Chris Perkins

I've had these kicking about for ages, added the odd one here and there and mainly filtered them out of purchased collections. I had a feeling I'd get asked for pictures. Will try to do some at the weekend. It was only when I'd listed them that I realised I had 200, give or take!

The 1920 6d went a couple of hours ago (not to a forum member)! The man's gone quiet over the Double florins, so consider them all for sale still. That 1889 broken I is really really nice and the 1888 broken I is great but not perfect.

I've got the following, just in. All of the GIIII shillings, the 1889 broken 'I' double florin, the 1925 shilling and the 1918 florin are virtually reserved, so basicially someone else has first call on them. Crown 1932, key date VF/GVF £310. Crown 1933, NEF tiny mark on rim (from production) £300 Double Florin 1888, Inverted '1' for 2nd I in Victoria, AUNC, only wear is minimal slight rub from storage £400 Double Florin 1889, Inverted '1' for 2nd I in Victoria, Choice UNC, prooflike fields, best i've seen of this variety £550. Florin 1879, EF 39 arcs (listed as 38 arcs in Spink somehow) £250. Florin 1918 UNC, £90. Shilling 1745, VF, non LIMA £120. Shilling 1816, UNC £130. Shilling 1817, Choice UNC beautiful £150. Shilling 1819, GEF/AUNC £100. Shilling 1820, odd minor mark prevents UNC £120. Shilling 1824, GEF with purples and green natural toning £300. Shilling 1825, 1st head, strong EF £250. Shilling 1825, 2nd head, AUNC/GEF (only wear is to Lions nose), incredibly prooflike with shimmering mirrored fields £250. Shilling 1826, GEF purples and blues toning £200. Shilling 1834, AEF/GEF £200. Shilling 1835, GVf/EF £140. Shilling 1857, EF+ £200. Shilling 1925, AUNC slight cabinet rub to cheek £100. Sixpence 1787, with hearts EF £90. Sixpence 1816 AUNC (due to cabinet friction) £90. Sixpence 1817, GEF £75. Sixpence 1818, AUNC £100. Sixpence 1819, small '8' AUNC £80. Sixpence 1820, AUNC £120. Sixpence 1825, EF £140 Sixpence 1826, 2nd head, EF £100. Sixpence 1831, EF+ £170. Sixpence 1834, EF £170. Sixpence 1851, EF+ very pretty £150. Sixpence 1920, .925 Choice UNC £80

I get that quite a lot actually! People email (or leave feedback) saying the coin was better than expected. I have to kick myself because clearly it was too cheap!

Not always, it depends on the coin. For some of the expensive ones I've also provided photographs, for other I left the scans as they were better! There's no easy way to get a volume of coins photographed accurately and listed on the website without it taking absolutely ages.

Thankyou.

Am in invisible or something? The coins above and a large number of others were just added to the website. New additions can be seen from here: http://www.predecimal.com/products_new.php The first 15 and a half pages of coins are new.

I thought Cisse was the long dead Kaiserin of Austria.

Thanks.

My mum was born close enough to the Bow Bells to have been a cockney, but she's poshed up in Dorset now. Dad was born in Lewisham but all his family were from the East End, in fact the Perkins line from at least 1750 onwards were all born in London, starting in the City and each generation getting a little further out. I was born in Sidcup, just on the fringe of the outer most SE London Borough (Bexley).

All of them are right. Pete Tong being a relatively modern one. You're probably right Broomstick. Even though SE London is cheaper than SW generally, I couldn't afford anything larger than a broom cupboad so had to get something in Kent too. Not as nice as Tunbridge Wells though, as you can gather from the recent tenant and shooter incident described elsewhere. I have never counted the millings on a 10p.

The first word in a cockney rhyming slag pair is only there to lend a connection with the 2nd noun, which will invariably rhyme with the thing being referenced. Apples and Pears Rub a dub Skin and blister Frog and Toad Pete Tong Gypsy kiss Butchers hook Are some of the most well known. These are often shortened and just the first word is substituted for whatever you want to say. Am I the only Saaf East Londoner here? I often wondered why there are not more London area members. I know Derek is. Or is coin collecting more a provincial thing, like ferreting and pigeon keeping?

