Chris Perkins

There are various reports of Safari re-directing to Russian sites, but nothing current or in the last few weeks. Big coincidence that it's happening to a few people. Is there another way to look at websites that doesn't involve Safari of the IBP app? I assume that when apple device users access any website, it must first go through apple servers to access the others? If the apple servers somehow have the wrong dns information for predecimal.com, then it may well resolve to the wrong site. Another way to the same place is: http://www.british-coins.com/forum/ (sometimes that will re-direct to predecimal.com/forum/ , which probably doesn't help. Does it happen to all pages on predecimal.com and not just on the forum. e.g. if you try http://www.predecimal.com/selling_coins.php

Yes, someone else reported this earlier. I don't have any Apple devices either to check with. It sounds like it's a Safari problem though. Can apple users google the issue to see if it's happening with other sites....other forums for example. If it isn't, then I suppose it's possible that there has been some code inserted somewhere on predecimal.com that re-directs to the Russian, just for apple users. I'll look into it.

Exbrit is now 'fixed' with a manual email containing the epub file.

I know someone who knows the niece of Roger Waters. Those are the circles I move in.

I once had a girlfriend who's dad was in the same class as one of Deep Purple. You can't trump that!

I'll be releasing a new book soon called "Collector's Wives" (and girlfriends). I need help again with pictures. All grades and ages accepted - raw with natural toning is best.

Good good. Dad posted them from London and he's not the quickest. Del: I haven't even looked at what images I have myself (as most tend to be scans and I prefer photos). I've got a 1770s farthing, both types of 1787 6d and of course the late GIII guinea based denominations are already in so I don't need those.

Maybe the RCM contracts the Chinese to make the originals (to save money) and that's how they are able to release their own versions so quickly! Modern issues are 90% awful. Nearly every aspect is ghastly, from the desperately chosen themes to the design and production, to the marketing, to the poor innocents that buy them. There you are, I've said it now. In Check Your Change I publish a book all about something I have grown to hate. I'm seriously thinking of starting a Boycott Modern Issues campaign, promoting true coin collecting!

It's bad all-round! It's no secret that the new issues they produce are in the main, not even a bit collectable (shock-horror if you've just realised that), at least not in the sense that they have some potential to hold their value over the long term or in the sense that they are well executed pieces of numismatic art. Profit profit profit, that's all it's about. It's not about the coins and the (too) many things they commemorate, it's not about encouraging young potential collectors to get into coins (and often they progress to proper coins) it's simply about making as many different coins as possible and selling them for as much as possible. Every year they find an anniversary of something or other to commemorate for the first time! In the last few years there were always complaints about the prices and complaints about the RM's rather frugal wholesale discount terms, but at least people had a choice as to where they bought the products. Not any more. You buy from the RM and only the RM and you pay whatever they ask or you don't buy anything. I'd strongly recommend the second option.

Careful the wind doesn't change.

Just an update: Printed books ordered direct from me should go out Monday. Amazon are still showing it as 'out of stock' because they are there in limbo waiting with the 400 other pallets to be checked in! They do have stock, they just don't know it yet. On Amazon another seller has stock and is offering them a bit cheaper (currently).

I've currently got one on German ebay. http://www.ebay.de/itm/201007696242?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 It doesn't have to be EUR250.00 and I can send fully insured to GB.

I'd take all of those, but may not use them all (they could all come in handy at some point). The Victorian images I was referring to were the drawings in England's Striking History (hammered coins), which were taken from old Victorian books with expired copyright.

Show me where Peter and I'll join in if it's other forums and such like. Thanks for the images Colin. Re hammered: there is of course England's Striking History, which is really a general intro to the coins and the history around them, but if anyone wants to help replace the Victorian drawings used in the book, with real pics of actual coins then I'm all ears. We could even add some prices. I'm still waiting for Sylvester to contact me. Years ago he started a price guide book on early milled and I'd like to get that finished, too.

Where've you been tarting me Peter? And I hope with links!

I'm racing to get a new Check Your Change done during 2014!

Scanned at 600dpi and not re-sized they should be fine. CCGB2015 is obviously a way off, but the sooner I gather all the images required, the better.

Ok Peck, if the quality is good enough. I prefer photos ideally, but scans can also be ok.

I think I've still got a couple of ring bound printed proofs somewhere.

cp@predecimal.com

I'll gladly take the 1787 6d images. They have to be at 300dpi. The holder plastic parts I can digitally remove but any reflection from the plastic may be more of an issue.

The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins is now available as an eBook, in Kindle format for about £5.65: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HHZO6GU?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creativeASIN=B00HHZO6GU&linkCode=xm2&tag=predecimalcoi-21 And also in ePub format for pretty much all other readers, for £4.50: http://www.digitalgoodsstore.com/mydgs/Xsn1EH Printed copies are currently hard to find. I've run out, so any currently available are likely to soon be depleted. Currently there are 6 current Rotographic books available as eBooks. For more details see here: http://www.rotographic.com/downloads.htm

I concentrated on the highest grades last year and this year paid more attention to the others. It's not printed on telephone directory paper like Coincraft, but it is already essentially what Rob suggests - a basic volume with values. It contains more varieties than any other coin book and is the lowest priced but I do have to be careful about what varieties are listed as a lot of them just complicate matters. It's difficult to describe some of them in words, so pictures are needed and they take up a lot of space. I don't actually think that making it cheaper (by using thinner paper for example) would result in any more sales. In fact, I don't think thinner paper would actually make it that much cheaper. And especially now that it's available as an eBook for under £5, it's unbeatable value. I think people are suspicious of things that are too cheap. If it was £3 for the printed version, people may imagine that the contents were of little value. Next year I'd like to go back to 1760, so if anyone has some nice images of pre 1797 GIII coins that I can use, they would be gratefully received (and acknowledged in print if so desired).

Cor, 9 years ago. Back in the days when I was pretty much talking to myself most of the time! Master JMD with his whole collection listed in his profile, bless him.

Gary: At the moment yes, as they're all in the UK. If you can wait a couple of weeks I can send one from within Germany, so that would be the £7.35 option. I'll make sure they go in next time Peck!