Chris Perkins

I've had the same problem from the UK before and now from Germany. Most courier companies don't cover 'coins' as they are considered as valuables, and some countries have strange policies that don't allow insured packages from certain countries. For example, from Germany I can't send coins insured to the USA, so what I do is send them insured to my dad in England who then sends them insured to the USA! For some reason items sent insured from the UK are valid (up to GBP500 I think). I've tried UPS too and when you tell them they are 'coins' they don't cover them to anywhere. What I've also done in the past in blatantly lied and described the package as containing 'antiquities'. The logic behind that is that if they get lost, they'll never know it was coins, but you do have to be careful and accept a bit of a risk. Within Europe is also fine for me via DHL (Deutsche Post) as coins are covered, even to Russia and Italy, which can be like sending coins into a black hole! From Austria, if the rules are the same as from Germany, then I doubt there is a way of sending things properly insured to places outside the EU, because it seems the post offices simply aren't that chummy with the non EU lands. You need to find a trustworthy person in a country within the UK that is able to insure things to non EU places. (from England I can even send things insured to Kazakhstan!)

I did the radio programme once with my hair down in a Led Zep T shirt, but that was about as radical as it got. I wore a suit on a couple of occassions too. However the mood takes me really. I usually find that making any kind of effort is far too much of an effort for day to day things. That pic was also about 5 years ago and I think I've got a lot more boring since then, i've even started making a noise as I lower myself into a sofa. You know the kind, like a sort of sigh/grunt. I'll have to be careful or I'll start acting older than Sylvester!

It matched my black nail varnish.

Never really a goth actually, I'm too peaceful. I think I must have some hippie in me somewhere. And not a ginger either, it's really not red is it! And, it seems to have naturally darkened over the years.

I've added a picture of me with some bird (her name was Charlotte I think). I'm the one in the black lipstick. This was taken at Gabi's 21 Birthday, must have been about 2001, in Shortlands near Bromley. Gabriella was a work friend and the do was at her house. What a great night that was, I crashed on Kelly Wallace's sofa in her nearby house afterwards, and in the morning I walked to Rob's place because that's where I'd left my car (I just remembered that detail). I'm still in touch with Rob actually. Those were the days, how I miss civilised society.

Watch you don't shrivel up Geordie!

That's what it's all about ladies and gentlemen...Knowing what your customers want before they even know it themselves

I got this in Chemnitz yesterday. It's Oli's mate Wilhelm II of Wuertemberg, this time, without his lady wife. This is a 1914F choice UNC 3 Mark with wonderful prooflike fields, especially on the obv. In the 2006 Battenburg book it lists as EUR100.00 in UNC and EUR35.00 in EF. There are a few dirty marks and the edge from the reverse has some small knocks. Yours for £25.00 Oli, which is about the current EF value.

Here's a picture of it Geoff.

That's what Westminster Collection are all about, in my opinion. Hyping up anything the can lay their hands on in enough quantity and selling it to the unexpecting for too much money.

Possible isn't it. No a lot of Roman finds come out of the earth in Celtic Wales so I hear.

Well, I'm pleased you ask! I finished adding all the high quality images right up to Charles II, and have sent the full PDF to the proof-reader. I enjoyed reading it as I was going along very much. I am tring to get a picture of the Moneyer Dave Greenhalgh in medieval gear striking a coin for the front cover, but I think I might actually have to visit him and take a picture myself! Once the cover and proof read are done it'll be ready to print so it should certainly be ready within a few months.

You heard it first here.... A man in Wales, while laying a pipe in a field found a hoard of 2300+ Roman coins dating from 250 - 295AD. I think most are base metal. He has registered the find officially and the Crown will buy them from him to be put in a museum. He found them on his own land, so won't have to split the money! I'll post more details when I know anything. I think it's possibly the biggest ever Welsh Roman coin hoard. For obvious reasons I will not reveal his identity.

I have a very simple metal detector (A Bounty Hunter Tracker IV). What do you use?

How much does the farmer want as his half? And how can you put an accurate value on it?

Bumping this, or he'll never notice, and I can't be bothered to email!

All the same though, if is has not been previously mentioned in here, then it's good that someone has linked to it.

Damn right goodheart. Selling anything is about presentation, that's including the description and layout, but most important is always the image.

You really didn't need to go to those lengths! I'm surprised actually that Spink gave you the time of day, especially as I believe they are short of a modern milled expert at the moment.

Talking of Rolf Harris I'm actually in contact with his PA. in '72 my dad did a gig with him and I have photograhic evidence (also on the Rolf Harris website). Rolf has offed to sign the pictures.

Geoff, I know you're from the Wirral area and into music and medals, so I couldn't resist a little sterling silver medal at the recent London coin fair. It's 30mm in dia with a loop attached to the top. On the obverse it has 'WIRRAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL 1912'. On the reverse is a wreath around the edge with the centre blank for engraving. The reverse is hallmarked, as is the silver loop. A lovely little thing, and it's yours for £15 including postage.

Yes it is, I have lots like that. Many are pretty good quality and many are completely free from silver remains.

Have I missed much?

I've had a number of wreath crown listings ripped off by far easteners. I try to report them when I can, and they do get removed (although you never get a thankyou from ebay of course).

I read recently that there is a couple of these cars in the USA. When they were new they were not exported, but nowadays it is possible to get them road legal in America. Shipping is probably expensive...Why don't you fly over and drive it back across Russia/Alaska?