Chris Perkins

Yes, I meant Third Guinea, not Quarter. Mostly I seem to deal in pre 47 silver (due to the Guardian article last year) and the odd bit of scrap gold and bags and bags of coppers. It's all very well, but I'd love for a cheeky little collection to come my way, in case you know anyone! Thanks Dave. And Rob, I've emailed and you can reply to that.

How is everyone? Can anyone provide any or even all of the following as 300dpi images for use in Collectors' Coins GB 2013: Guinea (1787 or later) Guinea, military type 1813 Half Guinea (1787 to 1800) Half Guinea (1804 to 1813) Quarter Guinea (Any, or all of the 3 types 1797 to 1813) Much obliged!

Any dealer who pays more than the scrap value for them (which is 2 or 3p each) would be bonkers. Even selling them for £1 each at a rate of 20 a year, it's enough to last 2 generations! There's no point spending £100 for an £800 return if it's over 40 years (all being well healthwise). For all late 60s coins, I pay around scrap value then keep a handful for stock (20 or 30 perfect examples) and scrap the rest. In the late 60s even bank managers advised their customers to buy such bags of the last pre-decimal coins. Apart from helping the banks get shot of their old money, it served absolutely no purpose. There are still hundreds of bags out there I'm afraid, especially '67.

Thankyou very kindly everyone. We had a barbeque and I had a surprise young lady visitor that normally shouldn't even be in the same Bundesland. It was (and still is) bloody hot....the weather I mean, obviously.

oh, thankyou.

That's better. I don't think there's a whole grade between them though. See my florins too: http://www.predecimal.com/british-predecimal-coins-florins-c-51_32_36.html

I don't look on ebay for coins, it would push me over the edge.

Err, to be honest I would rather have all my finger and toe nails pulled out than have anything to do with that or such business practices. It's crap and will always be crap - next year, in 100 years, in 1000 years. Covered in gold, covered in honey, coated in cocaine, layered in pure Justin Bieber saliva, digitally signed by all of the Beatles including the dead ones, encrusted with meteorite from planet Elvis .... still crap. I think you already know that though! I leave you lot alone for 10 minutes. I do despair.

I got the couple of PMs recently. I'm away from tomorrow but will update the forum software when I get back. And John, please do link to me etc. I'll do likewise.

Silver has plummeted too! Silver usually follows roughly the same trend as gold.

Of course in Germany they've been hot on this from the moment eBay was invented! I have to list and declare everything so they can take the standard 7% VAT on coins added to the 13% ebay/paypal and of course income tax from the total profit and there you have it, that's the reason I rarely sell coins on ebay, prefering to make my own website do the work!

It could be that your cache still thinks the images aren't there. I noticed Paulus' avatar also was missing earlier. Most perculiar.

That's alright. I don't know what happened there though, the image must have been corrupt. All I did was change a couple of pixels, re-save it then re-upload and all is well.

That better?

I noticed that too the other day. Let me have a look.

That all goes back to when I established a numismatic research group and manually put members into it. I must have then put it as part of the automatic thresholds. Not a bad thing though, is is?

Hmmm, where do I start. This post is by way of a general moan really, but perhaps certain forum members may have advice on the matter. My dad got a bill for me today at his London address that I use for UK correspondance. A bill for £202 odd from a company called Rapid Secure working under instruction of Kent Constabulary. It seems that on the 17th April the company secured my house in Kent which is rented to a Mr Green (which may or may not be his real name). This was the first I'd heard of it! I called the company and then the police and it seems that the police had to force entry to search the house under a Section 18 (which seems to mean that they were looking for evidence or dodgy stuff in relation to a crime for which someone living at the house had been arrested). Due to the data protection act I had to email them to find out this information, even though I pointed out that an email is just as annoymous as a voice on a telephone. I tried to call tenant Mr Green and there was no answer. I sent him a text asking if everything was alright and mentioning the £202 odd bill. He replied quite quickly and said that the police had broken the front door down, boarded it up and told him not to go back there 'for threat to his life' (not sure what that's supposed to mean). He says he's not been there for weeks and that he now can't get to his belongings and that he'd lost my contact details due to this, although clearly he's got his phone. I tried to call to find out more, but generally no one answers, except for once an hour or so ago when a female voice answered that sounded like a very sleepy Ms Brown (which may or may not be his girlfriend's name). I asked if Mr Green was there, she mumbled 'he's on the ....' and then it went quiet. I asked 'is that you Ms Brown?'. But it was quiet and then went dead. I called back right away and it rang for some time before going dead again. Something is clearly awry. I'm waiting to hear from the 2 Constables that carried out the Section 18 on 17th April and in the mean time I've sent a friend to the house (he lives a good 45 mins away but is the closest person I know) to have a look. I imagine this is a good reason to kick out tenants? He owes this months rent and surely must also be liable for the securing of the property and a new door? As a landlord, what rights/chances do I have of taking his belongings as payment? Obviously that would need to go to court I suspect. Sounds like a lot of hassle, whatever has gone on here.

My estate agent friend will do a managed vetted etc let for 8% pcm, as it's me The tenants have been moving their stuff out this weekend. Mr Green says he has a replacement front door and frame, which is kind. I fly over on the 23rd to have a look at the state of the place. Will no doubt need to get things done (dad's good at repairs and that kind of stuff). It's handy as somewhere I can stay for a few days myself. I may even leave it empty for a couple of months to use as a base. Mind you, I said that last time and had new tenants knocking on the door the day after the old one moved out.

I must say Tom, I had a problem with Colin Cooke's grading a couple of times. Don't know if one of his employees was at fault, but I do remember a couple of coins graded as UNC that I'm postitive had minimal wear. A learned friend of mine was also of the same opinion for different purchases. I haven't bought anything from CC for ages now though, so that's no reflection of current practices.

