Chris Perkins

Can you give me details of some denominations/dates/grades and prices and I'll quickly incoporate them into CCGB2009! I refuse to have anything to do with Lockdales since I sent them some items which they lost and claimed that they never received!

I sell them for £2.40 per 10 when you buy 30 or more! http://www.predecimal.com/coin-capsules-p-42.html Further discounts available to anyone that wants 100 or more.

I've got a few of those 100 slot Lighthouse boxes that I got as part of a promotion, but they're not on the website so I still have them all! Do you need anymore?

Ron, I don't know! I'm not very pleased with the way the ebook software people keep changing things. It means I have to keep re-generating all the ebooks. Email me and I'll reply with a 4.5mb attachment of the 2008 version.

The system should charge you £3.50 postage, which is the same as to the UK because I send them from Germany.

it depends how grand you want your collection to look and how much money you have to spend! I think you'd be best with an album and some individual coin envelopes for those that don't quite fit in the album. I wouldn't have thought bank bags are that safe but for low value coins where the value is next to nothing then that probably doesn't matter either. Why don't you start with 100 of my KLAR envelopes and progress from there.

Bloody hell that all sounds far more complicated than it should be! I usually just put coins on a tray, scan them and then list them on the website. If you make it too complicated you'd probably spend more time manipulating lists than selling coins. Can't you just go through them all and use instict and feeling to tell you which ones you should sell? Or, even better, send them all to me and I'll make a fair offer for the lot and that could save you weeks!

Are they from the Isle of Man? The Isle of Man is well known for churning out precious metal commemoratives. They are likely to just be worth the bullion value or a small percentage over it. 750 is still an awful lot of coins sets when the coin collector and his aunt can probably live without them!

I can't send anything that big, it bounces for things over 10mb! And as MP3 is pretty compressed I don't think zipping it would make a huge difference.

Looks real enough. Old doesn't always mean valuable though. It's worth around £20.00.

I seem to remember it being about 40mb.

It was on BBC 3 Counties Radio (based in Luton). I do have one MP3 of a programme, but it's massive. A lot of the time it was just me trying not to be rude to people who had phoned up with Churchill crowns!

A bad tone can affect the value of a higher grade coin. Certainly if 2 coins were EF and were identical apart from one being unattractive then the one with the better even toning would attract more buyers and would probably sell for more. Where low grade coins are concerned (i.e less than Fine) the toning is usually of little importance. Coins in a natural aged state (even with odd toning) with very little wear are always the most popular. The level of wear though always has a far greater affect on value than the toning. You're lucky to have found a nice large sterling silver coin regardless of its level of wear. I've never found anything made out of a non base metal!

Yes despite the patchy tone that coin in the linked auction has an awful lot more eye appear and very little wear compared to yours. You'll get used to knowing what to look for but it can take time and it's perfectly normal for beginners to overgrade coins simply because they have yet to see (or even better, to hold) a better one.

Unfotunately not as the DJ (John Pilgrim) moved on to doing other things and no longer has a programme. It was pretty popular though. I thought about asking other local BBC stations but haven't got around to that yet!

It's just worth a few quid, I don't think there are any mega rare dates (at least not for low grade examples). Post a link to this comparison coin, I can find it from the general link.

Most of them are very very very overgraded, which is very common for beginers! The ZAR silver con for example is not even fine and most of the ship halfpennies are also not even fine.

That's interesting Herr Stechlin, thanks. When are you going to send your British spares to me? I don't mind if it's EUR20 worth or EUR2000. For low amounts I could send envelopes or cash in the post.

Thankyou for your order - Herzlichen dank fuer Ihre Bestellung! And did you notice the stand against Denglish (the modern Germans slipping in English words)? I'm quite fed up with German companies and media types leaving things in English or creating products with English names, as it dilutes your wonderfully poetic language (.....yes, that was ever so slightly sarcastic). So I have reversed this trend in a small way and have called them KLAR (the German word for 'clear') even though they will be sold by an Englishman mostly to Englishmen! I've put them on ebay too. They are of course more expensive that the PVC types, but hopefully more serious collectors will notice them. Over the years I have sold lots of these from other manufacturers so to cut costs and be in full control I decided to have them made myself, which was actually expensive on the first order because they had to make tooling.

I'd like to introduce these coin envelopes that I've designed and had made: http://www.predecimal.com/klar-coin-envelo...1mm-p-7679.html Exclusive to predecimal.com but I do hope to also offer them to the trade.

Thanks, I can see the order. Coming next (assuming these do ok) will be at least one larger size to suit crowns and other big coins.

