Peckris 2

Someone should inform her that - yes, it's true! - Jane Austen actually did write Pride and Prejudice.

Shooting gallery? He SHOULD be shot after the Capitol riot. Impeachment's too good for him!

Somewhere. But it will take forever to dig it out!

Maybe. But it would be a shame to lose a denomination we've had for 2000 years - it's just a matter of knowing which coin to apply the name to.

That's "Priti" Patel!!! Why does Gove still look like a slapped fish even as a woman? The words "bargepole" "foot" "wouldn't" "ten" "touch" "I" "it" "with" "a" come to mind.

So that's nearly 2 and a half times the value of 1p ! Even the 2p is worth less than a farthing.

I also liked The Two Ronnies Swedish phrasebook... F U N E X ? S, V F X F U N E M ? 9. V F N 10 E M (girl walks by carrying large ham) O - U F M !! O K, V F M O K - M N X 4 2

I'm tempted to think she - or her shill - is 3***i looking at the bids.

Yes, keep the name but apply it to something else. The original d was a denarius, a silver coin. Perhaps the 10p could become a 'penny'? Yes, they could be just in sets for the time being - the denomination could therefore be 'one pence' and not a 'penny' as such. After all, a penny has been a silver denarius, a Saxon sceat, a small medieval silver coin, a Maundy denomination, a copper trade token, several types of copper coin, then a bronze, finally a (now worthless) steel decimal 'bronze'. You do realise that the 1p is now worth less in real terms than the farthing was when demonetised in 1960?

I think they should abolish the almost worthless coppers!

I rather think Thompson's mice post-date her childhood!

Looks like a museum shop repro. Anyway, the seller has 91.7% feedback which tells you all you need to know!

Agreed. Or else 'old man Seaby' owned it simply as a curio, though knowing it was not authentic.

You said - your own words! - that the RM did NOT officially notify you about the recovery!!!

I'm being picky here, but of course that's what a solicitor would be...: What PROOF do you have, to supply to the RM that the "lost ... parcel [ has been ] subsequently traced"? You've had absolutely no official notification of the fact, just the word of the purchaser. Yes, you could argue that there would be no reason for him to lie about it, but "I submit M'Lord, that there has been no official notification in this case".

On the other hand, since it was the RM who told you that the parcel had now been found, isn't it up to them to ask for repayment?

"Hi Susie Worm" "Hi John Worm. What's new?" "Nothing. But something not new.. I found another Roman sestertius the other day. My collection is really coming along" "So that's 2 sestertii, 3 belt buckles, 1 Spice Girls fan club badge, 6p, 3 discarded face masks, an empty Special Brew bottle, and a used syringe, right?" "Yeah. Gonna sell the lot at Baldworms when the time's right"

What I was trying to say was: 1. Person puts 2 (or more) pennies aside at the time they were issued. These would be strikes from the same die if got from a bank. 2. The pennies stay in the same family for generations. 3. In modern times the current owners decide to sell, which means two pennies struck within minutes of each other, appear on the market in a relatively short space of time, complete with identical die flaws.

Or possibly both were saved by the same person from the same source at the time, and have both come on the market in modern times. Even recently sold by the same person which would explain their presence on the market?

The full version is How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

Then there's the one you can't tell in written form. Unless you try phonetically? There were thirtysiksheep in a field. One died, how many are left? To which most people would say "35" And you would say "No, 29" As their brow furrowed deeper, you would say slowly and carefully "There were thirty sick sheep in a field..."

Or the version I knew: "I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mate, and I'm only plucking pheasants coz the pheasant plucker's late".

Obviously someone with too much time on their hands. Any normal person who finds a £1 coin would spend it!

A tongue twister by the sound of it! As in "The Leith police dismisseth us".

If I have one in an English cafe, I even now have to insist they only fry them one side. Then fold and serve - by the time it arrives, the inside has virtually cooked.