Chris Perkins

And they minted the date '1967' right up until 1970 too. Conspiracy theory!

You're probably right, bloody PC. Aren't I showing my 25 years of age. Australian customers: I have a couple of semi regulars, nothing major.

No your wouldn't, you jumped up little pip squeak, because I would have been justified in my actions, and the Head would take me (Dr Krause) seriously, and certainly not you! I would be deeply offended if I was told to Go back to South Africa, where I belong. After probably being invited to the UK to help fill a shortage of teachers, leaving my home land and starting fresh in a foreign country. I remember I once asked an Australian supply teacher if he was decended from convicts or aboriginies, then I stated that he was too fair skinned to be of the latter. He marched me out of the class room and almost decked me! He wasn't very pleased and I'd been calling him Bruce all leason. But of course I look back now with maturity and realise that I would of bloody well deserved it if he had! It was early 90's so after the banning of physical punishment at schools, but he did almost loose it. So well done that man for keeping control. That'll loose me some Australian customers now!

Now just a minute! Perhaps we should now pop this film/patriotism/strage things to get stuck in your body subject in the non coin related area. Someone start a new subject!

Because they are the best usually, and if I were your teacher you would have got a detention everyday of the week for that remark! And I would have jolly well got Elliot's phone number and phoned home

10 for £3.00.

Should be ok in a 22.5mm, I tried a copper 1675 and that fit well. Better measure it in case, or don't you have it yet?

Yeah I think that's about it. I know there are specialist books on the hugely vast areas of colonial Indian coinage, and I've found that Krause can often be a little inaccurate one way or the other. Definately worth having though. One of my next book purchases should be the Krause 1701 - 1800 book. There are other world coin books similar to Krause, there is a German range, but I think Krause is the only one in English.

Some years were only issued in sets, so you know that's where they started out. As far as I knew, for the years when the coins also circulated normally the BU sets were just normal coins. You don't see many bag marks so perhaps they are treated more carefully after striking. I'm really not sure. I have a few high grade decimal coins, but I'm saving them for when there is a much higher demand. Perhaps if and when we go EURO.

I bought one myself and have it with me right here! I'll attach a scan, it's a good grade, AEF or so, has some edge dings on the bottom of the rev as you'll notice. I expect I'll put it in the next Newsletter or onto ebay, I have lots to do right now though. I did have a 1931 Wreath, but that sold from the newsletter before it even went into the Crown section.

No, your way too far North for that! And it's a pity they don't broadcast it online yet. I'll ask if they intend doing that when I'm next there. And don't worry, the forumees come first!

That's a tricky one. I think it'd be best in outer space without any kind of atmosphere for it to even consider contacting. Failing that you could just keep it very dry and hope for the best.

What? That was a quote within a quote, within a quote. The 'hmmmm?'

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Well We'll keep an eye out then, see how it goes.

As if they'd even know silver proofs existed, and as if it'd fool anyone who wanted one. Maybe the brass corrodes or something, I don't know, maybe it was to add weight or to change the conductivity, so they get accepted in machines.

Now come on Olli, we'll have none of that, we can't have the superior colonial attitude forever! At least not in public anyway Understand your point Sylvester they need to settle on something if they ever want to demonetize the dollar bill.

They still have pound notes in Scotland of course, and I can remeber getting a pound note pocket money as a kid (just about). But I think the relative denomination value and the fact £5 is the smallest note is practical. Not that there were really be anything wrong or inconvenient about having £1 notes again.

Andrew, everyone is welcome, although mainly a UK forum, it doesn't matter. You have a point about the coins lasting longer, but I expect the initial outlay to make the coins is possibly a factor when countries decide how to work it. It must also cost a fair bit to transport coins to be distributed compared to notes, and I think notes should usually last 5+ years, surely. Anyway, i'm sure the governments weigh things up and do whatever is cheapest, unless of course the public completely reject their ideas, like the $1 coin in the US. I can't understand why the richest country in the World has a bank note worth currently less than 60p! Brits, can you imagine having a 50p note!

I think it's probably because notes are harder to fake and people pay more attention to them, than they do to coins. Thus coins get passed off very easily, and probably just cost pennies to make. The £2 coin looked quite sophisticated though, I expect the effort that went into that cost more than pennies.

Wonderful edge lettering. William: Overt your eyes when you see Sylvesters pictures of Miss Moore!

That's not bad is it!

Still got it?

Oh really, was it any good? How did the forgers handle the bi metal element? Thanks for the pics William, they are growing on me you know. I quite like the large 'rim beading' style.

Dear New gold, Are you talking about the perspex cased British sets, that slide apart, with the coins set in thick card? If so, the answer is I don't know, because none of them are official, and I get the feeling that the perpex cases were made at a later date. They do seem popular, but I have never been able to find a source of them. I also don't know about date availability either. In fact I've only ever seen 60's sets.