Chris Perkins

Yup, I need price data for each denomination based on recent sales, dealer lists and a lot of instinct! I personally think you'd be pretty well qualified for the job Peck.

I don't see much sense naming and shaming ebay ID's, not because of legalities but simply because there will always be more 'shady' characters that we can possibly list and any that we do list can of course set up a new account with a different name in a matter of minutes. I'm sure some hardcore fraudsters do that as a matter of course. There are some bad eggs but generally I find coin buyers are a very reliable bunch. Much more so that car buyers (I've dabbled).

Don't know why Amazon would offer a refund....it's coming, eventually! Kind of help: basically the helpers will need to feel confident updating the prices for their chosen denomination. Not just a few, but all of them. This can be as simple as penciling small prices in an existing book or can be as technical as an excel file with Freeman/ESC etc numbers, grades, values. As long I can understand it and incorporate the data into the book! Gold is taken care of already. Crowns are pretty easy as there are relatively few of them. Peck down for Half Crowns and pennies? Going back further is also a good idea. And I think i can now probably remove post 1970 as Check Your Change covers all those.

I know it really belongs in the foreign section but New Zealand does share our Queen and in this case also our designer, who has been mentioned elsewhere recently. From the collection of the late William Gardner (he did the EII shillings, portcullis 3d, 1982-2008 20p and many other commonwealth coins by the way) comes this large electrotype NZ Dollar. This design was used on the first NZ dollar for decimalisation in 1967. Size: 18cm Weight: 362g Any thoughts on exactly what this is? In the first image it is shown next to an actual 1967 Dollar.

This one has to be worth a new topic. I'm back from England recently after doing a coin fair and buying some stuff. The highlight of the things purchased is this thick 1982 20p trial in lead. It comes with 2 latex impressions and a letter dated 1981 from the Royal Mint to William Gardner who was the designer of the 20p (and numerous other British/Commonwealth coins). Mr Gardner sadly passed away a few years ago and this was purchased from his son.

For centuries to come! It's a bloody piss take really isn't it. The monster coins will trade around the bullion value for centuries to come. Maybe one day the intrinsic value might actually be more than what they are charging for them. I'll create another thread for my shield back NZ dollar and perhaps the members can speculate on why it was made etc. It could just be a keep sake for the designer.

A kilo coin will give the RM plenty of space to show off another cheap and nasty loosly Olympic related design to go with the other 84! I can hardly wait. I also have (also originating from William Gardner) a trial design NZ Dollar electrotype shield back reverse....that is 18.5cm in diameter. The design was actually used but I don't know exactly at which stage or for what purpose this plate sized 'coin' was used. Pleased you like the 20p!

I'm still behind. Feb is probably unrealistic now I'm afraid. I will be asking for help (perhaps putting a different member on each denomination so that all I have to do is change the book, rather than search, collate etc) in the 2012 edition.

The London Coin fair (Holiday Inn, Coram Street). I share a table with a friend, have done for 5+ years. And also within 5 mins I'd sold 66% of the days takings to 3 quite well known dealers. That's the way it always goes.

Technically it's a uniface lead 20p struck on very thick blank with no collar and with writen RM verification! Probably unique. I didn't get it for face value! I think I'll just hang onto it for the moment. I can picture and feature it in the next Check Your Change, although, like you say Del it is not really a coin as such but is certainly a pattern of sorts - part of the design process and an interesting insight into early 1980s coin production.

Or there's my book (Collectors' Coins GB) shown on amzon via the links below or the pictures above on the main forum page. It covers from 1797 onwards and is great value. Personally my instict says that you'd be lucky to raise £70-£100 for them (50p per coin average would be incredibly lucky). And, on rotographic.com near the bottom of the home page you can download the 2005 version of my book for free as a PDF....outdated, but better than nothing.

An obvious electrotype. I suspect if you look around the rim it will have the appearance of being 2 coins stuck together....because it is.

I visited a public toilet in France once and that seemed pretty third world. But even if the risk is with the purchaser, it doesn't stop them ripping the money out of your hands through paypal! I use common sense based on a mental value/place/buyer feedback/history with buyer equation, as to whether I send recorded or take a chance.

It's a fairly common problem with those (I mention it in my book Check Your Change). There are also other £1 and £2 that have problems with R's and certain other letters. I get contacted fairly often by people that have 1 or more of the PEMEMBEP coins. Unless it's in perfect condition it probably has no value over the face value. Either keep it as an interesting thing, or spend it.

I'll leave it on the item. In a few days it'll all be over and forgotten.

This bloke just got on my *&*s! How terribly inaccurate of me to put the word 'conder' in the title. He starts his correction by quoting me (see description and questions): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180616704913 Is it just me taking it personally, or was that a bit anal?

Always assume that all the coins are just worth a few pence each, because that is usually the case! Of all the coins that I get offered the majority cost more to post then they are worth. Any that break the £1 value barrier will be mini miracles. I wish I had £1 for every time someone has told me that the coins look to be in much better than average condition (particularly with the brass threepences) only to find that they are they usual average circulated £2-3, or 2p each in the case of pennies and all the normal dates of everything else (apart from pre 1947 silver of course). azda, I think it's wrong to ever mention 'quite a few pounds' in reply to a newbie, because it only gets them excited and in reality the H/KN coins in average condition are usually worth sub £1. I'm a cynic after years of doing this - but that's how it is.

I feel bad now, re-reading it! In my experience though if people are a bit 'off' over email etc, for example when customers ask where an order is and you can tell they're about to call the police and between the lines they call you a criminal, because you've 'got their money' and they've waited 3 days! I find simply being bitingly direct but not vulgar or rude (at least not openly) and above all honest, generally results in an apology and some groveling. Quite satisfying really. It's amazing how many upset customers I've turned into pussycats.

So that I don't look too much like a 30 something dinosaur I've created a facebadger page for predecimal.com There's nothing there yet and to be honest I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with it or if it will be a permanent thing. To encourage me, please 'like' it! Facebook There are also 'like' links from the home page and from the left hand pane of every (non forum) page. It will at least be a more 'live' extension of the email newsletters and may be inspiration for me to do and try new things. Push the boundaries of coin websites!

Many thanks.

Not at all. You're welcome to promote the RCC and it's secret parking ceremonies, here.

I suspect everyone in the Western World is also the descendant of at least one Irishman!

Can you add me to your numismatic links page, Mr Reading Coin club? Perhaps a direct link to the forum and one to the main site?

Hang on. Del, you've got Hoolighan ancestors? Actually this inspired me to look at my genealogy records and investigate something.

Andy, sorry. It was me that zapped your account! I was trying to get rid of a flurry of spammers and I seem to have wiped out a real person by mistake. But you got back in, so that's good.