Peckris 2

Even then it's not a sure way to proceed. There can be many reasons why some sales do better than others at the same auction house: - competing sales elsewhere - other types of events in the vicinity - whether there are certain lots that will pull in the punters, or just a so-so catalogue - even the weather and time of year can affect things

1. MPs voted for an advisory referendum 2. I still don't understand why so many voted to trigger A50 before there was even a plan in place 3. MPs have to subscribe to their manifesto, but they're not consulted on what goes in it - and ask yourself, how many voters plumped for Tory or Labour because of the party stance on Brexit? A GE is not a referendum. Most of them are, even Remainers. The question is one that no-one can answer, least of all the barroom attorneys so quick to put their two-pennorth in, viz HOW? The worst scenario is a hard Brexit, even the government says so. However the ERG are doing their damnedest to ensure that happens even though many of them claim it's not what they really want.

Interesting. Sometime in the early 70s, the Royal Mint changed from a 'satin' finish (commonly seen on most Unc CuNi decimals from 1968-73) to a mirror finish. True BU specimens can look 'prooflike' in that respect, but otherwise lacking the crisp detail and sharp edges of a true proof.

So Alfred Hitchcock was following a long tradition!

Not the full story. We already have heaps of trade deals with other countries due to being in the EU. All those and more would have to be renegotiated from scratch. And why would any other nation give us - with a population of 66m - more favourable terms than the combined Single Market of the other 27? Also, the ECJ would only be able to rule on trade deals and tariffs if we were in a customs union - all other regulations would be outside their jurisdiction. It IS a fair market place for those who are in it. No lobbyists have the power to deal with 27 or 28 separate heads of state. Agreed. Winston Churchill said all MPs have three priorities in the following order: 1. National interest. 2. Interests of constituents. 3. Political Party. I think it's extremely insulting to call MPs traitors when they are trying their best to avoid what would harm the nation for who knows how many years ahead.

There are some very suspicious abrasions beneath both '8's. Someone lend me a bargepole please, so that I have something not to touch it with?

Lions and lambs, anyone?

You get a 'feel' for Obverses 1 and 2, and Reverses A & B after a while. I could see that was the second obverse even without checking the teeth.

Not quite. They all lost, but every option got some votes. Anyway, that was just a beginning : I think Labour would probably end up supporting Norway + now that May's deal has failed (for good? how many votes does she want?? she's already lost "best of 5"!!!) and if the DUP also decide to go that way, then the ERG + a few Labour rebels can't muster enough support to block it.

That's still a good picture with plenty of detail on the coin. I don't think the border detracts.

I think personally that price is rather heavy, but if the market will pay it then fair enough. I would like to say though, that the comparative rarity of Ed VII halfcrowns decreases the higher the grade; in other words, a Fair 1905 is greatly rarer than a Fair 1908 (for example), but when you get close to mint state that gulf has narrowed significantly.

I had the good fortune to get to know DaveC at the Midland and see his operation at first hand. So I'd trust his descriptions of coins even sight unseen.

Personally, I think most people would accept either Norway or Norway+ (i.e. with a customs union, or at least arrangement). After all, no-one was objecting to that during the referendum campaign, indeed Farage was positively waxing lyrical about Norway at one point. I think it would command a majority in Parliament, and among the >66% of the voters who are either Remain or who want out but are not hardline. Theresa May can pretend all she likes that it doesn't deliver what people voted for, but actually they just voted to Leave, and a Norway option would be least harmful to the economy.

Dealers as long term as they are, should really be expected to have learned how to take pictures of stock. I remember a similar situation with Glenn Ogden some years ago, but he may have improved since then. (No he hasn't. Just checked - NO pictures on his website. Sigh.)

Such irony. Very many Remainers have been saying that reform of the EU from within was the ultimate thing, and something we could have helped achieve if we had stayed.

I think they could just go into the Part II Decimals book.

Doesn't work on a desktop. You just get what's shown above, and the thumbnails stay there covering the date.

I think that issue of Coin News was where I first learned of M.R.'s association with the coin.

I mean, as in "on sale in WH Smith"!!

So it's the current issue then?

I'll be in town (Smiths) on Friday - is it the current issue?

We get paid by the article / word count, not by the number of issues sold.

No question. . . . It's DEFINITELY a horror!

I think Spink splitting their catalogue into two - decimals and predecimals - is the clearest sign that coin collecting now embraces two distinct groups: the traditional collectors like ourselves, and the modern commemorative collectors who also check their change for rarities and errors. In a way this is two separate hobbies with almost no overlap, except for those who enjoy both (there's some here of course); however those here who have some knowledge of the two markets wouldn't dream of buying moderns as an investment, as they know the foibles of the secondary market. I remember something similar happened in the 70s and 80s when metal detecting first became popular, and a collecting group sprang up that were only interested in uncovering buried coins and not those bought and sold by traditional means. However, the difference then was that finds were genuine old coins and not something produced commercially just to make a profit for the producing organisation. I don't know what the answer is, except perhaps to emphasise the differences between the two branches of coin collecting.