Peckris 2

Just one more thing: You might want to handle coins only by the edges. With the older and toned coins you're doing, it matters less, but with uncirculated coins it's the best way to put fingerprints on the coin; and do it enough times and you will begin to see slight wear as well.

Nice idea! What might help though, is to understand who you're aiming these at? If new collectors who already know the basics of terminology etc, then it's a potential winner. There are so many iconic coins you could cover: - the 1933 penny story - the Gothic portrait of Victoria - William and Mary > William III - trade tokens pre-1797 - the Great Recoinage of silver in 1816, and how the sizes of silver coins remained constant until decimalisation - Maundy Money - the Edward VII florin - proof sets before decimalisation - the 1951 Festival of Britain crown - the Churchill crown and so on. However, you might also want to do a video for complete beginners, defining such terms as 'obverse' 'reverse' 'legend' 'proof' etc, and emphasizing the importance of condition, rarity, and popularity (the holy trinity of factors affecting coin values). Good luck and I hope to see many more.

Bring birth certificate or other ID - no-one over 18 allowed...

Yes, that's a prominent piece if any are. Does anyone know what the approximate (or exact) mintage was?

I think it also goes to show that - at very high magnifications - no two strikes from the same die are absolutely identical (almost, often, but never quite..)

If you get as close as you can - even with a phone - the resulting jpeg is usually big enough that you can crop down to the desired size.

Perhaps you could just shoot a close up of the dates on each coin, then upload them side by side?

Are you able to post a bigger picture? I'm not seeing any differences that are not accountable by wear.

It's going to need more than luck...

We need to find a way to stop - especially - India and China from emitting so much CO2. Personally I think it would come best from us helping them (in particular India), rather than wagging our fingers and saying "tut tut".

blue or red?

Well, the EU did have complete control over our laws. Oh, apart from ... Pensions and the entire welfare state The NHS and public health generally Transport, including airlines, railways, and road systems Housing, town planning, construction Taxation, including income tax, corporation tax, excise duties Police, criminal justice, and public order The army, navy, and airforce Local authorities and everything they do such as roads, refuse, the fire service, parks and recreation Alternative energy sources, nuclear reactors, power stations and the national grid But those pesky Brussels bureaucrats insisted on meddling in things such as food standards, drinking water quality, health and safety at work, the cleanliness of our beaches, workers rights, etc. I mean, who the hell did they think they were?

Yeah, the wrong place.

We wouldn't have done better, for sure. I guess it's one of those "we'll never know" questions. One thing's certain however - being in the EU wouldn't have prevented the criminal discharges to care homes (and then death) in the first lockdown. The EU had far less influence over our internal affairs than the average voter realised and Johnson would still have gone ahead with that totally wretched policy. Correction: if we'd still been in the EU, Cameron would still have been PM and I doubt his lot would have done the same shocking thing.

I agree. But it had very little to do with being in or out of the EU - contrary to opinion in some quarters, there was a great deal of freedom in negotiating with individual companies, it's just that most EU members thought (possibly mistakenly in this one particular issue) that they'd do better going with the overall EU negotiations. Also, we developed the AstraZeneca vaccine early due to our brilliant scientists at Oxford, and that would have happened whether or not we were EU members.

Moderna This company generated nearly $6bn of sales from its Covid-19 vaccine in the first half of the year, achieving a $4bn net profit – the first half-year profit since the firm was founded in Massachusetts in 2010. Moderna has signed $20bn worth of vaccine contracts this year, including that for 17m doses to the UK, 460m to the EU and 500m to the US. It expects to produce up to 1bn jabs this year, followed by 2bn-3bn in 2022. Pfizer/BioNTech Sales worth $11.3bn (£8bn) were made by Pfizer in the first half of this year from the Covid-19 jab that it developed with Germany’s BioNTech. In July it lifted its 2021 sales forecast to $33.5bn. BioNTech expects to make revenues of nearly €16bn (£13.5bn) from the vaccine this year, as its first-half net profit jumped to almost €4bn from €142m a year earlier. The two firms have agreed to supply up to 1.8bn doses to the EU from December up to 2023, on top of 600m doses previously ordered this year. The US government has ordered 700m up to April next year for Americans, as well as 500m for donations to the poorest nations. Pfizer and BioNTech are aiming to produce 3bn jabs this year and 4bn next year. They are now charging the EU €19.50 per jab, up from €15.50 in the first procurement deal, the Financial Times reported. The UK is also reportedly paying more than previously, about £22 a shot for 35m doses for next year’s autumn booster campaign.

It's not talked about because it's simply a random thing, and not a variety as such.

Ok. Name me one benefit Brexit has delivered?

There could be slight wear due to sliding in a cabinet tray and by handling - in which case just give it a slightly lower grade! e.g. AUNC.

Oh lord - another to add to the list of absolute no-no's : Liz Truss and Cruella Braverman being already there.

Seaby's published a separate bronze / copper edition of their catalogue in the mid-60s. Of course, Peck was the ultimate reference at that time.

Yes, but he had to suddenly hand in a shock resignation as Downing Street cat first. But don't worry - Nadine Dorries has got his position..

Etsy had a secondhand Wormser stetson (probably better condition than yours..) for £170 - and it sold! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1049300304/sale-vintage-1960s-stetson-7x-wormser

Of even less consequence - 5 years ago!!!

That reminds me - I must get my niece Billie-Jean to open a Halifax account.