Chris Perkins

In Germany (and I suspect Poland too) visa acceptance is very rare! They have EC (Electronic Cash) debit cards which are accepted in most places. I really don't mind helping if goomolique is unable to. Poland is a big place.

I still get the odd person in GB that sends me a batch of pre 47 silver and then insists on a cheque as payment, stating that he/she would rather not give out their bank details. In Germany it is utterly normal and people haven't seen cheques for 20+ years. Although I am a big fan of cheques. Perhaps I can also help somehow, being in Germany. I can move money from my Natwest account to my German Targobank account within seconds and from the German account there are no (or very low) fees to send to Poland, or any other EU land as far as I know.

If they were rolled up new (for whatever reason) surely they'd be in pukka condition?

The thickness is probably the same to the naked eye, but certainly the weight and feel would be quite different.

Yes, he was a proper politician that transcended party politics and was very likeable. People of all political persuasions respected him, and rightly so.

Now that's a bit of a coincidence isn't it. I'd much rather have a gold plated mule though. That would really be something. I've said this before somewhere, but I don't know which is the worst scenario: A) The RM are about the sloppiest mint in the world and are careless enough to get die pairs mixed on far too many occasions. Or B )To generate interest for their desperate plethora of new coin products, they throw in the odd mule for good measure. And what about the legality of mules? Coins are approved obviously, before being created and struck. If they are wrong, then surely they are not legal tender unless something is amended in law that describes the error and renders them legal tender? Actually, who knows about law? Who wants to make it their task to look into the Coinage Act and find out exactly what is required to make a coin legal tender. In early January of this year the RM stated that coins £5 and down were legal tender. At some point in mid January they changed it to include their new £20 coin, but there was still no mention of the £50, £10, £1000 and £100 coins, which all exist. Surely it's really not as easy as the RM stating that something is legal tender and that suddenly makes it legal tender? I want to separate the real coins from the medallions.

It was 'sold' for £790 this time round, but in a flash is now re-listed as apparently the winner had no money. Odd. I've never actually had that problem as a seller, but it does seem to be very widespread that people with no money will keep bidding on things. I don't like the pics either, and if this was the only one available in the world, I still wouldn't go anywhere near it.

Yes, I tried that too just now. I expect they've pulled them as they were reported? Unless they are fake slabs, which is also not unheard of. The BNTA email suggests that they are genuine PCGS that were incorrectly labelled.

The London Coin Company are actually one of the better coin sellers with the word 'London' in their title. They had nothing to do with this scam, they were simply referenced in the email as they happened to be offering a real gold one. Peter - thanks. Hedgehog gate?

Thanks for the email. I think it all depends on the screen size and specs of the device being used to view it. I have a feeling Amazon may have reduced the image quality to reduce file size. The ebooks work fine and are useable on phones, but due to their nature they are better viewed on devices with larger screens.

Ok. It should be a lot more than 21! That's like an 8bit Sinclair Spectrum.

I don't know about iphones, but I'm pretty sure there's a screenshot function. I just want to make sure that it's a prob with your setup and that the images are ok.... The initial file that was produced by my ebook conversion people was massive (due to the images) and I got them to re-do a smaller file with slightly less image quality. They look ok on my PC, but I need to keep an eye on it.

What's up with the images? Can you post a screen shot? They should be pretty good.

If you get the Kindle version and that works better for you, I will of course refund the epub! The kindle version on Amazon shows a few of the first pages. And the Rotographic website links to this pair of pages: http://www.rotographic.com/images/CCDIp72-73.jpg

It all depends on how your ereader software works! I'm not familiar with whatever DGS is. Does your ereader read epubs (most do) and can you manually search and find the file with it?

Ooops, sorry, yes I'd quoted F and VF! I'll get my coat.

I don't have a Spink 2014, but my Collectors' Coins GB 2014 says: 1817 Bull head £20 VF £65 EF 1821 £30 VF £70 EF 1823 (2nd rev) £30 VF £80 EF Be interesting to see how Spink compares. (SEE POST BELOW - I managed to quote F and VF above!)

My book, my books, buy my books. Seriously though, the Standard Guide to Grading British Coins and Collectors' Coins GB 2014 (Pre-decimal) will be a very good start. Both are also available in eBook form, on Amazon Kindle etc (which is currently fairly unusual for coin books).

Friend of mine has a VIP 1949 set, inc proof 1949 Threepence.

She went to the great knackers yard (or wherever old cows go) in the sky. I changed the pic to something coin related as I'm the boss of what is now by far the biggest UK coin forum, and I thought having a comical cow hardly gave the impression of authority and coiny knowledge. The new image is "Collectors' Coins - Decimal Issues of the United Kingdom" (formerly "Check Your Change") and will go to print this month. I've also added more links in my sig, to gain more exposure for the other books.

I had trouble listing a Persian rug on German eBay! In the end I hyphenated the (Indian) town of origin and it was allowed. Have had trouble with Iranian coins in the past too. And of course in Germany anything that even looks a little bit Nazi is dis-allowed, except coins for some bonkers reason.

A couple of coins I meant, in case that wasn't clear.

Amounts? Anything from a couple to many kg.

I buy coppers for the copper content and sixpences can just about be paid in to a bank account if you're lucky, it's your own bank and you know the cashier! I'm able to get face value for post 1947 non silver 'silver'. The face value is more than the scrap value.

We ultimately sell them to contacts in the jewellery trade, or sell them as coins by weight to private investors. Pre 20 sterling is more useful as it's already sterling so can be make into jewellery as it is. I suppose some coins may end up polished to within an inch of their lives and in those fancy-birth-year sets in plastic folders or sold to tourists, but to actually get good money for bog standard pre 47 silver you have to have an awful lot of patience! I move it on quickly after a small cut and then hope that some actual collectable coins will come along! I must have handled tons and tons of pre 47 over the years.