Chris Perkins

You're right, so I've split this off the coin related topic that it ruined! Have a look at the RMA these people are offering for sale: http://www.richard-shrive-cars.co.uk/ The Silver Shadow II's are the last of the real R-R's in my opinion. In 1980 when the Spirit came along they ended up with massive square headlights and looked like gigantic Ladas (apart from the Corniche which stayed good looking until the mid 90's)! Then after that they went all foreign, so they don't count even though they are also wonderful machines! SSII's for breaking are around £2k. Tatty but working examples are about £5k. Better low mileage examples with full service histories can go right up to £15k, but those kinds of prices are not often asked. On one hand it's not a lot of money for such massive well specced cars, but it helps if you know where to get cheap parts and specialist labour for them because that can be a killer! The previous owner spent £1500 on mine just freeing up the brakes after the car had been standing for some years! The heater/air con had also stopped working, so had the cruise control and the motor had seized that drives the headlamp wipers. It's a big problem with old cars in general but especially with complicated ones....They need to have regular use or things stop working. So when I get it back to Germany, I shall try my very best to use it every day.

I heard they can be a pig, especially with the original alloy/cast engines. That's what it's all about though, you drive around in it because it makes you feel good, and it doesn't matter what it costs to keep it going! I've recently acquired a 45,000 mile 1980 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II. It's in England at the moment, a nice original car. I'm driving it to Germany in June.

Absolutely, assuming they are removed from the car! Have you got a '77 Stag? Did you know I grew up with Triumphs and had 15 of them over a very short space of time? Never had a Stag though.

Sounds like you need some of my wonderful digital calipers too. Finest German quality (and we know how accurate the Germans are reputed to be) and only £25 plus postage. Hussulo already has a set (en route).

Cabinet friction. Just a slight rub on the lustre from storage. NEF 1904 (on the website) is the best EDVII florin I have at the moment. 1902 BU is pretty common, but my stock is so low and I haven't had a good buy-in for ages.

You think the rev is identical? From a picture I have in a book, it looks vastly inferior in workmanship. It's obvioulsy supposed to be the same rev as the real thing, but it doesn't look very well done to me.

They're on their way!

You're right E Dawson, the gold coins, which would have been all too tempting to spend at the time are often never seen in true BU. And with gold being so soft it usually always has marks.

That's not the official one. The official one is by Croker of of much higher quality. That one may be contemporary. In the Croker medal the Queen faces left and the reverse is the same but of higher relief and with better executed figures.

Nothing has been changed, but you do normally only have the edit option for a few minutes after posting.

Ah yes, that'll be where he's going wrong! Like most people that find an unknown coin that has a rare variety, they always assume that thier coin is one of those rare varieties without having a comparison and in many cases without even understanding what the variety concerns! I'm afraid the chances of your 1889 Sovereign being worth much more than bullion value are pretty slim.

I don't have a Coin Yearbook 2007. But I can assure you, there are no rare 1889 Sovereigns. It's either a printing error, or you're looking at the wrong coin. Get yourself one of these (seriously): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0948964...ASIN=0948964537 Once you have that you'll never need another Coin Yearbook!

Thankyou! I think I'll have to put the price up a little next year as £4.95 is too cheap for all those colour pages.

I have some surpluss digital (100th mm) digital calipers if you want to invest in some. They're not on the website, I got them locally. Excellent quality with hard case, and only £25.00

It's Scottish, A Briot milled coin. Looks real enough, but that picture is quite small. I'd be interested in seeing it.

Yes, £25 was a fair offer, certainly more than I'd pay for it. The public should trust numismatists more, we're generally a very honest bunch.

No, it's ok, I just wondered if we were related.

Is your name Perkin/Perkins?!

It's my forum, I can advertise anything I like, from Viagra to class A drugs. I've given you a little warning pip for being cheeky. Actually, it's mainly because I've never used it before and want to see if the warning pips are any use whatsoever.

The Triumph was sold quite smoothly in the end! You're also not allowed MG TF's over there are you (the new type)? I have one of those that will need a good home soon.

Get one of my books and quote that instead! Advertising ebay listings here is bad enough, but using a Coin Yearbook is just a knats whisker short of a terrible crime!

I don't know where you've been looking, but 1889 is a bog standard rather common jubilee head sov. Even the Australian mint coins are only a little bit more valuable that the London one. Have you not already got a copy of Collectors' Coins GB 2007 (see link above, 2nd book image from left)? It might cause less confusion in the future.

eBay have just ripped all my listings off and suspended my account for selling my own eBooks (for the umpteenth time their ebay listing checker bot has somehow come to the conclusion that the Rotographic ebooks do not belong to me). Of course, there is no phone number and it's Easter weekend. So I will loose a day or more worth of sales before they even see my message. If their really was another large auction site, people would leave ebay in droves and I'd be one of the first! With all the money they make, the next very important step is a proper customer care dept. I'd even put up with one in India!

I don't think you can attach .htm files (because of potential viruses they could contain). If you are trying to attach something written, you could do a screen shot and attach it as a jpg, or if it's lots of text you could 'copy' the whole text and paste it into a post.

Are there not 2 types of 1990 small 5p's, one with a sharp rim, the other rounded? (much like the first small 10p varieties?) I seem to remember that being the case, but can find no reference and I don't have enough 5p's to check!