Chris Perkins

Yes, part 2 will be for silver coins (although the titles of these new versions will probably loose the 'part 1/2' thing). Both of them will go up to about 518 AD when Anastasius reformed the coinage and the Byzantine era 'officially' begun. I'm up to page 62 now on the Base metal version, probably only about another 15 pages and it'll be finished!

Yes, it's perfectly normal (until the Jubilee head shilling of 1887, when they put the reverse round the other way).

It's out, it should be in shops. Over 1000 copies sold in less than a month. What do you think? http://www.rotographic.co.uk/collectors_co...eat_britain.htm

I think you'll perhaps generate more interest if you interact with other forum members in other areas, instead of just blatant advertising.

Dear Dave, I'll answer your query in here, instead of over email. I would be 99.9% sure that what you have is a modern novelty set of Crowns. Often referred to as 'Fantasy'. The Royal Mint never made a 1936 Edward VIII Crown or a 1936 George V Crown, and the fact that you have them must mean they are modern repros. 1937 Edward VIII Crowns may exist in patten form probably in the British Museum or Royal Mint collection, but the only 1936 Crown was the George V wreath type.

This is what Ted Fletcher or the UK metal detectorists magazine Treasure Hunter had to say about Collectors' Coins Great Britain 2005: BOOK REVIEW Collectors’ Coins Great Britain 2005 ISBN: 0-948964-42-1 Publisher: Rotographic I can think of one or two hard-backed and rather pricey books on collecting modern coins that fail to provide their buyers with so much as half the useful knowledge served up in a slim A5 paper-back titled Collectors’ Coins: Great Britain 2005 that has just crossed my desk. This should not surprise me, bearing in mind that the publishers, Rotographic, can trace their pedigree back to those halcyon pre-decimal days in the early 1970s when anybody with a spirit of adventure and an eye for a bargain carried a copy of the miniscule Check Your Change in his/her pocket or purse; when bank clerks suffered all-day harassment to change pound notes for two-hundred-and-forty-pennies in hope that one of them might be a scarce 1918KN or even a legendary 1933. For non-detectorists those days are gone forever; but weekend searches on any clay soil site still hold the possibility of Treasure Hunter readers finding at least F-grade examples of almost any coin from the past two hundred years. So if you missed the chance to buy the previous edition of this little book when I reviewed it about a year ago, here’s the very latest opportunity to add a fact-packed and extremely useful publication to your reference shelves for just £4.95. You’ll get 90-odd pages crammed margin-to-margin with information on every non-gold coin issued in Britain between 1797 and 2004. You’ll also get considerably improved illustrations, and a wealth of numismatic erudition served up in bite-sized snippets that make each turn of the page a minor revelation. Better still, you’ll have at your fingertips crucial price data culled by the editor and his researchers from a range of sources to ensure that prices quoted are accurate and up-to-the-minute. I’m aware that a lot of Treasure Hunter readers bought the 2004 edition, but let me offer a few reasons why it’s worth investing a modest fiver (with 5p change) in this year’s edition: a stronger spine and hardier cover means the new book should stand up to a lot of heavy use as you tug it from your pocket to check on that nice Viccy shilling you’ve just detected; the sharper, brighter clearer illustrations will provide speedy identification of your finds; the improved layout means quicker flicking to the very page where your discovery will be identified; you’ll know at a glance the current value of any British coin find from 1797 right up to last year. Go ahead, invest £4.95 and pocket a constant reference to rarity and value in modern money. Coming soon: ancient coinage given the same treatment! Watch out for my review of Collectors’ Roman Coins Part 1. If your detector retailer or local coins shop doesn’t stock these book go to www.rotographic.co.uk or phone 0871 871 5122. Ted Fletcher. 20 November 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those of you that have stumbled upon this post and are not in the know, the book written by me and reviewed above is available from Predecimal.com: http://www.predecimal.com/books/ccgb2005framed.htm

Oh I see. The thing is, ancient coins tend to be so irregular in shape and size do you really think a scale would be any use? The images are shown as close as possible to actual size, but the real ones were rarely perfectly round of course. I suppose it would be useful for readers to measure their own coins against.

What do you mean by a scale Geordie?