Awww, he's gone and spoilt it all now by being nice! His reply: "hello. i was actually joking regards your book.i sell it as well so it must have some credit. it would not be a surprise if yours sold more. its a fair price. i do like the book and am jelouse really. perhaps some free advertising for our web site comming soon ? for the 2009 edition. why dont you do a budget book on celtic, iron and bronze age coinage ? i think that would sell very well indeed. we would stock it for sure. i would even assist you in any way i could. did you sell the rights to the coin book in the U.S for 500 pounds.? anyway crispy let me know about the celtic book ... or any other buisness ventures you might have ? regards for now benj " ------------------------------------------------- My reply to that: "Oh right, that's a much nicer message all of a sudden! Do you get it from Barrington Smith, Vera Trinder, Gardners or someone like that? I'd love to do a Celtic book, but the problem is usually getting hold of decent images. Firstly though, "Grading British Coins" will be completed and then hopefully a new edition on Irish coins. I always get asked about the Irish book. No, nothing much happened with the US rights to the Roman Base book. I'll be at the Frankfurt Bookfair again this year to ask around! Krause were pleased to see me and my range but nothing came of that. In the book business you have to be on people's cases constantly because everything has equal zero to minimal status apart from the things that are already earning the publisher money. I still disagree with the way some of your items are listed and described, so we'll simply have to agree to disagree on that. I'm afraid there will be no opportunity in the near future to advertise in my books." ------------------------------------------------ So all of a sudden we're best mates, isn't that lovely. But

He made an effort in that one above didn't he! This was my reply: "Well here's another reply, and I do truly hope you don't hang yourself, there would be no need for that. I've gone quiet about the listing because it's obvious that I can't get through to you. You admited that part of it was misleading and that's great, I hope you change it. Even though it is a minor technicality; an item cannot be .999 bronze. It could be .999 copper, but nothing can be .999 bronze because it's an alloy as you correctly state and is made of varying quantities of 2 ot more diferent metals. By the way, the symbol on the periodic table for copper is Cu. AE comes from the Latin. And now we are getting personal about my book (the main coin one I assume?). I'm pleased you've heard of it! I've sold more copies of the 2008 edition than any previous edition since I started doing it in 2005. It's difficult to know the figures of the other main GB coin price guides, but it is very possible that mine sells in higher numbers than one or more of the others."

Here's another reply, starting to get a bit personal now: "Hello. what you have said is unfair, ever heard of entrapment. this is predictable. when from my point of view you initially did the same to me. accusing me of fraud/deception/misleading the ebay members we sell to. considering our feedback rating i think your initial attitude was reflective of the answer you received to not questions but statements. We think this was unfair and althought we responded harshly, i personaly insist on NOT accepting it. I have built this buisness from 400 pounds so can you blame me so much for protecting what is mine ? As you can see, i am very able to use long words and correct grammar, punctuation where it merrits the use, in your case, as your grammar & mainly punctuation were not to the highest standard and the fact that i am trying to do my tax returns means i dont have a great dela of time for this. Notice you have gone all quiet about the listing now ive explained. do you feel clever yourself for initiating with a statement not a question. Its not our fault your published book lacks any credability in the numismatic industry. Anyway crispy you really are boring me now, anymore and i will hang myself, i mean it. After all this i wish you well friend. remeber next time. dont throw accusations around as it hurts. Know the difference between a question & a statement ok. there are real con men on ebay go and sort them out. I dont mind you letting me know if ive made a mistake as its more than helpfull really. ive actually quit enjoyed this conversation if i think about it its not boring and its been a long time since i vented off to or argued with a potential customer. So thanks for that if nothing els friend, i wish you and yours well. speak soon. yours Benj"

And look at this, here is the reply: "Read the bloody listing for gods sake. it clearly states what the coin is. we are going round in circles here. i have better things to do with my time thanks.thanyour boring questions. you judge without prior knowledge. read the damn listing will you please. bronze is actually a mix of tin & copper hence the AE on the periodic table. These are mostly copper with some tin added but only a small percent basically the coin is as states pure bronze, go a bother some other nut about there not having the full metal equasion stated. no more emails please your really boring. i do wish you well though . regards benj @ saxbys coins" ---------------------------------- To which I replied: "Is that really a clever way to speak to a prospective customer, or anyone for that matter? I think it reveals your true self doesn't it and I am satisfied in the knowledge now that you are a dishonest, deceptive ignorant seller who cannot spell or structure sentences properly either. I shall await with delight for your next senseless ranting." ------------------------------------ Well, he sounds like a really nice person doesn't he! My questions about the accuracy in his listing are passed off as "boring" and I am told to "read the damn listing"! And he confirms how ignorant he is by trying to assure me somehow that something can be .999 fine Bronze including telling me that copper is AE on the periodic table (it's not, it Cu of course). What a shining example of a coin and collectables dealer! What's most shocking is how someone like that can actually end up with pretty good feedback.