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Hello strangers, thought it was about time I made an appearance again, seem to be getting some time on my hands again and the coins are starting to call again!! In the meantime I have become a grandparent as well....so coin collecting is definitely now more fitting as well. Hope you are all well, and for those that joined after I made my departure....hello

Here's some responses to the same question on the CoinsGB Forum back in 2007: http://www.coinsgbforum.com/?showtopic=162 I would imagine that's the same 'Rob' as we know on here!

Hi and welcome! What a fun quest! Tokens aren't my area I'm afraid, but I do know that a few dealers specialise in them. Might be worth contacting them and asking if they could keep an eye open for you? None that I know have that particular token in stock at present but here are a few links: David Stewart at ABC coins and tokens Richard Varnham at Vale Coins Simon Monks Brett Hammond at TimeLines Of course, there will be other dealers I've missed that could help that I'm not aware of. Hopefully other members will chip in on those. Good luck!

I do also think however that anything with numismatic content should have an individidual thread...main reason being... Searchability to benefit both Chris' page hits from search engines, and also for our own searches within the forum. Obviously, a 1900 sixpence is as lost in coin acquisition of the week as it is in Burt's Latest Deals. Which is why, if we have a 1900 sixpence with a query V over N, we should perhaps run an individual thread, so that the web and ourselves can find it again in the future! Good for Chris and good for us!

Yes i agree ,why its a forum would like to see any posts rather than nothing. Without people posting it would no longer be a forum. We may aswell just email each other

Easier to see what you've bought and when you bought it or how much you paid, instead of trawling through one thread and many other peoples purchases. Pretty common having a thread for your own progress in many forums. I like the idea, and it's good for people who can't necessarily set up their own site to keep track of what they've bought (not saying you can't Mynki). I don't know why it would be a contest though.

Property will flatline or possibly move slightly up for the majority of the country. It won't collapse because the need for accommodation is too great. Ignore central London which is in a parallel universe and reliant on the whims of the very rich. There is sufficient money that needs laundering to keep the top end property market buoyant for years. All that QE and bribery has to find a home somewhere. Collectibles are where they always were. The best and the rest. The top pieces always command top dollar, but the pressure is on the also rans. It has become progressivly difficult to sell lower grade items for a good price (obviously with exceptions) as the internet has opened up new sources of material to the average collector. You are no longer restricted to a handful of shops in your local area plus Spink and Seaby if you subscribed. The world has always had more material available than collectors to buy it. More people are doing background work to seek out the more desirable piecces, essentially driven by computer databases. This keeps specialist areas buoyant. A lot of people jumped on the collectibles bandwagon when interest rates dropped to zero or thereabouts. In some cases this was not a question of making money, rather preserving it by diversification. The first real test of the market's resilience will be when interest rates creep back up again, as this will ask questions of those who diversified for reasons other than they like coins. I think the market has been moving slightly downhill for 'average' pieces for a while, but it depends on the mood on the day. A lack of fresh material will constrain prices, but a collection that has been off the market for half a century will usually do very well - think Marshall, Slaney, Boyd and a couple others. I don't think the market is likely to collapse given the level of disposable income and the changes in society mentality. A generation ago people saved up for a house. Today, a large number of people are unwilling to do this, preferring to spend their disposable income. It doesn't require a large number of people to take up numismatics to distort the markets given we are regularly talking about the number of examples of this that and the other that are available. With collectibles, the only important question in determining the trend is how much would it realise if I sold it today? People pay as much or as little as they feel necessary to obtain something, but I guarantee they want to sell for the most they can get, unless a forced seller.

Another good article in this months issue 1920-27 Bronze. Hat off peck and well worth a read