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But three of your 4 examples were house, car, and pension. Sorry, but those really are necessary (though car could be managed without IF you live in a city AND you don't have a family).

Weird. It's rated more scarce than 1914 (lower mintage) but much less than 1911-1913. I am very surprised by the Bull rating, but maybe it's an error?

In the early 70s I was a volunteer on archaeological digs - the golden rule was that anything you found in the 'spoil tip' you could keep as it was archaeologically almost useless having been removed from its context. I found a decent Julia Domna denarius there which came up VF after vinegar treatment. I was an impov student sadly so I sold it to a dealer when I got home. I think I got about £7 for it which was decent back then! 'Juno' reverse? That's not one of the more common ones.

There's quite a few women - usually wives or daughters of emperors who then succeeded them, for example Plautilla and Julia Domna to name just two.

Still waiting to know what this variety is - I thought there was only one type of 1915 florin?

I don't know this variety. What am I looking for that's different to the normal one?

First, if you're going to concentrate on silver, you don't need to worry too much about fakes. Gold and - surprisingly - large copper from the early Empire are more liable; copper is very hard to find in good condition and the pieces are quite large. Compare that with small bronze from the later Empire such as Constantine, which survive in enormous quantities. Roman is not hard to find especially silver (denarii and antoniniani) and small bronze, and you can pick up examples in quite high grade for what seems to be modest outlay. For example, imperial denarii of non-rare emperors can be found in EF for often less than £100. Huge numbers were minted and many are found and put up for sale. Hence the lower chances of being faked. These coins are "ancients" rather than "hammered" as such, even though the minting methods were similar. They tend to be quite a lot thicker. Silver quality varies a great deal, and the antoninianus (similar to the denarius but lower denomination) ended up being merely a silver wash over bronze. That does not of course make them less collectable. Then you have the Republic (BC; pre-Augustus) where coins were struck in lower quantities and are consequently pricier. It's almost a separate area of collecting

There's a HUGE difference between 'desirable' and 'necessary'.

I doubt it

I'm not very impressed by their identifying Plautilla (wife of Roman emperor Caracalla) as "Plantilla". It's not even a typo as that's the name consistently used.

I agree with others - COULD be but very very worn.

and don't forget...

I'd say that if you get - say - 4 or 5 right and miss 1, they should accept it. I mean, what are the odds of a bot scoring that high. I can understand if you click one that doesn't contain what's asked for, that's a different story, but missing one: no big deal.

Yes, Wiki suggests it's a myth. I like the idea of punters checking the quality of their ale.

We already had Rolf Harris do Stairway To Heaven and The New Seekers do The Who...

The dimpled and nonic glasses were the 2 commonest a s I recall. However the shaker (yes, SLEEVER or just SLEEVE!) was also featured.

Yes, pre-ME pennies all get a bad press but the shallow head introduced on half the 1921s really did improve reverse strikes.

Damn. Wish I'd spotted it.

Yours Rob, or for sale?

I remember in the early 70s there was a make of speaker (can't remember the name - JBL?) where the actual speaker was mounted near the top, but was then pointed down to a flared 'horn shaped' cavity where the sound was transformed, perhaps even amplified non-electronically, to be louder and deeper. Used by rock bands and DJs.

I'm tempted by the Soho pattern halfpenny of a topless Britannia.

I think you'd go a long way to beat this:

Is that what Gentleman's Choice means?

Explain?