I hope it wasn't a seriuous dealer that called it EF, as that's just silly.

A couple of you may be interested in this - My list of forgeries, in a pretty random order. Most are well used, but a few are rather nice. Some are contemporary, some clearly not and some I'm not entirely sure. About 200 coins in total, including 17 modern £1's. 3 Shilling bank token 1813, copper (silvering gone), surfaces pitted 12.38g 34.8mm 3 Shilling bank token 1812, brass (silvering gone) 14.05g 34.6mm 3 Shilling bank token 1812, brass (most silvering there) 3 Shilling bank token 1811, brass (silvering gone) 13.82g 35mm 3 Shilling bank token 1815, brass (silvering gone) 14.73g 34.9mm 3 shilling bank token 1815, brass (very dark, could possibly pass as toned silver) 12.42g 34.8mm 1s 6d bank token, copper (silvering gone) great definition, contemporary Fourpence Henry IV, very good electrotype Half Crown 1645/6 MM sun, copper, contemporary Half Crown Charles I, damaged Half Crown WmIII, very worn date not clear. Contemporary. Half Crown WmIII, as above Half Crown 1696, copper Half Crown 1817, brass, most of silvering intact. Half Crown 1819, brass, most of silvering gone. Half Crown 1837 Half Crown 1845 Half Crown 1874 Half Crown 1893 wavy Half Crown 1926, bent from being tested Half Crown 1933, as above Half Crown 1938 lead-like. Half Crown 1950 excellent condition Half Crown 1950, another Some other George III half crowns, various metals 1817 x3 1818 x1 1819 x1 1820 x2 Shilling, Edward IV electrotype Shilling, Carlise 1645 Charles I S3138 assumed contemp, crude. Shilling, Charles I, very good electrotype Shilling, James I, very good electrotype Shilling, WmIII, date not clear, copper Shilling, 1699 copper Shilling 1819 holed Shilling, 1819 mostly silvered, excellent quality Shilling 1864 die 18 Shilling, 1918 lead-like Shilling, 1948. Excellent condition but not right! Shilling 1950E Shilling 1954E Shilling 1957E Shillings, George III x8 Sixpence, Charles I electrotype x2 different Sixpence, 1651 commonwealth electrotype Sixpence James I electrotype Sixpence 1699 Sixpence 1935 Sixpences George III x4 Florin Gothic, date not clear. Contemp. Florin 1873 Florin 1899, in 2 halves from original test. Florin Edward VII, date not clear Fathings, Richmond type x6, prob modern Farthing, Queen Anne, silver pattern 1713 (originally bought as genuine by prev. owner from Colin Cooke). Farthing, Queen Anne, copper gilt 1713 Farthing, Queen Anne 1714 copper Fathings George III x3 Half Pennies, George III - about 50 of varying quality. Inc one brockage Half Sovereign 1892, most of gold colour gone. Third Guineas, George III x4 Crown, Gothic 1847, presumed modern? 21.47g 39.5mm Crown, BofE dollar 1804,probably modern? 22.44g 41.3mm Crown, BofE dollar 1804, brass (silvering gone) contemporary Crown 1687, presumed modern? 25.4g 40.2mm Crown 1696/Charles II obv, mule. Def contemporary, silver outer almost intact 25.44g 37.5mm Crown 1890 contemporary 27.74g 38.5mm Crown 1696, copper (silvering gone) contemporary 22.82g 38.7mm Crown 1692, presumed modern? 22.75g 39mm Crown 1889 contemporary. Quarter of coin is cut out 15.15g Crown 1644 Oxford. Excellent detail, must be modern 17.99g 40.6mm Crown 1898 with milled edge, crude. Assumed modern. Crown 1845, nice but looks modern. Crown 1819 x2, lead-like contemporary or Victorian. Two Pounds 1821, copper, most of gold colour gone Two pounds 1823, not to deceive, as watch fob with attachment. Two pounds 1823, crude brass, holed. Two pounds 1823, very crude brass. Threepence 1905 contemporary Penny 1831, brass Penny 1841, ghastly with mirrored letters. A right contemporary cock up. Penny 1845, lead-like Penny 1854, lead-like Guinea 1710, brass, gold colour traces Scottish 60 shillings 1582, copper contemporary 20.7g 41.9mm Scottish Ryal 1565 with 1578 revaluation mark. Contemporary? 32.36 44.8mm Ireland 6 Shilling bank token 1804, dark areas showing through. Def contemporary 25.1g 40.8mm Irelend 10 pence token 1813, brass Ireland 20 pence token 1808, brass Anglo-Saxon 'ADELBERT' short cross not ID'd. One Pound (decimal) 17 various types Hong Kong dollar mule 1866/Edward VII obverse. Modern. Contemporary Spanish: 5 Pts 1885 5 Pts 1891 (baby king) 5 Pts 1899 5 Pts 1885 5 Pts 1882 silvered brass 20 Rs 1837 8 Rs 1792 (column piece of 8) 4 Es 1865, some gold colour remaining South Africa, Pond 1896 brass German, Prussia 1 Thaler 1799 A. Brass, contemporary. India Rupee 1904 India Rupee 1915 Ancient Greek: Large Syracuse Decadrachm, nice but fairly modern Silver Stater Chalcidice, head of Apollo x2

I keep forgetting this is no longer a 100% male domain!

She's from Chatham, innit. My house nearby needs a new tenant if your interested Miss Brooks. No need to worry about paying any actual money, just keep your webcam on!

Here's the Irish 6s.

Found this one, it's a Spink 1100 - Aethelstan with building on the back and moneyer Adelbert (from York) written under it.