Chris Perkins

Yes, I noticed some of the things on the list, like savings, soap and fruit that I thought were probably not all that common in many households in 1888.

Another notification that the image upload now works again. This means that you can now post images in messages and it also means you can add/change your avatars etc. A path relating to the server that 'predecimal.com' resided on previously was to blame. It was hidden away and I finally found it after some pointers from the Invision knowledgebase.

I've fixed the image upload problem! It should also mean that avatars can now be changed/added in the normal way! Here's proof...

Oh my god, I've just fixed the image upload problem!! Chris, you should now be able to upload the image yourself by using the 'File attachments' prompt under the area where you write the post.

Yes, scanning is fine for most things. I got a new camera the other day which seems to do the trick pretty well. Don't use a flash and always rest the camera on a mini tripod because it's not really possible to hold it perfectly still when taking such a close up image. I still have my old camera, which is great (and only 3.2 mega pixels) but has a broken battery door.

No I'd have bought it for £80 and sold it within about 10 minutes for £140!

Thanks for all the input so far, that's all great stuff. You can be as generalised or as specific as you like. I find it hard to monitor everything, so this kind of discussion is very helpful.

Yes I would have paid twice that without thinking twice either.

If you've got coins to sell, you just have to send them to me and you'll sell them all at once instead of fiddling with bad pictures all day!

This forum was only opened to pre-approved members, but now should work for everyone! Thanks for pointing that out Colin.

Unlikely, unless all the others get lost down sofas!

I just wondered if I could get some opinions from collectors of post 1797 coinage about what they think the market has been doing with their collecting area over the last year. What's gone up, what's stayed the same and what's still undervalued etc? I need to do the price update in CCGB2008. Thanks.

The 1981 Crown is a 5 shilling (25p) coin. In a case it's worth about £1. The 1990 proof set is worth around £10 assuming the coins have not toned at all. The 1986 £2 coin can be spent as £2 but will be worth £3 or even £4 if it's in absolutely perfect condition with no scratches or toning.

What a great find! You'd know about Civitas Cantor and all the others if you had an 'Englands Striking History' to hand!

I know that there is no way of adding images anywhere at the moment, including in the gallery or even as an avatar. I'll try and sort that out this week (was in Vienna last week). I tried already but it's a mystery.

No I wasn't talking about the customs forms, I meant the description of the item that some post offices will ask for. Some don't ask.

I've had problems with this in the past too. (from the UK). When people send me coins from the UK I often recommend that they describe them as antiques or collectables, so that if they go missing you get the proper money back. It's ridiculous that coins are't covered, that rule should apply to current money only. I don't know if it's the same for special delivery. In the mean time, lie through your teeth...if it goes missing then how are they ever going to know the package contained a coin?

I know! You just instantly know the type of person your dealing with if they call you 'mate' in a sentence somewhere. And you can bet that if they're old enough to smoke that they hold their cigarette facing towards them between thumb and index finger.

How much is postage for one of them to Germany? Surely one of them is big enough to be worth while.

I know what your picture is! I mean the one in the listing.

Silver bars? Where? Perhaps we could swap.

I got it for £10, so I'll send it to my friend at coinsforsale.co.uk.

Resting it on a lemon squeezer can only increase the value, surely?

924 (the cow) can't manage the stairs. Ok, ok, I'll do a picture right now. I've actually listed it on the website for £95 just now.

£20 and it's yours. Or is that too much? I don't really know about pricing hammered, and how badly the hole affects things.