Mules?

[Peckris]

wow they hardly look like a coin much no more but veyr old, amazing really

True that they look different from our current coins. That's largely the difference between hand made and machine made coins. Wobbly edges. Parts of the design unclear due to wear or poor manufacture. But I think one of the nice things about coins is the link to the past. Here for example is a vary similar shield design. The first is a shilling of James I from 1624, the second is a pound coin from 2010. Apart from the lis of France being dropped from the design in the 1800s they are pretty similar I reckon.

Why, in the upper right quadrant of the hammered coin, is there an image of a backpacker dancing to her iPod?

[TomGoodheart]

Why, in the upper right quadrant of the hammered coin, is there an image of a backpacker dancing to her iPod?

Tsk. They didn't have iPods back then Peck!! It's very clearly a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

[Peter]

wow they hardly look like a coin much no more but veyr old, amazing really

True that they look different from our current coins. That's largely the difference between hand made and machine made coins. Wobbly edges. Parts of the design unclear due to wear or poor manufacture. But I think one of the nice things about coins is the link to the past. Here for example is a vary similar shield design. The first is a shilling of James I from 1624, the second is a pound coin from 2010. Apart from the lis of France being dropped from the design in the 1800s they are pretty similar I reckon.

Sinc

fantastic Richard.It is like comparing a British Leyland to a modern car.

All we do with our cars are service them.I have been lucky from 1984 to have company cars (until 2006).Since then I have stuck to Vauxhall...although Mrs Peter drives her Hyundai Siii.I'm now after an Omega Estate with a doggie guard and a Cayman...I would also like a Honda fireblade and 20 pairs of M&S pants.

Ahh, Fireblades! They were the reported DB's when I was scratching the footrests off my GPZ750 - and you needed quite a few pairs of M&S pants for that task too, I can tell you, what with the yucky long chassis of the GPZ series of that generation (white-line wobble of the greatest fury)!

I never dreamt I'd ever desire a faster bike when I first started squealing my old Kwacker around...how naive of me fortunately I never got one!

In 1978 I got a spanking new RD250..believe me on twisty roads I could shock a 750 Honda.I still hanker after a RD400...Mrs Peter says no.