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Me? Thank you! Been nearly two years but had a strong urge to check out my old haunts. Hope you're all doing well!

I wanted to dwell on this 1882 Obverse / Reverse pairing, and get some more views. Just to recap:- Gouby has the pairing as 1882Ha (P + p), plus overdate types 1882Ka (P + p) and 1882Kb (P + p) Freeman has the same die pairing as F111 (11 + M), but goes on to say in his footnote 23 that “All specimens of no. 111 believed to be 2/1. Only small sections of the ‘1’ are visible , as it seems to have been partially erased from the die” I have just spent a bit of time checking my previous sales of this die pairing, and find that I have owned 3 examples of Gouby type 1882Kb (P +p). Below are high-definition pictures of the overdates on 2 of these 3 coins, which I believe is an exact match with the small picture bottom right on Page 78 of MG’s book:- The red arrow shows an extra bit of the underneath 1 which I think can sometimes be seen on better examples. Whilst I do not have a high-definition picture of the 3rd piece which I have owned (now sold) I can still see that the bit I have highlighted in yellow (on the Alderley piece) can be seen on all 3 coins, and I feel this is a distinctive / fairly obvious feature of this type. I can also see from my past sales that I have sold many more examples of 1882 (11 + M) which have no evidence of an underlying numeral 1. Bearing in mind that the overdate is, in my opinion, fairly easy to see I am very surprised that Freeman believed there were no examples that did not have the overdate. If he had a number of 1882’s in his sample, with this die pairing, then surely some would not have had the overdate. Gouby, on the other hand, has 1882Ha as Rare and 1882Ka/b as Extremely Rare, which I think reflects my own observations. My second thought on this type is regarding 1882Ka; a full date picture can again be found on Page 78 of Gouby’s book. Whilst Gouby does not show a full date picture of his type 1882Kb I can see by examining my own pieces that the position of the numerals (and H) on my examples of 1882Kb seem to be in identical locations to the example of his 1882Ka. I also notice that the 1882Ka on Page 78 has all numerals (and H) doubled, and that there is additionally some ‘flawing’ between the base of the numeral 2 and the outer curve. This has left me thinking that Ka and Kb may both have been struck from the same die, but that Ka is just struck later after the die has become ‘flawed’, and that this flawing perhaps gives a false impression of a different (second) 2/1 amended die. I have looked at Richard’s ‘englishpennies’ website but see that he does not distinguish between Ka and Kb types. I am wondering if a member a) actually owns the Ka piece pictured in Gouby’s book or b) thinks they may have an example of this Ka variety. Apologies to any member who does not own Gouby’s book for reference!

Sunak being the Chancellor had a conflict of interest. Lets go back a little though, the Tory party has been funded by Russians, in 2007 a Russian ex banker Lubov Golubeva makes her first donation to the Tory party, she is the partner of Vladimir Chernukin, Putins former deputy finance minister, they own multiple companies through shell. 2008 Blojo is elected mayor of London, in 2009 former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev buys the London Evening standard and appoints his son Evgeny as senior Executive director. In 2010 Blojo and Evgeny get friendly, in 2012 The Evening standard publicly back Blojo for the Mayor of London campaign (just a coincidence, right?) The year Blojo wins that election, he stays for free at lebedevs Italian castle (something he'd do every October for 5 years afterwards) In 2016 MI6 expresses concern about Lebedev, Blojo was made aware of the concerns, but remains close friends with him. Lebedev in a tweet speculates that Alexander Litvinenko may have been murdered by MI6. In 2015 Lebedev pushes the UK to ally itself with Putin in Syria, Blojo then writes a Telegraph column saying "Lets deal with the devil, we should work with Putin in Syria" Chemical weapons were deployed during that time" In 2016 Lebedev attends a private dinner with Blojo at his family home in Islington along with Michael Gove, its the night that they both decide to back Brexit. The same year Blojo says that the EU provoked the Russian invasion of Crimea. 2018, Skripal and his daughter are poisoned on the streets of Salisbury. Lebedev has now a peerage.......Yeah, British politics and the Tory party are not in it for themselves, they've sold Britain to the Russians and sold contracts to their mates and make sure their family are taken care of, and screw the British public. All of that info is easily obtainable should you need to fact check it......

