Chris Perkins

Yes, they're keeping a low profile aren't they! I bet it was from a bust or a painting and probably just miniaturised by a mint employee.

All the farthings being offered by that seller are a bit dodgy if you ask me. And they're in Bexleyheath, which is where I once lived (or near by at least). I had a girlfriend in Bexleyheath and I worked there too for a while. Didn't notice much of an Italian population when I was there :s

Yes, please do send pictures to cp@predecimal.com Sounds like a gold plated and enamelled penny, which will be more old jewellery that coin.

What does it say on the coin, and how big is it? If the jpg is not too big it should be ok to attach to a post. Try renaming it to filename/jpg, instead of filename.jpeg. Perhaps the forum just likes 'jpg's.

You can't really say that for sure Nirguna, as there were lots of different companies producing commemorative medals, and even the official one was produced in different sizes. Until Kezzar gives more details and preferably a picture to judge the grade it could be worth anywhere between about £1 - £50.

He did infamously abdicate, but there were commemorative medals of all sorts released in the thousands. Stamps too, coins from African colonies, and who knows what else. If the seller is asking big money, assuming it's mega rare...Walk away, they're normally just worth a couple of quid. Ameteurs should be very careful with Edward VIII, especially with all the modern repro patterns floating around!

I could possibly give you face value for them, I have a buyer for that kind of stuff. If interested, let me know some figures.

Looks a bit fishy to me. One of the hammered collectors/experts is sure to answer soon.

I doubt it, there'll probably still be hundreds of bags around in 300 years

Very crude and not very Romanesque. Definitely a fake I'd say, or something for tourists. What it's supposed to be is a commemorative coin of Augustus (the first Emperor). DIVUS means that he was dead, so theoretically it could have been struck last week, because he's been dead a while!

Yes, it appears on all messages. It was aimed at first at one person, but it didn't just happen once, and I do get annoyed when I waste time telling people about coins, even sometimes looking up information about coins that I would be interested to buy. Only to spot them on eBay with a pasted version of exactly what I wrote! You can imagine that's a little annoying. Doesn't really apply here, so you're more than welcome to put your bags on eBay.

More of these! These bags of 1967/66 Pennies and halfpennies are really very common (although dated 1968, the coins will be 1967) and I get offered them all the time. It's seems people thought if they kept hold of a bag from the millions of other bags, that they might one day be worth more than face value! Well, they are, but not a lot more. I'd offer £10 per bag. The postage costs are then usually the next stumbling block!

Nothing really spectacular comes to mind. Lots of people have the odd coin worth £20 - £75 each, even without knowing it. Very few non collectors have coins worth big money, unless they have coins inherited by a collector, which is always dodgy, because frequently I have to basically tell the people that the coins their loved one collected are basically rubbish and that their values were all overestimated by the late collector!

It's just another rat race, believe me. When in the UK some weeks I have every day packed with people to see, and what they have is quite often rubbish. To be a retired person and spend your time doing it, if the income is not essential is something quite different...Probably quite pleasant, so good luck.

Some of you may not be aware (Peck friend Mr D L F Sealy just informed me) that there are 2 slightly different early 10p and 2p types (i'm not sure what dates yet). Apparently the dies were strengthened by adding lines on the tail and nose of the lion on the 10p, and extra lines on the feathers of the 2p. Thus, both variants exist for one (or more?) dates.

People will always need tables and chairs. I never got an A ever in my life. 2 B's in Sciences at GCSE and a couple of C's was the best I could do. In part due to me being a lazy git. I relied too on my ability to remember silly things and did absolutely zero revisision for anything. These days, at 27 (the age when brain cells start to die and don't get replaced) i'm finding it a little more difficult! I'm learning though, that in business you don't really have to be clever, you just have to be good enough at finding reliable clever people to do lots of things for you!

Peter, Pack them up and send them to me, I'll return a cheque for 60% of how I price them up (or return them at my expense). Lists are a good start, pictures are time consuming. The easiest thing is to simply post them when there are not too many. You can keep the stuff from Isle of Man downwards. I'll be in Kent next week, so you could send them there. email cp@predecimal.com for address details. Thanks,

The book is done and I have some from the printers! Great quality, it's even worth buying one just to own a beautiful thing...Even if you're not interested in banknotes!

Sorry, I meant £70 or £80 would be good enough for me if I was selling one. I mis understood your offer of sale. It just isn't worth the effort for me to buy it for £80, then wait for a buyer for around £90. Sorry, I much prefer gold at bullion value than fancy 'collectors' items.

If you know what you're looking for. I've had success buying sovs on ebay. Once I bought a half sov and when it came it was actually a full sov! I won't tell you how and where I look exactly!

£70 - £80 would be good enough for me.

Like with most things these days, there is a ready supply on ebay! Sovs are easier to sell too, because the weights and gold contents are pretty well known.

Sovereigns are certainly more easy to buy, as they can often be had for bullion value (or a little less if you're lucky). Fluctuations in gold prices will affect sovereigns just like any other coin with gold in it. Sovereigns are far more readily available.

Great. I'm in the UK. I'll sort you out next week!

If they're silver, they'll be worth silver value at least. You may find a novice somewhere to give you more for them. They are essentially a non official novelty modern coin set (made up of coins from some wierd and wonderful countries that seem to only exist to make profit out of coin collectors). I have no time for such items I'm afraid. Get rid of them, and buy something nice!