Thought you might. What's it worth in that sort of nibbled condition?

It sometimes is used as am indicator or authenticity, handy if you have a known genuine item and a suspect coin of the same type.... and a lot of patience!

Why not just have a pound made of 20 shillings (re-named 5p's) with the shilling the lowest circulating denomination and the penny still existing but only in accounting/digitally etc. The pound will still be 100 pennies. And no doubt the Royal Mint would make special proof pennies forever anyway so you know it'd never go away!

Yup. And Tristan Da Cuhna has a population of a few hundred and those people share just 8 different surnames, I read. Officially I think they use the ZAR Rand, when they even need to use cash! The coins and stamps issued on their behalf (often with just TDC on them rather deceptively) are probably not even accepted on the island as currency.

I don't know. Both tenants certainly had keys to both front and back doors. Yesterday I asked Mr Green (over text) whether he intended to go back to the now empty property and if so, when. If not, then I asked him what I should do with his belongings. No answer yet. Realistically, if he's gone then I have no chance of getting the rent for April. If he pays his rent for April, and now also for May, then he can stay and I'll pay the boarding bill but will ask him if he can source a front door and fit it (I believe his parents have a DIY shop). I just heard from the police confirming that the tenants have moved out and that it is safe for me (or someone on my behalf) to go to the property. I also spoke to the local council and the tenants are shown on the system as seeking temporary accomodation, so that backs-up and confirms 100% that they're gone.... problem is that no one apart from Mr Green knows how long for!

Don't touch anything from 'TDC' (Tristan Da Cuhna) they aren't even worth what's written on them, not to mention the fact that they're utterly ghastly! If you must go modern, buy stuff when it's a couple of years old for the metal value.

That's a point, if they thought there was a gun in there they must have been armed and have numbered more than 2 officers (the police gave me the rank numbers, or whatever they're called, of 2 officers, there may have been others)? I suspect they were a bit gung-ho and with a gun involved they didn't want to knock politely or ask Mr Green for my number in case his girlfriend was nipping out the bathroom window with it. I expect they just broke straight in and make a lot of noise and a bloody mess. I hope they didn't ruin my car mags in the loft. I've got the first volume of Practical Classics up there. I waited all day but didn't hear anything from the officers involved.

And did I end up buying it when you sold your milled shillings?! I've got one of these Edward fantasy Maundy sets that I got with a large collection from Belgium recently. Didn't Coincraft have something to do with them originally? Anyone want it? £25 seems fair. They are quite pretty for what they are.

And the 1857 shilling obverse.

And as a taster, here's the obv of the 1819 sixpence. I know some people have a problem with the AUNC grade, but I only ever use it for coins that clearly have seen no use but have a slight rub or loss of lustre due to storage. Anything with the slightest wear is GEF, or EF accordingly.

The police were looking for a shooter. It seems Mr Green was involved in a shooting to do with rival car related businesses, which I think may have involved his brother doing the shooting, or being shot. There were no fatalities and 2 injured men are now out of hospital. On the 17th April (a couple of days after the incident) Mr Green went to the police station of his own free will to help with enquiries, and I know this to be true. From what I can make out, it was whilst he was there that they raided my house, looking for the gun. I suspect he was arrested, as a section 18 search of a house has to involve an arrest as far as I can tell. They didn't find a gun and tenant Mr Green was released, because (he assures me) he didn't do any shooting. Him and his girlfriend have now been moved into a council house in another area and due to the feud/rivalry with this other business, the police really have warned him to stay away from the house because there's still someone out there with a gun that doesn't like him much. So, nevermind about potential loss of a tenant/rent etc, the thing that concerns me most is the damage to my property. Why should I have to pay £200 for a bit of board and another few hundred (at least) on top of that for a new front door and lock when it seems that the police had the wrong man and didn't find anything? How can I appeal against this invoice from the company employed by the police to board up the door?

I'll take a chance. I want to do this properly, without the need for forced entry.

Yes, that sounds like a good idea. I'm sure I can drag her along in an official capacity with a view to becoming my agent and finding new tenants. I'll be over a few days before the London Coin fair on the 26th May.