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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. I remember reading that Agatha Christie novel many years ago. Can't remember if the story is any good now. Peckris' puzzle: You can make any number from 1-7 inclusive using the numbers 1, 2 and 4. Hence, 1, 2, 4 and 8 let you make any number from 1-15 inclusive. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 can get you any number 1-31 inclusive. 1, 2, 4, 8,16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 get you any number 1-511 inclusive. That leaves you with 489 which is the number in the last envelope. There are probably a number of other solutions.

How about: 1, 2, 4, 8,16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489

I get bored not buying anything so look for varieties for other collectors to fill gaps or to pass them on to dealers who help me .I found these three the other day and although not the best grades are quite sought after. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUEEN-VICTORIA-PENNY-1861-1D-GREAT-BRITAIN/363050949482?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QUEEN-VICTORIA-PENNY-1881-GREAT-BRITAIN-UK/363050960017?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Also a 1861 F22 with the T in victoria struck over a higher T. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victoria-Penny-1861-UNC-with-some-lustre/114306706652?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Ive found three different 9s so far first a narrow 9 second a 9 with a large centre hole third a 9 with a small centre hole

Never mind, it seems that they crop up often so just a matter of keeping your eyes peeled. Good luck with the search.

Try DNW https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/lot.php?auction_id=546&lot_uid=373462&search=1

That farthing is beautiful. I bought this a few years ago. Well pleased when it turned up. There's a prooflike quality to the fields that I am unable to capture.

This one was an eBay find - not stupidly cheap, but given the grade and the type (rated VS in Peck) it was probably a lot cheaper than it should have been. It's not even about getting a bargain. It's just rare to find things in a decent grade on there. This one is an eBay win in my book anyway If I remember correctly, this was misattributed as a Richmond 1c. I also got a Peck 228 (rated ER in Peck) with Harp mintmark recently and that was also misattributed as a 1c, Peck 170-something.

Had this fall out of a cheap lot- it's actually got the most lustre of any half crown I've ever had! Obverse is weak, but the reverse is really pleasing.

I saw this on the BBC today and wanted to share it somewhere, so why not here as so many people are into photography as well as coins! New book out celebrating Jacques Henri Lartigue - a photographer in the early 20thC from an early age. Some lovely shots... https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52373308

He was celebrated in the first (or second?) Age Of The Image series, which should still be on BBC iPlayer. A real talent who never published outside his immediate circle, and wasn't discovered until much later.