Damn, I'd left this forum wide open so the whole world could see it! That wasn't the intention at all. Geordie and Juan (Unknown) I've moved you up to be part of the 'Numismatic Research group', so now you can see this area (and another) and have full rights to post in it. There are only a few select members in here because this info is not really for the public. So Geordie......printing it out is fine, but don't go photocopying it for your mates (as if that wasn't obvious) This book should be around 75 - 80 pages long, so at p53 I'm already a considerable way through. The images are fiddly, but not nearly as hard at soucing all new ones like with CC2005. I hope to have the book proofread, with a fancy cover and printed in January. Then hopefully the Silver coin version a few months after that.

If you want to, you can download this pdf file of the work so far on Collectors' Roman base metal 2005: http://www.rotographic.co.uk/books/Roman1-53.pdf It's about 2mb in size. I was thinking about a title too....For those that aren't aware, the book will give market values for all base metal Roman coins (or at least most of them). it was last printed in 2000 and is called "Collectors Roman Coins Part 1" with the sub title "base metal coins and their value". For the updated version I thought perhaps simply "A Price guide to Roman Base metal Coins". It also has to be quite different to "Roman coins and their values" By D Sear.....And most importantly, I wanted the title to actually suggest what the book contains, instead of all this "Collectors'.." nonsense. And the book on silver Roman coins (I haven't started it yet) can simply be "A Price guide to Roman Silver Coins". What do you think? And you're welcome to go typo spotting in the PDF.

Surely if lots of people sue for example the local council it will mean that the local council has less money to provide services to you, a local person. If you sue an educational authority, it will mean that the schools will get less books/equipment. I'm sure they have an amount of money for legal action stashed away, but ultimately the people suffer in some small way. The compensation culture can respresent a selfish side to today's society. If I tripped up a paving stone when I was younger (and indeed now!) I would be told to bloody watch where I was going.

I don't see how fox hunting has anything to do with race (which is basically what 'multi-cultural' is the PC term for). The hunters are white, so are the protesters. The hunters might well be toffs and the protesters are more likely to be working class, but those are not cultural differences on a par with banning Christian symbols. I have no opinion at all on fox hunting, I like the traditional looking part of it but it does seem cruel to the foxes....Then what do I know, i'm not a country person.

No doubt some of the young forum members here deserve a good slap sometimes!

Good teachers are all that's needed, although I'm sure the cane would be a damn good threating device! I was hit at primary school once by Mr O'Brien, a brand new teacher on his first day. He slapped me very hard accross the back of my head because I was hitting paper balls at Kevin with my desk lid (who was returning most of them, we called the game simply 'desk tennis'). I happened to be the closest to new Mr O'Brien when he came into the room. I think that would have been about '88/'89 before the ban on corporal punishment in school, which I think was made in about 1990.

Thankyou Syl, I'm pleased you got there before he did, saved me a groan or 2! Von Muenzen, Sprechen Sie Deutsche?

Metalwork. The Irony...

Do you have one of my books too Emex?

I can't have every Tom, Dick and Guest posting pictures and using bandwith all over the place!

Make it your own work Oli, not Spinks! It has to be more accurate, so just refer to Spink for the odd info snippet.

Well what a wonderful introduction (you'll go a long way!). It is indeed an 18th Century regional token (otherwise known as a Conder). If it's in average condition it's unlikely to be worth very much. I'm afraid I can't really help with the rarity level. Most of them are common and it should state around the edge in small lettering where it was payable/issued.

I must admit to being a bit of a Southerncentric, in that I have not yet bothered to travel outside of London to a coin fair Nothing against the Northen collectors (in fact most of this forum are Northerers I think, and probably more than 50% of my customers too, going by the addresses I send things too). I suppose I'm turned off my the extra fees for accomodation and the looong drive. Perhaps you could sing the praises.

Geordie, I have your email address for your order recently. Shall I reset your password and then tell you what it is? That way you should be able to log on anywhere (if you can remember them!)

I'll probably be stuck indoors in January. I cannot commit to much during Jan-March as the weather gets severe here and I cannot guarantee leaving the street, let alone get to an airport. We already have a good 3 inch snow covering here in the Erzgebirge region (where I am). It's about that time when the TR7 has to be put into hibernation.

Not at all. Anyone that hasn't found your website already is far too stupid to be a customer of mine.

And feel free to pinch the pictures of the Book from predecimal.com