Chris Perkins

Thanks Geoff, I'll print those out and change them when the proof reader has finished. I daren't say to him "Hang on, stop, here's another version with some corrections!", because that's bound to get on his thrupennies. And I'll let him get credit for them!

If you have a really dirty coin that looks horrible, then use soap and water perhaps. If it still looks awful, then keep it until you can find a better example. If you polish it, it'll be hairlined and worth a fraction of whatever you paid for it. (Which is pretty silly, unless of course all of your coins will be bought for 20p each) Collectors go through many runs of upgrading before they feel comfortable with a particular coin, that's what you need to do. Don't ruin them for future generations, polished coins look awful. They look artificial, they get hairlined and they never get back to how they were. If you want one that looks nice, save up, don't buy rubbish and buy coins that have remained shiny looking from new. You pay a premium for a BU coin because it's escaped being ruined by a bloody idiot in the past. Far be it from me to tell you what to do with any coins you may own, but please, don't be a pleb!

Yes it's a Conder token, a little info here: http://www.predecimal.com/books/condersframed.htm

Yes for British coins, but it's just a book on the last 2500 years of British coins. Each Krause volume contains just 100 years of all World Coins.

Well mainly it covers a lot more, it includes gold coins and goes right back to Celtic times. It's a wonderful book, every serious collector and dealer buys it. Most dealers use it to price their coins too. It's a little worrying that basically Spink control a lot of coin prices, in that dealers charge whatever it says and then Spink put the prices up slightly the next year (maybe that creates a bubble). Sometimes though it's out on some prices. It doesn't go into huge detail with some coin varieties, and if you just collect, or are just likely to encounter non gold coins from 1797 to today, then Collectors Coins GB 2005 will save you over £15.00.

£20's a lot of money though. 11% price increase on last years, I wonder if it contains 11% more pages.

Do you perhaps mean 'politicians' JMD? Politics is generally accepted as being better than the alternatives, whether you agree with the system or not.

I think those are really very general SE England things.

Although from Kent/London myself, when I went to Northern Ireland a while ago they remarked that I sounded like Jamie Oliver. (from Essex..I suppose SE England is the same to them, and there isn't much or a difference) I suppose when on the phone and in formal situations I sound ok, but with friends and in informal situations I can sometimes sound 'as common as mook' (as Sylvester might say) Round here in Germany there are slightly different accents from village to village with certain words.

Biggest in weight overall dimensions, or biggest in diameter? Cos i think you find hammered silver pounds and gold triple unites were bigger in diameter. I have a feeling the triple unites would weight more too. Dunno though, silver pounds were the biggest ever. Ok, perhaps it's the biggest coin that ever circulated from the last 400+ years! I know gold is a dense metal, but hammered coins are always thinner, do you think it would weight more?

I expect the ebay one will go for a good price, it's a good picture. Unfortunatley it's usually not easy to get a real bargain on ebay.

Tut tut JMD, how can you clean a coin from Fine - BU ? Even the 'lustre' on a highly polished fine coin is different to the lustre on a BU coin.

I have a number for sale colliewalker, they are popular but not at all rare, at least not in mid-lower grades. For about £20 you could get quite a decent one. As the biggest coin that ever circulated and one of the first to be struck with steam power they are important numismatically.

Hopefully it should be started next week. I'm not sure how many the printers will be able to turn out this month.

Cheaper Juan, EUR2.00!

I remember having such fun playing Quake 2 on the network at work (www.bromcom.com). My name used to be 'Shania Twain' for some reason, and when I got killed I would exclaim 'That don't impress me much!' much to the amusement of the people around me. When I did something awfully girly I would say 'Man, I feel like a woman'. (in the game of course) I do miss working with other people.

The language looks Thai, or Burmese (somewhere around there). I don't think it's Indian. I'm sure someone with a Krause to hand will be along soon.

Looks like a real one to me. You'll find that sometimes even really very old coins are very cheap Juan. By the way Juan, did you mean to be 'Unknown'?

Thanks, I'll change that, but I've already sent a link to the proofreader, so I expect he'll spot it too! I have a version called draft2.dpf in the same location with updated prices. I have now incorporated all of the prices from you Custard, and the Rotographic database, as well as Williams Florins and Geoffs Half Crowns (Geoff if you're reading this I haven't forgotted about the 1908!) I just need to change a few more prices (Wybritt, Sylvester and Coppers) and we're away.

Thankyou Juan!

But that would mean more pages, more cost, which may move it up to a similar price to the Coin Yearbook. It's an idea that cannot be ruled out though.

By jove, i think you're right, I'll mention it.

Yes, in fact I still have that one sitting beside me. I'll be delivering it personally (with some other stuff) in Early Nov.

Blimey I didn't do it! I paid someone to do it: http://www.samwall.com

That's ok I suppose, the tone isn't that pretty. I probably wouldn't go so high as GVF, maybe NVF/AVF. Edward VII Halfcrowns in my opinion are not difficult for 1910 or 1902.