Chris Perkins

Nice coin, practically full lustre.

£500 bit on the high side isn't it? £500 in BU could be about right (Spink copper UNC prices are BU I think). But you're right, I think £200 could be on the low side for a nice UNC.

Oh, I missed the 1862 R/B. I'll include it next time. The epub version is now available from the green epub link above (etc) or from here: http://mydgs.co/ERkjhz

1861 B/R halfpenny isn't it? Is there also an 1862 B/R?!

The kindle version is now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SVXNXV6/&tag=predecimalcoi-21

Thanks Dave. Yours was sent today Rooney. Which link exactly Peter, one of the links to Amazon in my sig? I think they should all work.

What have you tried a few times, Peter?

I've got loads here Dave, so 9.50 of your new Reichsmarks please.

Yes, got it. Thanks.

I certainly will Peck. £8 inc postage. There's a great thing on paypal where you can send a payment to family or friends with no charges, but you have to manually write your address. To: cp@predecimal.com

Did I point you here from the facebook activity by any chance?

I wondered who on earth buys all those new coins and gold plated, diamond studded, Tuvalu etc modern issues that we all know and don't love. Well, it seems to be the people on Facebook! There are groups full of thousands of people, swapping, buying and selling such coins! And when you try to talk some sense into them, no one seems to be listening. I'm currently promoting a new Facebook group for Rotographic and thought I'd create a simple quiz to get people interested. So far, only one person out of 32 has got all the answers right. Here it is: https://apps.facebook.com/fb-quizzes/hzuuel And to like Rotographic on Facebook please go to here: https://www.facebook.com/rotographic and press the 'Like' whatsit.

I slipped a couple of tricky ones in that are easy to bungle if you don't read it right

Oh sorry, I'm sure it used to just be a webpage. I'm not really totally convinced about the benefits of social media either, but if it helps me build up another fan base that buy the odd book, I'm in.

Facebook membership is not a prerequisite, I think it should work without it, non?

That was you was it, I noticed that result and knew it must have been a silly mistake. If you're on fb, please like Rotographic Publications!

They do yes. Round numbers can usually be sold for a little more than a normal UNC example. What kind of pound note? 1980s, or earlier?

Anyone know where that topic is about the English/Irish mule copper coin (I think it was a WmIII halfpenny). I can't find it, and it's my forum!

Thank you Dave, very kind of you. And thank you Nick, that's the one!

I used chipshop batter (from the UK) which is wheat flour with a raising agent. The only 'tin' we had was a silicon one and the fat was hot but the silicon obviously doesn't have the same properties as metal - in saying that we have managed to make good Yorkshire's in it before, from ready-mix Aunt Bessies so perhaps they just needed longer.

They turned out ok. Only had sunflower oil. The Yorkshires weren't so good, they looked great but sunk and were still a bit doughy at the bottom.

Merry Christmas everyone. I'm doing roast potatoes today (for the first time!) and Yorkshire puddings, for the German side. They've never had roast potatoes before.

Maybe they're shelled suits. Um, I would imagine that it's all done on a computer these days. Someone pops a few quick blobs on the screen and the die gets cut by a machine. Detail has to be low, because time is money and they have to make as much profit as possible from all the nice old ladies that buy stuff for their grandchildren.

Noted for next time!

The coppers probably are scrap copper in normal used condition. The brass threepences will also be scrap in used condition (apart from 1946 and 1949). The florins and shillings are technically worth face value (in normal used condition, which I bet they are) so the best you can do with those is take them to your bank and try to get them to credit your account with them (florins for 10p, shillings 5p). I have success at Natwest and have also managed it in the past at Barclays. And at the same time you can cash in the large 5p and 10p coins and the decimal halfpennies (although the scrap value for those is actually more than half pee each).