Chris Perkins

That's not a lot to go on Andy, you may have to register and post an image of it. At one stage the Kings/Queens of England stated that they were King/Queen of France too, as England had Northern French territories, but the Fran probably means it's French, we need more details.

I asked Mr Nicholls if I could perhaps offer his cabinets for sale on the website. But he refused me, and said that because of sometimes unreliable wood availability he prefers to deal with the customers personally. I was hoping I could advertise them and get him to ship direct. And I know i'd sell some! Nevermind, I'll have to find another cabinet maker to offer a luxury range at some point. Not that there's anything wrong with the SAFE/Lighthouse stuff of course.

I have this Godless Florin for £95.00, but that would take you almost a year to save up for! I do have 2 lower grade gothic florins William, are you looking out for any more?

Now just a minute.. I'm supposed to be bringing collectors together from around the globe, not re-uniting old chums! That is a huge coincendence though, isn't it. I can't believe it.

Don't you boys go out with girls, try to pass off laxitive chocolate to your mates and worry about your hair? It doesn't matter to me what you do! Very well done and do keep us posted. With what you're learning, you soon won't need to borrow online articles for your posts here

Hark at old man Olli!

Well you're obviously all far to educated for me...I'll get me coat! Best I could ever manage was the odd Led Zep or Pink Floyd (William, ask your Dad!) track on electric guitar (with the solos mind).

That makes you certainly the youngest, and I'm afraid Geoff, you may well be the oldest! Not that 48 is any age, of course.

Hello William, If the volume of Victorian coins you've bought in the past from me is anything to go by then you've probably got more than most people in a 50 mile radius of your house! Everybody: Young William has been a good customer of mine for some time, so look after him.

Well if you do find one more reputable than Predecimal.com they will probably charge you an arm and a leg to even breathe anywhere near your list! If not, they may make up for their time by offering you very little for them, in the hope they can get them cheap. Are you anywhere near Swanage? I must visit Mother soon, and could kill 2 birds with one stone (so to speak). Regardless, very good luck.

You're welcome. Do you have a list of these coins as a computer file that you can email me? That would be the next step. If not, can you create one containing as much detail as possible, with the rough conditions of each coin (poor - excellent, for example)? I can certainly glance at it and give you an opinion, but to attempt to individually value each one, I would charge my small fee. You see I get a lot of people with long lists contacting me, and most of the time the coins are rubbish and not at all exciting for me to look at. What kinds of boxes are the Elizabeth II coin sets in? We are all very helpful here, and doesn't it sound so much nicer with the background information.

Yes, especially when it isn't offset by any positives! I got an 1868 RRITANNIAR error threepence today off ebay.de Looks nice enough.

Is that so. Well it was my first in the UK, and that's probably why Richard Varnham (long established London/Kent dealer) who I was helping, had never heard of him!

I feel a little better because it was probably done at the time. Or at least made into a brooch at the time, so could never have been saved!

That's what I have to battle all the time! Whenever I offer a fair price for some old coins, the owner will often exclaim...'But they're 200 years old they must be worth a fortune!' Nooooooooooo, you can get 400BC greek coins for £30! People associate age with value, but for something made 100-1000 years ago in very large quantities, and that no one has ever thrown away, that just isn't the case. At least not with the worn ones. Only the very best 5% are really collectable.

I had an AVF W&M tin farthing on the side recently, did you see it? It sold quite quickly for £150.

Was he at the Bloomsbury Coin fair the other week? I really must meet all these well known names.

I thought about Anchor money too, but they normally had the amount expressed in Roman Numerals, not as a fraction. I bet the asker of the original question never looks in here again, to see all out efforts and we'll never know any more!

It's not done, I'm afraid. At most you could perhaps lightly brush it with a dry tooth brush to remove loose dirt. Water does copper no good in the long run, and polish will make it look awful. And yes, it is Geroge III, and should be 34mm to be a penny.

You hang out with Colin Cooke do you Geoff? I've had enormous trouble in the past trying to pass off Crowns, 47-67 florins and in fact all kinds of Predecimal currency at banks. I think I succeded some time ago with florins because I was able to convince them that they were legal as 10p until 1993, and that they would take large 10p's surely! And I get people too that seem to want to upgate their 25p coins to £5 face value.

Was that a little harsh do you think?

Mrs Gallop, Thankyou for your wonderfully detailed description of the number and types of coins included in your sets. Shall I assume they are British and not colonial, and shall I assume they are the complete type sets for those years, not Maundy sets, or any of the other infinate number of different sets that you could be referring to?! I also get the impression that you don't really care about exactly what they are, and all you see when you look at them are possible floating Pound signs before your eyes, hence your direct and not very well thought out question. If that is the case, my valuation fee is 20p per coin, with a £2.00 minimum and I'll need some further details. ------------------------------------------------- If that isn't the case and you want to try again and get the benefit of the forums knowledge base for free, perhaps you could ask again, supply all the relevant details and bearing in mind we take this quite seriously, perhaps try to come accross like you give a shit, that sometimes helps when requesting free information!!

I'd love to sell you a book. But to my knowledge none of the standard fractional Half, Third or Quarter farthings actually stated a value on them in relation to the Penny. The Half Farthings had 'Half Farthing' stated, the Third Farthings were 'denominationless' and the Quarter farthings had 'Quarter Farthing' written on them. Never an 'Eighth of a Penny', and no Half Farthings were made in 1824 anyway. We're barking up the wrong tree chaps.... it's foreign.

Well, I'm trying to give it up myself too, but so many people seem to have these kinds of things lying all about the place!

It could also be one eigth of a Dollar, could be spanish or South American, could be an early American forgery, could be god knows what else. Need a picture really, unless you can read it fully.