Chris Perkins

Usually that's because people know very little about them and are cautious to get involved....Like jumping out of a plane for the first time. Plus the fact that there are plenty of newer coins to collect. I have a little collection of just over 30 identified Roman coins. I have them arranged by date. None are worth more than perhaps £25 and most are worth less than £5 but I like then. There is still a collector in me somewhere.

Yes sovereigns are always worth BV, it's just the high graders that are usually worth a bit more. For example bullion value is about £52 per sovereign and I've been selling 1925 S UNC sovs for between £58 - £79. They catalogue at £75, but usually go for less on ebay.

I reckon it's probably a forgery.

The mint letter M will NOT be in the exergue, it'll be just above it on the ground below the horses right rear hoof. It's important also to stress that 90% of half or full sovereigns are worth around £26 and £52 respectively unless they are alsolutely one of the best examples available. Always be careful with quoting raw catalogue values at people JMD, as coins have to be judged on their merits and doing so often raises artificial hopes.

(oh and Geoff, your Half Crown was posted yesterday. I say 'your' when I mean hopefully 'your' of course)

If you register, you can attach a picture, I thinks that's the best thing to do.

I had some maundy odds like that...Sold them as scrap!

There are also investor/collectors....People that buy big money coins that they find atractive, with the hope that they will increase in value.

Did you get my message Alex? Ciao

Thanks Custard, it justifies the price I paid for the other one quite nicely. I shall have a quiet word in someones ear about that coin and may well go for it. Thankyou very much for bringing it to my attention.

Great, but I hope you haven't just copied Coincraft or Spink (i doubt it). It has to be your own work. What is is, .doc format?

History is always good, and prices depending on what you see. In a couple of year when you finsish doing what you're doing, consider yourself commissioned!

I was asked by my Australiasian Rep if I could add gold coins to CCGB2005 to make it more complete, because he thought the Aussies would like it better. I don't think i will because it would make the book bigger, and therefore more expensive. On the other hand, a book about post 1816 gold coinage wouldn't really be very big at all would it. So what about a book on all milled gold coinage? The only thing I can foresee with that is that a lot of the coins are expensive, so how accurate could it really be? (especially for the early ones) So, what about an early milled non gold book first, and then perhaps a gold all milled? Sylvester, get writing!

My No.8 Newsletter is scheduled to go out in 20 minutes. It contains 180 New coins in list form (no pictures this time round because my time has been taken up by the book). It also includes a discount on Collectors' Coins GB 2005. And here it is: http://www.predecimal.com/newsletter/number8.htm

But the difference is, collectors usually have full time jobs and lots of other commitments. Proper coin dealers do the same kinds of things daily and they gain a big experience on the kinds of things people want, and also how to price and grade their coins. They usually keep a good general stock too. Anyone can be a 'dealer' on ebay, but it's likely to be a very ameteurish hobby affair unless you have an independant regarded point of sale such as a shop or a website. And to be a proper dealer, some kind of dvertising is good too and you need punters and contacts. It would be hard to be a coin dealer just using ebay to buy and sell.

Yes, that's probably the case.

And when the time comes, you better be careful where you put your Henry. Like it!

Mine's Henry (and I put 'Chris Henry Perkins' as the author of CCGB2005 in the front cover) I'm the 3rd generation to have a 'Henry' somewhere.

The Australian that lives near me always refers to the Head side as the back. Isn't that the most illogical conclusion to come to, even if you know nothing about coins. (in my mind it is) He and I were talking on the phone about a commemorative 1934 Melbourne Florin that I wanted to sell him...And he said 'You have to grade those by the front, because the Crown and head are always sharp as UNC'. It took me a while to work out exactly what he was talking about. Mac, why did you call the head side, the back?

The first is a 'One and a half pence' (or three-halfpence). Not worth a huge amount if in average condition. The 2nd is indeed British African, but without dates and more useful info I know as much as you do!

Regional tokens issued by local authorities, merchants, factories, firms etc at that time. They served as a local substitute for small change and were guaranteed to against regal coinage. Do a google search, the Americans love them for some reason (more so than their own countrymen!)

That looks like a 'BRUTUS' token. A Conder from my Granddads birthplace of Walthamstow (which was then very much Essex, now it's London E17). But I could be mistaken. Has to be a Conder though, i'd say.

It's a tough one so far, even for most options, with most people not giving a damn!

That picture is better, and exactly what part of the border is missing?? The colons have been blocked in the die, but are clearly there. In short, it's nothing special.

You're absolutely right Custard. But the PDF is a lot more convenient than the printed version, with full colour, resizable images and the portability of using it on your laptop/PDA, home, work or school PC's. If they don't sell I'll put the price down. I'm just trying it out and haven't taken into account any possible income from the PDF version.