Peter

I am no youngster or super charged.I take my old mother shopping once a week.NOT EVER at a lunch time. Please help me if you can beat Asda's Ham sandwich for £1.

Wow

It ought to be good for that price!! I did see a shilling for £1300 and thought of you, but the seller only (!) tends to add about 25% premium, so not so much scope for a reduction until it's been on the books for a while. I made an offer of £155 delivered for a coin when the BIN was £350.I got it.It was on Ebay for about 4 times relisted.Every one knows a selling price. I have a few good trusted Ebay dealers who I will always trade with.

I had a bit of doing with a Starbird many years ago

What I hate is pensioners going shopping at lunch time...all I want is a bloody sandwich.

True that they look different from our current coins. That's largely the difference between hand made and machine made coins. Wobbly edges. Parts of the design unclear due to wear or poor manufacture. But I think one of the nice things about coins is the link to the past. Here for example is a vary similar shield design. The first is a shilling of James I from 1624, the second is a pound coin from 2010. Apart from the lis of France being dropped from the design in the 1800s they are pretty similar I reckon. Sincfantastic Richard.It is like comparing a British Leyland to a modern car. All we do with our cars are service them.I have been lucky from 1984 to have company cars (until 2006).Since then I have stuck to Vauxhall...although Mrs Peter drives her Hyundai Siii.I'm now after an Omega Estate with a doggie guard and a Cayman...I would also like a Honda fireblade and 20 pairs of M&S pants. Ahh, Fireblades! They were the reported DB's when I was scratching the footrests off my GPZ750 - and you needed quite a few pairs of M&S pants for that task too, I can tell you, what with the yucky long chassis of the GPZ series of that generation (white-line wobble of the greatest fury)! I never dreamt I'd ever desire a faster bike when I first started squealing my old Kwacker around...how naive of me fortunately I never got one! In 1978 I got a spanking new RD250..believe me on twisty roads I could shock a 750 Honda.I still hanker after a RD400...Mrs Peter says no.

True that they look different from our current coins. That's largely the difference between hand made and machine made coins. Wobbly edges. Parts of the design unclear due to wear or poor manufacture. But I think one of the nice things about coins is the link to the past. Here for example is a vary similar shield design. The first is a shilling of James I from 1624, the second is a pound coin from 2010. Apart from the lis of France being dropped from the design in the 1800s they are pretty similar I reckon. Sincfantastic Richard.It is like comparing a British Leyland to a modern car. All we do with our cars are service them.I have been lucky from 1984 to have company cars (until 2006).Since then I have stuck to Vauxhall...although Mrs Peter drives her Hyundai Siii.I'm now after an Omega Estate with a doggie guard and a Cayman...I would also like a Honda fireblade and 20 pairs of M&S pants.

I am 6ft 15 stone and can still throw my wife and 2 daughters into a swimming pool...They have not beaten me over a 50m sprint or 25m swim...must now go and find my pipe and slippers.

Trouble is these numb nuts are absolute numpties...I have received an abusive email from this idiot.

I have emailed him twice. The first time telling him it was a pewter replica. The 2nd time asking him why he hadn't added this to the listing. Reported to ebay who do diddly. I reported it this morning too! He's a 'top' seller with a lot of feedback, bet they ignore it! What really annoyed me about this one was the blatant 'what is it'? You mean he couldn't actually read ELIZABETH on the edge of the coin and, putting two and two together (ie the date), realise it probably isn't Elizabeth II? And another! 170906386505 please do add link please! Link is here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170906386505?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D170906386505%26_rdc%3D1 Also reported by me. I cannot believe the earlier one went for £84 and this one is at £30+!!!! WTF are people who clearly know nothing doing bidding on replicas? There should be the equivalent of a driving test or you need to have your IQ checked before joining ebay. Seriously, I don't know whether I feel more annoyed at the sellers ripping people off or that these numpties deserve to get their fingers burned for being taken in. OK, because I'm nice it's obviously the former, but people need to learn before they spend. If I had a couple of ebay accounts to burn I'd relist using the seller's photos and a blistering description showing these things aren't worth more than the couple of ££ they cost at most museums and stately homes. It's now been removed. He even emailed me to say it was tested as silver.

Most of my ladies have been happy with a bit of Suffolk purple vein. That's a kind of cheese, right? Actually a fruit. Well it is a peach

It's difficult to be certain from looking at the pictures, but I think I would be happy with that coin. Doesn't appear to be circulated although not a strong strike. It a very,very common coin and worth only about £7 to £10 in EF.I would go for a better one.

Most of my ladies have been happy with a bit of Suffolk purple vein.

Chris You are a fantastic host.I do believe a bit of trade comes your way.I remember the early years

Your library will have a good stock of books.Try before you buy

Rob is a very advanced collector/dealer.(a fountain of knowledge ) Try your local library and use the forum to learn.

Lighten up Rob.Even my 78 year old mother had tears of laughter....and she is proper posh. I did find the one about the delivered item being upside down amusing, but still can't comprehend that anyone would bother making a print of a TV presenter. I know TV personalities are full of themselves, but the cost of production must be outweighed by the public's indifference towards them. I always remember as a child, being in Bristol shopping centre with my parents when one of the local TV presenters came up and said hello and started rabbiting on about something. My parents looked at him blankly. It would have been about 1970, and we didn't have a TV at the time. Clearly famous in his own lunchtime. It is one big wind up.I love it There is also a hair removing product which had me in stiches. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Creme/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Lighten up Rob.Even my 78 year old mother had tears of laughter....and she is proper posh.

Pre 47 is 50% silver and pre 1920 is sterling silver (92.5%)Look out for 1952 6d's & all coins uncirculated otherwise it is junk

If any of you have missed this before.The British public still BRING IT ON. :)http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001N6W8U0/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

I flan you sir (as in Tiswas style).A lot of good debate and reasoning.

Yes there is. The link is on the same page as the individual pdf downloads. Or you can use this link. Cheers Nick.Much appreciated.

Bah humbug I was looking for his book on coins

i dont know kinda why i was looking for some advice....... okay....i guess nice will have to do. I would pay around NVF book price for it.The series is rare. I had a poor Mary groat which I sold.Stupid high bids...I didn't mind

Stay in Geek mode....very interesting