Peckris 2

Yes, but more 1926ME's would have been spotted and taken out of circulation than 1946 ONE'

The 1926ME is really only scarce in average grade. Very very scarce in VF or better, and positively rare in EF or better.

In those days there were clocks everywhere. Walk down any main street in any town and you could see the time. Now public clocks have all but disappeared. I use till receipts sometimes...

I gave up wearing a watch in 1986! (broke two that year and took the hint), so Tim Cook can stop wondering where his lost profits are.

Just as a cautionary note on Court - his estimates are pre-melt, which makes the more obscure/less recognisable varieties more likely to have been melted down. He reckoned the 1926ME was twice as rare as the 1946 ONE', while Gouby reckons it's the other way round.

Oh indeed there are. And those command a weighty premium, especially well struck high grade 19H which are hard to find.

Some beautiful examples there. And some healthy bids in already I'm glad to see.

From what I can gather, they were merely drone enthusiasts who lived nearby. "We got 'em, guv. Drone enthusiasts. Must be them." "Bring 'em in. Bang to rights."

So true. A good obverse strike almost guarantees a weak reverse. I've often wondered that. Or a limited number of dies so they got overused.

Aircraft should be fitted with anti-drone devices - a very large fan should do it.

It's the reverse picture that looks an unnatural colour so repeated pictures of the obverse probably wouldn't change anything. That's good hair detail IMO - the reverse on mine is marginally better than yours, but there's NO hair detail!!

Theoretically, paper is best, but when you're disabled having everything you need on the computer is a real boon, plus you can vary the font size, use search features, and still keep the place you were at, have bookmarks, make notes and annotations, etc. So though I have a lot of Seaby/Spinks, the relevant values for all my coins are in the database where the changes over time can be compared at a single glance without having to find and prop open 10 copies of the catalogue (probably not something anyone who only uses paper would ever do). I get CCGB annually, the Kindle edition.

What odds are you offering?

I thought he shot himself in the nethers by - as usual - sticking to his script of prepared stuff instead of scoring into the open goals left by May. I don't know whether he considers it beneath his dignity (she has none left) or whether he's just clueless at PMQs repartee. Emily Thornberry is 1000% better at it than he is.

I note it's a "VIP" crown, rather than a VIP...

"I know absolutely nothing about coins, except to focus your attention on the (replica) Gothic crown, and the (fools') gold 1902"

I think it was strategically coined to avoid the term "second referendum", which is actually what it would be. However, for those who cry "foul" or "undemocratic" you could quite realistically say the first was a simple binary choice, "Leave" or "Remain"? There was no explanation of what this would actually involve, i.e. customs union, WTO rules, Irish borders, effect on businesses, and - today - the news that security forces were being put on alert to deal with the effect of a 'No deal'. Quite early on it was decided that Parliament must have the final say on any future relationship with the EU; now that we know that Parliament will reject May's deal, leaving a choice between No Deal or No Brexit, it makes sense for the people who voted in the first, to have a say on how things should go from here. Personally I blame the 1975 referendum, as it established it as an acceptable procedure to decide on Europe (but nothing else, unless you're Scottish).

Yes, definitely Roman, and definitely one of the Constan... group of emperors - not rare but fascinating, especially for a 10-yr-old.

The triple choice is how I've always seen it presented: 1. Accept May's deal, and leave the EU 2. Reject May's deal, and leave the EU with no deal 3. Reject May's deal, and Remain in the EU That's two options to leave and one to stay.

No. not Scotch mist, but not true ghosting either. There are so many examples of BU coins where you can see a faint outline in the lustre but as Mike says, it doesn't survive once the coin wears. The Mint obviously didn't care about 'lustre ghosting' - it was only when it carried deeper into the metal that it was seen as a real problem.

True ghosting is deeper than the lustre - you will still see it on quite worn George V pennies, where on that bun penny it won't survive the loss of lustre.

Hey, anyone can change in more than 40 years! Yes, this is the major problem with Labour - they have a leader who at heart is a Brexiter, while his party largely ain't. And whatever they do, short of a People's Vote on any deal (did you see the cheers for that on Question Time, which normally has a hand-picked pro-Brexit audience?), there is very little they can do, and no time left to do it. However, as you said above, the circle really cannot be squared.

Just for a moment there - having absent mindedly registered the "MS 64" - I thought it was an 1864 penny, in which case it would be the finest known and worth a small (or not so small) fortune!