Peckris 2

I think possibly that my rarest coin is an 1887 6d identified as one type among very many patterns that exist for that year (and none have more than subtle differences): As you can see, the first 8 is struck over another 8; however the feature that first drew my attention to it (and why I bought it) is the big gap between the second 8 and the 7. The inner circles of the 8 point directly to a space, but on the normal example they are to the left of a bead. The tail of the 7 points exactly to a bead, rather than to the left of it.

Ah. I must have only had regular marbles then!

In Liverpool they were "ollies"

"You will receive the coin pictured"..................................................."...if you can track it down and buy it separately"

"What's that?" "A castle" "What's a castle?" "I don't know, why do you ask?" "Ask what?" "I don't know" "What's that?" "A castle"

I turned into my drive and collided with a tree which isn't mine.

yeah - the Pheon is my main cabinet; as you say, lovely little thing.

I worked in Redditch! At a software house that did the programming converting BL systems owned then by BMW, from mainframes to Oracle client/server - and before you ask I was the dinosaur monitoring the mainframes... (αλλά αυτό είναι πιθανώς όλα ελληνικά για εσάς;)

My mistake - I used to live south of Birmingham and in my mental map I was travelling due north on the M5 (really, NE) and therefore north east on the M42 (really, due east). Just goes to show that mental maps can lead one astray! I stand by my Spinal Tap theory...

Obviously created by a Spinal Tap fan. (By the way, the M40 and the M42 merge NORTH East of Brum - the SE is the merge of M42 & M5.)

Not at that price. Yes, it's a nice strike, but anything over £100 for a silver George V florin is pushing it.

Hey, you're not so bad either

I'd suggest they're just flying a kite to see if anyone bites (if you'll excuse the mixed metaphor). I'd say the fact that no-one is watching tells you all you need to know.

that's because it was never a single - just a track on one of the Trojan compilations

Absolutely nothing compared to Wreck A Buddy by the Soul Sisters! "I need a man to wreck ′im buddy. A big, strong man to wreck 'Im buddy. And if he′s ugly, I don't mind - He has a dick and I want to grind I want to grind, I want to grind"

Yeah - me too. A real classic.

Caravan named one of their albums Cunning Stunts. Mind you, this was the band that had In The Land Of Grey And Pink, and If I Could Do It All Again, I'd Do It All Over You, among others...

I'd say it was a simple and straightforward repunching of the 8 and 6, a very very common phenomenon with early bronze.

I did too and got a very dismissive reply.

Yes, well struck specimens of 1920-1926 are worth getting, as the shallow portrait isn't always well struck, and wears very quickly even where the reverse appears UNC.

Astronomical. Die imperfections I can live with, but not identical digs which - being incuse - cannot have come from anything to do with the die.

They were totally inexperienced and green, so they ended up red-faced and far from 'in the pink'. In fact they were quite blue, and decided to leave to take part in the #BlackBallsMatter protest.

OMG, please tell me that's not real!!

Held up play for 25 minutes, so no-one noticed...