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For your delectation, the latest addition to my small collection of Hereford mint coins, an Aethelred II penny, moneyer Leofgar, from a German auction (total £500 appx). Jerry

I'm rather enjoying the confinement, catching up on several years of garden neglect and its nice to have the wife around (life is normally one long coffee morning for her). So the veg plot is getting into order, spuds and onions and strawberries are in and seeds germinating in pots, neglected hedges cut back (hence bonfires ready for autumn) and wildflower meadow starting to bloom. I love the Spring. Jerry

Hello and welcome. I will re-phrase Paulus’s request above (It’s not that kind of forum); let’s see your best COINS. 😄 Jerry

Hi all, Just thought I’d introduce myself I’m new on the forums got recommended by a friend PaulW, I’ve been browsing and lurking in the shadows and I thought I’d make a post.. I mainly collect Charles I tower mints but has interest in any Hammered coin don’t mind Irish and Scottish also.. I also run a Facebook group with close to 6000 members all buying selling and trading British coins. ill try and do my bit to contribute the best I can but I am also still learning. 👍

A new acquisition for the unofficial farthing collection...despite the rather fancy style, Seaber is presumed to have been a total failure in business (or to have died shortly after opening up shop) because his establishment didn't last long enough to be recorded in any directory etc. The tokens are therefore pretty rare !

Another Shoe cartoon by Jeff Macnelly from the 80s. This one is probably my favourite.

Couldn't agree more. Tonight we all came outdoors and clapped for the health care workers, on my street, and I had a 20 minute conversation with my next door neighbour about various topics - the longest conversation we've ever had. Previously just "Morning, how are you". Social distancing was observed, although as we both live alone, and have both been locked down for nearly 3 weeks, I don't think there was much chance of one of us infecting the other. As I've got some ASDA and Tesco delivery slots already advanced booked, I asked her to let me know if she needed anything, and I could add it on to the order. My sister has become a volunteer for the NHS. I think this crisis is actually bringing people together (albeit at a distance) in a spirit of mutual assistance where possible. Even before the lockdown I'd stopped seeing my girl friend as she is on immuno suppressive medication due to RA, and she lives with her elderly Mum, who also has health issues. So they are both highly vulnerable. Now we keep in touch by phone.

The blossoms on my trees this year are amazing , we live on the top of a hill and its not unusual for all the blossoms to blow off, but the last few days have been kind to them and the result is a profusion of colour. Picture of my cherry tree below.

The water level will fall. The volume of water displaced by the boat carrying the weight is greater than the volume of the weight itself and the rise of the empty boat will cause the water level to drop. Jerry

I believe in principle it would stay exactly the same. The small portion of the cubes that were above the surface correspond to the reduced density of the ice, but once melted the density is the same as the rest of the water, and so occupies a reduced volume. The only factor that might bring about a small change is the presence of small air bubbles in the ice, which, once released, would lower the level very slightly. The melting ice-caps issue relates to all the ice on land.

Lots of factors here. Apparently ice expands about 9% when it freezes, but ice also floats with about 10% above the surface in sea-water, so I am going to assume that in fresh water these cancel out as the ice melts so the final level is unchanged. Jerry

I think both spellings can be used but queuing has got more popular in recent decades. "Queueing can also be used as the continuous form" according to online Collins dictionary. Frequency in which the two spelling occur in books over the year.

Scroll up to my "Hawkwind" post! :p

I have a coin collecting friend who is a bit like that. He starts to make a point and then gets diverted into sub-clauses - a bit like the old Ronnie Corbett monologues only not so funny. I sit there listening and wondering how many sub-clauses deep he will get before he realises he has forgotten the point he was trying to make at the start!

Queueing ?

Well done Chris, knocked off another one with "Awkward". Rhythm, as you suspected, doesn't really count as the Y is being used as a vowel. Facetious had already been got. Above is the current answer situation.

4. facetious 5. rhythm ? (y may not count as a consonant here) 7. awkward

It's well documented that one of the weaknesses of George V pennies prior to the late 1920's, is the poor or weak strike on so many. This typically results in either very poor hair detail, or the breastplate very weak or absent. I've been trying to obtain as many as possible which have decent examples of both. I've now obtained a 1916 penny, which is not a recessed ear type, but does have a decent breastplate and good hair detail. Proves that if you're patient, you can obtain good specimens. I've now got well struck up examples of all the period 1911 to 1927, with the exception of 1913 Freeman's 175 (poor breastplate and hair) and 176, (very good hair but poor breastplate). It's quite unusual to get such a good non recessed ear specimen for 1916.

There are 10 sorts of people in the world: those that understand Binary numbers, and those that don't.

I've bought coins via live bidding and only realised when I woke up the next morning...

Ha! Saw that, and remembered this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rX-1rTuhE

Gorgeous. Just one puzzle - how did they know in 1794 that the picture would be enlarged when posted in a forum in 2020?