Peckris 2

Why on earth produce repros that are so like the original?

I was the winning bidder there.

Anyone spot a familiar name against "Readers' Comments" for January 1970? I wonder...

That's certainly the most likely, I'd say. However, don't rule out the possibility that sales of the Year Book were comparatively healthy compared to the magazine, and that a new company was hastily formed just to publish that, but failing also a few years later. Don't forget that Philip Mussell published their Year Book from 1994 with the word NEWS in the title, which wasn't removed until 1997. If my hunch is right, then the original Coin Yearbook failed possibly due to that competition.

Here's their first, from 1994 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Coin-News-Yearbook-1994-James-Mackay-and-John-Mussell-Editors-Used-Good/382814188686?hash=item592180f48e:g:u90AAOSwC8ZceC9z The first without NEWS was 1997, as they said https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Coin-Yearbook-1997-Mackay-James-A-Used-Good-Book/383115087065?epid=87422213&hash=item5933704cd9:g:fFAAAOSw8sZdXZvd Here's a Coin Monthly yearbook, 1991 (nothing for 1990, 92, or 93, which just means "not on eBay") https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coins-Year-Book-1991-A-priced-listing-of-all-British-Coins/392429841317?hash=item5b5ea42ba5:g:x2MAAOSwrHJdYrnq 1989 https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=coin+yearbook+1997&_ftrt=901&_sop=12&_sadis=15&_dmd=1&_osacat=0&_stpos=EX2+5TQ&_ipg=50&_ftrv=1&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=coin+yearbook+1989&_sacat=0 Before that, there's 1987 but nothing else until as far back as 1983. I think it possible (though no evidence as yet) that Coin Monthly's yearbook may have continued after the magazine folded if they saw profit in it - after all, Seaby/Spink, Coincraft, Collectors Coins, and C&MV all published annuals without a magazine to underwrite them.

Doesn't surprise me - most publications wouldn't give out that kind of information for several possible reasons. However I'm a bit doubtful about it being the last issue? Philip Mussell of Coin News did say "we started the COIN NEWS YEARBOOK in 1994 and dropped the word NEWS and adopted the blue pages in 1997 – after the demise of COIN MONTHLY and the other YEARBOOK" which seems to imply that Coin Monthly's yearbook continued for a few years after 1992?

I'd have had to think several times before paying even that, though it's definitely a variety I'd want.

What did it go for?

What a waste of good petrol.

When I went through bank bags in the late 60s (ok, not a scientific survey! but nevertheless...) I found : 1912H - too many to list 1919H - probably around 10 1918KN - 2 1919KN, 1918H - none Draw your own conclusions.

With Fair coins you should be able to read the whole legend, even if the letters are almost flat. That isn't Fair, not with VICT and TIA completely missing.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KM-756-Half-Crown-2-1-2-Shillings-Victoria-Great-Britain-1878-Fair/254260172923?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D60041%26meid%3D61c912df9d874b77872623a77a3d7b5a%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D254328310467%26itm%3D254260172923%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 "Fair. Heavily worn, but with readable legend and major points of design identifiable." Wow - that scarce ORIA DEI GRA variety...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1891-HALF-CROWN-QUEEN-VICTORIA-GREAT-BRITAIN-WT3231/163730625224?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D60041%26meid%3D5b1b8610b59e4b4ba46231d4bf335d18%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D352771357415%26itm%3D163730625224%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Hold me back!

I banged my head on my telescope and ended up seeing stars.

It's got BIDS on it!

I always liked The Two Ronnies "news items", for example: "The height of the furniture in the House of Commons has been lowered after an MP stood up too quickly and tabled his amendments."

Sovereign Homes don't go back as far as the 60s, when I presume the CM address was still Sov House?

What's all that white stuff?

That gave me a Google Maps page, with a small map lower left, and the normal headers, but the street view picture is blank apart from navigation arrows. However, going to Google Maps directly for that address, I did get there. Interesting - zooming in I see there is a url for sovereignhouses, who are my sisters' landlords in Devon. Sovereign Houses in Sovereign House? Could be a coincidence, or maybe they snapped up the lease as the address matched their company name?

Buyer bee-ware?

The publishers were an outfit in Essex, no longer in existence? I note from the Booksie site that a Ralf Dunn published the first of a new magazine 'Coin Monthly' a couple of years ago. Perhaps he bought the rights to the name? Or didn't know there used to be a magazine that name? I haven't looked into that any further.

Wow. It looks copper in your pictures!

True. Though it's also possible he was approached before CM folded (i.e. due to their financial difficulties) or even after (with a view to resuscitating the title)? I may still do that Wiki page sometime! Though I'd post it here first to get members' views and any necessary corrections.

Yes - I was planning to create a Wikipedia page on UK coin magazines and annuals but it never came to fruition. (I still have the research I did). Mr Mussell went to great lengths to tell me that THEIR blue pages were not connected to the CM year book, but methinks he did protest too much! Same name, same blue pages...

This also from Philip Mussell, back in 2009: Further to your enquiries I can confirm that the current COIN YEARBOOK is in no way connected to Coin Monthly – we started the COIN NEWS YEARBOOK in 1994 and dropped the word NEWS and adopted the blue pages in 1997 – after the demise of COIN MONTHLY and the other YEARBOOK. We have never been connected to COIN MONTHLY although were approached with a view to us purchasing the title, we declined. This implies that Coin Monthly was still going in 1994, or at least the Year Book, possibly as late as 1996?