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I've seriously taken up boxing competition as part of my fitness regime. I had to go for a Medical as part of the insurance, and the doctor told me I'd got Sugar Diabetes, and I told him that in the form I was in, I'd win by a knock out.......

Here's mine. I was fortunate enough to find this within about half an hour of learning of the variety (Penny Crown Coins, thanks Derek. )

It's a good fit, particularly when one considers the location of the B of BRITANNIAR and the inverted die. An easier mistake to make than for example the R over A in VICTORIA in the Bronze series, which we saw at LCA at the weekend...……..anyone know who bought that by the way....never seen that one before?

I've noticed over the last 4 or 5 years, that more and more people are prefacing replies to questions with the word "So", whereas traditionally, it's always been "Well". This was really brought home to me recently when we had a talk at work from someone, and in the Q & A afterwards she used "So" to preface every reply to a question - but conversely, when I listened to an online recording of a similar briefing from the same individual in 2013, she prefaced every reply with "well" or some other word. So it's clearly a deliberate change. Anybody got any theories as to where this has suddenly sprung up from, and why? Also, what do you use? I tend to use "well" as it's what I was brought up with. I do use "so", but as a starter to a topic, rather than a reply to a question, as in "So anyway, I did my shopping this morning, and then had a nice dinner". Maybe many haven't even noticed this, but as someone who is interested in the nuances of language, it's definitely caught my ear, since it started more widely in about 2015. I might start using "well so" as a reply to questions, as a sop to linguistic diversity - see if anybody comments on it !

I was in a cafe and asked "Can I get a ham sandwich?" There was quite a negative reaction to this, so i said " May I have a ham sandwich?". Still uproar. I can't believe that the people in that cafe were so incensed about what I said. It doesn't matter- I'm not planning to go back to Karachi anyway....

Well spotted, I hadn't noticed.

I don't see any problems with it being genuine. Apart from the crud on the obverse, I'd rate it at least VF - in fact, I'd say GVF but just for wear. "GVF with crud"!

This has been posted in Hammered - can a moderator move it please? (Just to add - that lovely example doesn't seem to have the broken tooth?)

1858 F over B in DEF I bought this one just last week and it arrived yesterday. Many thanks to a tip off from a friend.

Mine just tells me I'm not listening, although if I know that, then I must be listening............................

I have a lady friend who always starts her sentences with “Hey, are you listening?” Sometimes she even says it twice, bless her.

"Have you heard of Murphy's Law?" "No, what is it?" "If something can go wrong it will go wrong." "Right. Have you heard of Cole's Law?" "No, what is it?" "Thinly sliced cabbage with mayonnaise."

Its on a par with "Can I get a..." for me. Annoys the hell out of me.

Perhaps she’s just concerned about her health. ‘Bit like me every morning, “not dead yet”! Unlikely to be contradicted, until I won’t really care. Apparently the term “so well” has already entered into common parlance across the pond, as in “swell” meaning fantastic! If only Trump was a bit more hip, we’d be hearing that all the time....... Jerry

So. I actually feel some sense of relief. All this time, I was thinking that I was the only one who found this incredibly annoying.

When my 3 boys were all teenagers they used to start most of their sentences with 'so'...…….but that was the end of the sentence too!

I must admit I find the tendency to start almost every sentence with "So..." rather annoying. If you watch Pointless on BBC 1 (as I do) you will see most of the younger contestants doing it all the time - even those with literary qualifications or occupations. For me it goes in the same category as "very unique" and "very real".

Help! I have been left with a huge collection of Coin related magazines and papers: Coin News - appears to be a complete date run from around 1995 to 2017, Phoenix coin newspaper - 3 bundles in the 2000s Old Coincraft lists in the early 2000s ...and probably some more. The guy who collected them has passed away and his partner was keen they should all go together to someone who would appreciate them. 3 Wine boxes and 4 carrier bags full! Free to anyone prepared to collect them or arrange shipping!

I might have to do that. The chap who gave them to me really wanted them to go as a group to a keen collector - for sentimental reasons I guess. But if the alternative is taking them all to the dump, I suppose he will just have to put up with them splitting. (If he ever needs to know!) So hereby - if there are particular issues of Coin News from around 1995 to 2017, or back issues of Phoenix or the Coincraft newsletter that people want, please let me know and I will see what I can do. It will require more effort from me so there will have to be a small charge plus postage to negotiate.

I don't like those Russian dolls...so full of themselves

Like many of his novels, Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities was actually first serialised in two local newspapers. It was the Bicester Times, it was the Worcester Times.