Chris Perkins

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.

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!

Is there something hidden inside them? Weapons grade Uranium or something? That could be the only reason they want them so badly, surely, or or they just mad?

Mr Fenton is Knightbridge coins isn't he. My mate Richard knows him. They do really want those coins don't they! Crazy.

If you send them to me fully insured to arrive between 9th - 16th Sep I'll give you the bullion value for them (whatever it is on the day) and I'll send money via BACS (or cheque): Mr C Perkins 134 Skinner St Gillingham Kent ME7 1JZ Make sure they get there between those dates as that's when I'm there.

I'm not sure of the exact gold value right now, but a Quarter Kruger is about the same size as a Sovereign, so I would suspect the gold value for them both would be worth £100 - £110. Even if the coins are worth more on paper (say £60 - £65 each) you may as well not mess around and take melt value for them.

Bloody hell Oli! You know, as a 'comp' school boy, I'll simply have to beat you up at the London coin fair for that!

The Kruger is certainly a bullion coin, as is the 1912 Sov unless it's really perfect. If i paid £55 for the sov I'd hope to perhaps sell it for £65. But I wouldn't pay £65 for it, that would be silly. The jewellers are being entirely fair with you.

They are Spanish/Spanish colonial 'Pieces of Eight' that the British acquired (most captured) and over struck with George III/Britannia etc. They had a face value of 4s 9d at one stage and were produced as an official issue by the bank of england to relieve shortages of normal regal coins. I quite like them actually. Values, like with all coins, depends on condition and variety. They were incidentally struck with the same date up to 1811.

Have you got a scanner, that might produce better results.

Who knows! Ask the manufacturer for something in writing.

Yes, whitmans are awful for preservation. i don't know why so many people still want them.

I've got a chunky iron King Dick somewhere! A very old neighbour gave it to me in the 80's. I expect he had it from new. They don't make 'em like they used to.

Yes, one of the first 188,400,000 50 pence pieces! Usually when a new coinage is initiated there is a need to strike massive numbers of them to replace all of the older version in circulation. It was the same with the Euro in Europe a couple of years ago. It's worth a couple of quid in mint condition, but if it's less than perfect, take it to a bank and get a new 50p for it.

It would probably end up worse. If the marks are toning marks (of the non gold contained within the gold) then it probably won't come off. If the mark is something foreign on the coin, try soapy water and a soft toothbrush. Handle it just by the rim and give it a gentle soapy rub with the tooth brush. When done, lay it on a very soft towel, and dab it once gently, then let it dry naturally (keeping an eye that no water marks develop) That might work, but don't sue me if it doesn't! Proofs are very sensitive to any form of handling.

Sold all 5000 now! I have 120 left and WHSmith just put an order through for 350! :S So I'll see if it's cost effective to print 350 especially (without spine error!) or I'll send them say 70 and keep the rest to sell via predecimal.com before the next one is ready. I expect WHS probably don't realise there's a new one around about October 10th, so they can possibly even last on what they have until then. Whatever, it's good that their sales were strong, and perhaps I can talk them into taking an initial order of 1500 of the 2006 version based on the sales of the 2005!