Chris Perkins

Do the work in the nudge machines on piers and generally around coastal areas?

If the 5p's worked you could have used all the shillings back to 1947 too! I wish we still had the Deutsch Mark here, that's a fab idea. What a shame that countries seem to have wised up to that kind of thing (and technology has improved somewhat).

You remember those Kenyan coins that were the same size and shape as the old 50p? They used to turn up in vending machines from time to time too (I believe they were gold coloured).

It is illegal for new money but there's a bit of a loophole for older coins. For 80 mint 1967 Threepences I'd pay £5 max. For the 1951 half crowns it depends how nice they are. Perhaps you could scan and attach a picture to a post here (for which you have to be a member) or email me a picture/s.

James, Bags of sealed 1967 coinage are actually very common. Lots of people kept a bag or 2 at the time because they were the last and the people thought they might one day be worth something. They were horribly wrong because the world and his aunt already have bags of them! The £10 penny bag will contain 2,400 coins because pre decimal there were 240 pennies to the pound. In each of the halfpenny £5 bags will be 2,400 coins. Each of the £1 threepence bags will contain 80 coins. The bronze coins are worth more for scrap now than the face values (probably about 3p for each halfpenny and 6p for each penny). Most dealers already have bags of 1967 coinage, enough to last more than a lifetime usually. You'll probably have a hard job finding someone that wants them purely because of the postage cost being more than they're worth. I might be interested in a bag of 1967 threepences and the 1951 halfcrowns.

It might not be a good idea to email them everyday with a link to this forum! They might start hating me and Predecimal.com if you do that!

I've heard some big statistics about the number of coins lost each day by people. I expect a big number of the missing predecimal coins are in fields on beaches, down floor boards and buried in peoples gardens.

My girlfriend is also from the far East.....Chemnitz!

I've heard from people that have found coins of the 1700's in their houses (built around the same time). I also believe that some builders still hide coins in new buildings today.

I have just upgraded Scottishmoney to admin level, mainly to help delete spam that is plastered onto the forum when most of us in Europe are fast asleep!

At the same prices I'd probably want to sell!

Sometimes mint condition coins don't look as good as slightly worn ones. I want things that will look good on my pages, not necessarily perfect coins. When I get closer to putting the 2008 together I'll certainly let you know. Do think about the 2nd point. It really would take minumum effort, and lead to maximum exposure. And my stock lists, being quite depleted at the moment would also benefit from the added numbers.

Great, I'll replace some of the darker images in CCGB2007 with some of yours to see if they come out better. It's impossible to tell exactly how they'll come out until the thing is printed en masse (late next year) but I like to swap and change in the hope that the quality is improved. So far, I have saved your GIII 1s6d 1st head, 1948 Halfpenny, 1920 penny, 1844 half farthing and a WIV groat. Your pictures might be handy too if I ever decide to go back and cover from the beginning of George III's reign. They all appear to be 300dpi. I had another idea too: As you've already got all the pictures done, and they seem to be numbered in some kind of systematic way, you know you could very easily plop them all onto predecimal.com where they would have a very good level of exposure. On the predecimal.com BETA I am able to import from a spread sheet, so all I'd need from you would be a list of all the coins, image path, price, weight etc and in a few clicks I could add them all to the site. You could either add a % to each price so that I get something out of it, or would could do some kind of deal somehow. All of the Roman coins on predecimal.com belong to a chap in the USA and were added in the way just described.

I've checked 2 images and both were 300dpi which is just right for printing. Can I use selected images in CCGB2008?

Could I have access to use of the images too? Most probably for use in Collectors' Coins (or other Rotographic titles) and with your name mentioned and website. I didn't check, but are a lot of them 300dpi?

Some nice stuff on your website Rob! I'll have that Princes Trust £5 coin for £4! In fact I'll take 100 at that price.

Oh they're listed under the Isle of Man in the Krause World coin book. The Halfpenny is rarer. If they are comparable or better than the one in the picture then they could be worth at least £35 for the pair...I'd have to access the eye appeal. True Uncirculated examples are worth 3x that. PM me if you want my address.

I really don't know....But if you sent them too me i'd give you the going rate (once I'd found that out!)

Those are something that would interest me (being in Germany) but I've never seen the likes before.

I just got another bloody neg from a new Ebayer!! That's another thing that annoys me....When you email in reply to an ebay message (not the 'Use The Yellow button type') they often don't get through to the buyers. I suspect because most spam filters see them as spam.

As a seller that sells quite a few things I find it sensible to do feedback weekly. I used to leave feedback after the customer had paid, as you're right, they've done their bit, all I have to do is my bit. But, there are so many uncommunicative morons out there that don't read the description properly and don't even query with you before they simply leave negative feedback. Most recently this has happened with people that have bought an e-Book and were waiting for a printed book. On my most recent neg (user id: chrisperkins) the buyer emailed asking where the book was. I told them I had emailed the link weeks ago, and repeated the link. I also said that if they were expecting the printed version, that they could upgrade and get that too (for about £2.50!). They didn't reply...I simply got a neg saying I was a con! If you look at my ebook listings, I have been very careful to mention on a number of occasions that the product is a digital ebook. I have hundreds of satisfied customers that can read, but still I get twits like the last chap leaving negative purely because they're illigitimate illiterates! So, I save my feedback, just in case that happens, in which case I can leave the a throughly deserved neg in return for being a complete plonker.

It does sound like a rubbish idea and an encouragement for shill bidders. What they are obviously trying to do is stop the Chinese (usually) people from sending fake emails to people offering them expensive things that they were the underbidder on. Every time I list one of my hundreds of 1934 wreath crowns and it sells....I get reported to me from the underbidders that they were emailed to say the item would be offered to them at the price they bid and that all they need to do is email the 'seller' at a free provider email account and then send them loads of money!

That's true, I've seen the 1901 Halfpennies too.

I've had one of those too, in fact I sold it to the forum member Master JMD. I've seen other dealers listing them too, so it appears that there are a few very very prooflike 1995 farthings out there. It will attract a premium over normal farthings of that date, as it's probably a very early strike. I don't think you could call it a proof though.

Yes, probably. And I'll happily have a look at the Early modern stuff that you have. i'll reply to your PM.