I was making earlier was how the coppers introduced in 1672 were so radically different in appearance to those which came before and so can be seen as the first issue of a modern looking coinage (and yes, I know silver was issued in the 1660s but Damian's topic relates specifically to copper ).

The introduction of recognisably modern era base metal coins in 1672 would have to be included on any list. To this day the Charles II farthing, simple, uncluttered, remains an example of good design.

Absolutely Peter, her and all the others. I remember how, 10-15 years ago, I would spend and enjoyable hour or two hunting for coins on ebay several times each week.. It was fun, and there were always one or two proper rarities to be found which a seller may not have been aware of when listing. Now, there's so much repro being sold as genuine, washers being described as 'high grade', worthless 1971 pennies on at hundreds or thousands, that I can't even be bothered to look anymore.

You're probably right. If she's listing each time they're offering a £1 maximum fee then I suppose she'll continue to fish hoping, eventually, some poor sap will bite.

An apt comment Peter, she is marlyBOB after all…. Even using the same photos. Pete (PWA) talked with someone at ebay last time so, although it ended on £1600, clearly no sale was made. Also, thanks to him, they are aware of this thread.