Chris Perkins

Alright, that's enough, I've had it up to 'ere with your f-ing stupid religious and down right rude bullshit. You are the weakest link, goodbye.

Anne was gay too was she! I reckon, easily 10% or more of the population is gay (whether they admit it or not Aidan), so statistically 1 in 10 monarchs is also gay or at least bi, which is essentially the same according to that wonderful source of information on how we should all lead our lives that certain people keep quoting from.

Because some of the areas have had that function disabled. Everyone is clever enough to paste a link if they want to.

How can you possibly know? What evidence do you have that William III wasn't a homosexual? And why should it matter either way? You're all hot air and no substance. All you can do to back up your flawed outdated views is link to websites which also often share those flawed views. Are you a homosexual Aidan, and are you in denial? Do you try to hide this fact to the world and yourself by professing to hate homosexuals? I see you were just as popular on Wikipedia as you are becoming here.

Everything in the bible is open to interpritation. The bible was written at a time when pretty much everyone was anti-gay. And then the world evolved and grew up. With the exception of some areas of the globe of course, and with the exception of you and others of your kind, so it would seem. I doubt very much that Jesus ever had anything agaist gay people, and I have no doubt that his original teachings have been manipulated and mis-interprited by others ever since. I have a few gay friends. I am good friends with a gay couple in Kent, I've even stayed at their house on numerous occassions (does that qualify me to be put to death, because I did lieth in the same domicile?). They are both the nicest people you could ever meet. One of the sodomites, whom I met at evening classes for German, is a qualified mechanic, and has previously worked wonders fixing various cars that I take the liberty of leaving with him! The other works at a hotel. They give me food and shelter on my frequent visits to England and they never expect anything in return. Both of them are better people than you. Do you have a girlfriend Aidan?

What century do you live in Aidan? And when did you move to New Zealand from the Redneck area in Texas? For someone who is 29, you should really have dropped such biggoted opinions by now. They won't get you anywhere, and people will just think you're an arsehole. Lots of people have been killed on the other side by supporters of Ian Paisley, rallying round for his cause. All of the stubborn politicians in NI should have their heads bashed together. You're a homophobic biggoted plonker Aidan, and I think I speak for the other regular members too when I say that you are not welcome here with those views.

He's a nutter and a hinderance to the peace process in NI. He's not really a Royalist, he's just a bitter Ulsterman. He wants NI to be a place where his people can be in complete control of the province, it's really nothing much to do with Royalism. And if he's ever made a Lord, they may as well do the same for Gerry Adams, because even though he's a bit of a nutter too, I think he often manages to come over a lot more mature than Rev Paisley. (not that I support Sinn Fein, and as if Gerry Adams would accept a Lordship from the British Government!) Were you ever in NI Aidan? I've been over there countless times and trust me, people that promote division like Rev Paisley and Gerry Adams, are just as bad as each other. It's all gone on for far too long, and I believe that there will be a better chance at a democratic peace when Rev Paisley is no longer on the scene.

True, true. It might be a start though.

It seems Aidan has a habit of sometimes writing things that usually contain content from one or more of the 3 P's....Pointless, Patronising and Petty. On this occassion it's not all the P's and a new one has been added: 'Paisley'. Isn't this basically just spam? I don't much like Ian Paisley, he's too stubborn and uptight. He should smoke a spliff.

I've disabled the code [like this] functions in certain areas to stop spam bots actually linking to websites.

I couldn't get the link to work yet, perhaps it's my connection or the PCGS server. I think this topic is probably themed on the quite wide gap between the collecting habits of those barmy Americans and the more reserved nature of the British gentleman collector, so it stays right here.

Is it all that different to Spanish, or is it like Welsh compared to English?

(he's from Barcelona)

Don't hide behind an unregistered ID. Join, take part in our converstations.

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Aidan, I think Gary probably knew that 1910 would have Edward VII on it! He never said it did, just that he was looking for one. Do you think you could possibly stop crashing every topic and teaching the experienced 'Grandmothers' here to suck eggs? We are grateful for your input, but the fact of the matter is that most regular members here seem to have greater knowledge than you do.

I bet it was the Victorians, they were especially good at bending, stretching and squashing things! I've seem similar before, and they went into my scrap copper bag.

Looks like it's been squashed and rolled in a machine. If the rim was that high when it was made, then there would be very little wear on the design elements because they would be well protected.

You mean Lauer in Nuremburg, and those were all small toy coins as far as I know. The fake 'half sov' in the first post looks like it could be a Lauer. The Crown could well be a Joseph Moore.

The bottom 2 are coin weights, made so that merchants could check gold coins to see if they were genuine (no digital scales in those days!). The king on one of them is James I. The hammered silver coin appears to be a groat, but I'm not all that up on hammered coins. The model crown is exactly what it says it is....A design proposed by someone that was never used. Sounds rare, but they were usually made in large numbers and I think some even saw circulation. It's probably got the makers name on it.

Whooa there Aidan! The top coin and the '1/3 Guinea' are clearly forgeries, the colour is wrong and they are crude in comparison to the real thing! I have a couple of third Guinea forgeries in my forgery collection....And the half sov is simply awful. These are base metal coins coloured gold, and are almost worthless. The widow head coin appears to be a real sovereign.

Ok, could you send me one? I'll PM address.

Email me the link, I'd like to see it.

Yes, you could do. In fact, if every regular on the forum pesters Smiths for all of the books in print, Which are: 0948964-79-0 Collectors Coins GB 2006 (33rd ed) 0948964-71-5 Roman Silver Coins - A Price guide (2nd ed) 0948964-58-8 Collectors Bank Notes 2006 (14th ed) 0948964-75-8 British and Irish Campaign Medals (1st ed) 0948964-47-2 Roman Base Metal Coins - A Price Guide (3rd ed) 0948964-85-5 England's Striking History (1st Edition) And then, if they call to say they have it for you, simply say you found it elsewhere.

The 13th is out of print, but the 14th (2005) edition is available. It's £4.95 plus postage, which will be £4.00 to Australia. PM me, I assume you use paypal?