The only important one is the lower left quadrant, because everyone else will put themselves in the top right quarter. Bandits will lie about losses to others and helpless people will likely think something they have done for others is beneficial to themselves

I'm finding it cheaper to buy from well known dealers than eBay or auction houses. How times have changed... 🤯

The tampering of the CCTV to catch Matt Hancock was undoubtedly illegal and a security risk. It was the government's job to find out who was responsible. According to skynews, two people were suspected but there was not enough evidence to charge. https://news.sky.com/story/matt-hancock-insufficient-evidence-to-prosecute-two-suspected-of-leaking-cctv-kiss-footage-12589378 With regard to the other photos, they could all be legit as far as we know. Some might even be taken with full knowledge of the people concerned. One reported photo supposedly show the PM holding a can of beer towards the camera during his birthday party. He is said to be standing next to Rishi Sunak in the image taken by an official Downing Street photographer. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-birthday-party-beer-photo-b2008215.html I hope we won't be too shocked when the photos come out after the investigation. Enough political diversion for me for now, and I will go to the other threads

Hmm, partygate. Again so many unanswered question, which for me is the elephant in the room. Chief question amongst which, is why the pictures and videos emerged suddenly about 18 months after the event? What the hell was all that about? Who took the pics and why did they hold onto them? Never EVER addressed by the media. Yet in any reasonable enquiry surely a very pertinent question. I assume not asked as we don't know who took them. Happy enough to cause trouble for others, but too cowardly to show their faces. Also, you can say what you like about Matt Hancock, but again, what in Christ's name was a CCTV video camera concealed inside a smoke alarm doing in his private office. Who put it there, and where was the live feed going? Who was monitoring it 24/7 to catch that little bit of snogging action amongst all the weeks months and years it was there? Again, who leaked it? This is highly relevant as it has deep security implications. Next time it could be a COBRA meeting with the feed going who knows where. Could be Keir Starmer's cabinet if he gets elected........ But of course it was just the tediously predictable "shock horror, dreadful vile Tory scum" circle jerk it usually is, with no attention paid to the deeper implications - notice it all went very quiet on that front. So we still have no idea what that camera was doing there.

Beautiful film, take a hanky, you might want to wipe away a tear.

I'm going to the cinema this week, apparently. I've been invited to a bowel cancer screening. Not sure what it's about....

I monitored some pennies in this auction and the one held in a day before. But finally, I can make bid for 1 lot only, coz others were way above my target in opening bid.

As I understand the situation though, Sunak didn't withhold any information from parliament (unless you know different?). Consequently there has to be a reasonable limit on his moral/political/legal obligations. Or should he have kept reminding them to make sure it hadn't been forgotten? I'm not sure we any longer live in an age where logic and reason rule the day. We need intelligent, quality politicians and we're not going to get them if they are regularly subject to witch hunts of the most brutal kind. If you take Sunak as an example, he's already a very wealthy man. Many in his position would now think "sod it, I don't need this crap, I'm out". I do agree some reasonable degree of propriety is needed. No time for blatant, deliberate dishonesty. But if you are trying to carry out offices of state - often under difficult circumstances anyway - it doesn't help if you have a group of individuals on your back constantly and deliberately looking for the slightest thing to trip you up, and then exposing it to the world in an "outraged morals, shock horror" sort of way. It's like having a colleague at work who has made it their personal business to look at your work at every available opportunity in the hope they'll find something you've omitted/overlooked or done wrong, so they can then send an e mail to the entire office pointing out your errors and why you should get the sack for it - while neglecting to do their own job at the same time. By the way, this isn't a party political issue, as everybody, from whatever side, is human and makes unintentional mistakes. Account has to be made for that. If we punish the slightest thing with resignation expectations, there'll be nobody left, and nobody wanting to take their place.

Yeah I noticed. I had my eye on the 1689 Halfcrown but decided against it in the end.

Gaaak!!!! Well, I collect this type of coin but NOT at this price and glad mine came from a saner time. Nowadays I am most careful with my purchases and only splurge on particular items that I know are especially scarce or have other attributes. I would imagine there are others that have somewhat retreated in this market as well...

Apparently MS 64 costs €1900 plus juice happened lol. I didn't buy it, I was watching.

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Never mind hammered. How much would you say a circulated 1949 brass 3d (F/GF) should go for ? £10 (plus juice)? If you're lucky? DNW estimate was £60 - £80. "Aha" I thought, "an obvious error. Just see what it actually fetches, and observe the faces with egg on..." IT FETCHED FIFTY QUID!!! Plus juice... WHAT??????

It just doesn't work like that, either legally or (often) in practice. Hence why so many have separate bank accounts and independently pursue separate careers. So if she had refused, anybody blaming him personally could and would be instantly accused of considering the little woman to be no more than a chattel, there to obey her husband's wishes.

It certainly makes you doubt their professionalism

What a shame.