Chris Perkins

Sometimes proof gold coins do tone, probably with a little help from the finger print. Personally I'd reject it, if it is not as described. There is no way any one would pay £175 for it like that, in fact I feel £100 was steep. Modern proofs should be absolutely perfect.

There are a lot of fat men in the West, lots of sausage and lederhosen everywhere, but generally in the East people are much trimmer. They eat better now than they did before the wall came down, of course, but most of them have retained their figures. That goes for the ladies too ;-) At least they'd have somewhere all of their own to put their towels!

Yes, every serious world coin collector/dealer should have a couple (1801 - 1900 & 1901 - now), they are a bit expensive, but as far as I know they are the only decent world coin guide in English. The postage is not cheap either, they are like double phone book size! You can sometimes get better prices, I got mine at less than the RRP from Amazon.de, but of course that wouldn't be possible in the UK. I can also get them from Token publishing with a 25% discount, but the postage really eats that up.

As yes, you're one of those American type chaps aren't you. Very nice to meet you. I didn't know that Sylvester had recommended you, but it doesn't surprise me, he's a good chap and that's the kind of example we need set to all the youngsters isn't it. Well done Sylvester!

Very true, but we can't blame that on Master J.M.D.

I wish I was good enough with data bases to re associate your old data with the new user, but I fear it has been lost. When pruning members it gives me the option to prune using: No. of posts, date of last post, and date joined. I used a combination of them and chopped you off somehow. I'll be extra careful with that function from now on.

You may have noticed a sudden drastic drop in the number of members! This is not because they all got bored with our conversation and decided to leave, oh no. This is because I terminated the membership of all members that joined more than 90 days ago and hadn't made a single post. Just a little spring cleaning, to remove the erm 'dead wood' for want of a better expression.

Yes that would be no trouble, but I was thinking along the lines of being able to post larger pictures, store more messages etc. Sylvester, you've posted 500 so that makes you a Forum God now, as well as an expert member!

Well, I thought I only removed people that had never posted for over 3 months but I may have removed people that made very few posts over a shorter time too. I'm very sorry. You understand these things have to be done to remove all the clutter of members than never do anything. It is not possible for me to reinstate you as such, I'll have to ask you to create another account with the same user name I'm afraid. The last thing I wanted to do was remove active members, I too have seen you round lots, and I'll make sure I make it up to you if you re-join. Terribly sorry.

In the East, near Dresden/Leipzig/Chemnitz, but probably closer to the Czech border, and probably closer to Prague than Berlin. The Erzgebergishe region to be presise.

Well yes, and you are able to store more personal messages, and post larger images. The others will have to aspire to be like you, won't they.

That's right, you 2 are allowed to freely edit your messages at any point you like. That's what you get for being an 'expert member' you see!

How big is your garden Mint Mark, I'm imagining burial mounds here! I found I modern Deutche Mark and 3 DDR Pfennige in the Garden here. As well as a big iron door hinge, chicken ring, screw driver, and countless beer bottle tops.

It's actually a legal requirement that reproduction coins are clearly stamped on one side with the maker initials or 'REPRODUCTION' I believe. I know it looks bloody awful, and I wonder why the fantasy issues don't have that stamped on them. Maybe it's because they do not look like any genuine coins.

Yes an answer would be nice wouldn't it. I'm busy, someone with Krause or an Irish book out there?

There's no doubt he's a slipery character though ;-)

Again, condition is important, and so is the serial number. I don't know much about notes, or where you can find a website, but this book I offer will help: http://www.predecimal.com/books/notesframed.htm

Yes, if it can be proved that it was 'thrown away' rather than hidden I believe. Something like that.

I don't think a single cartwheel penny would be much missed from our history....When you find a Neolithic burial site in your garden, contact the authorities!

No where near! William is, at 11 I believe.

They were never issued originally in plastic cases, you'll find the plastic cases are modern. The exact year that Maundy sets were issued as sets for posterity, and not as coins intended for curculation is not really known with any accuracy. The Romans made commemorative coins, and even in Ancient Greece they made commemorative coins (Postumus Alexander the Great Tetradrachm for example), so perhaps the issuing of sets of one type or another goes back 2000 years before Maundy money!

Yes, sometimes, confusingly, even Uncirculated coins have seen very limited circulation (ie from the bank to the bus company, to you). As long as it has minimal contact marks and no wear whatsoever, then you may label it UNC, as far as i'm concerned.

I think it would still be illeagal if it was gold or of significant historical value and went unreported to the authorities.

Yes, of course there are unofficial and official earlier and later sets, but I think the original poster was just after info about the 40's-60's perspex sets they had. Worldwide in the history of coinage there are no doubt 10's of thousands of different coin sets!

Ah, well it was close. (Obverse is spelt with an 'S')