Sylvester

I was just looking at it from a philosophical point of view.

yes i'm afraid i was Chris! Dissssspicable.

it's alot easier to focus on anything from the Iraq situation, to how long the roadworks at the end of the street have been there though, is it not?

You know Dave you could turn Chris' argument on its head and say that focusing on Earth's problems is a way of escaping the bigger picture of the universe, and the fact that none of us really understands it, regardless of how many scientists write books stating one thing, there's always another scientist that comes along and disses everything the previous generation held true.

Perhaps this is a good time to point out that the Master has just broken one of his own rules that he laid down for everyone. Though shalt not swear?

i don't have a spink either.

i don't think 'fan' is the right word.

Well taking the pessemistic route, humans would only destroy another planet if they got on one, so i kinda hope they never do. Secondly i don't think we should be worrying about the sun dying as it's a long way off. Now if reincarnation is what really happens after death, then you'd better be worried, in a few million life times we'll be sat here on the future version of predecimal.com collecting those ancient euro coins from 2179, (except for Oli who'll have come back as a tree)... I don't think our solar system can offer us much hope, but we can aim to find out about next doors, afterall the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Anyhow i've got things to do can't sit here contemplating astronomy all day.

no. i've got a William III halfcrown that's been counterstamped, was a 1697, now it's a low condition 1697 with counterstamp, and selling it i'd be shocked if anyone paid much more than £10 for it.

i've been giving away 1977s cos you just can't sell them, 1965s are twice as bad cos they are not just as common but they are also ugly.

Stephen, actually you might just be able to see the 'S' if you look hard enough, not very clear, but if you look to the left of the portrait (if you've found that... it took me a while actually ) look to the left you'll see a '+' above that should be the remnants of the 'S', i can't think of any other kings we've had beginning with S.

ive been trying to destroy all those...

Till then the star of my collection will be this...

Charles I wouldn't do it for me, Charles II would though. kinda like this... (my baby is that... ) Dunno i'm not into hammered sixpences (yet), any sixpence with a date between 1674 and 1787 and i'm positively drooling. Those after 1816 i just kinda smile. Medieval hammered gold (not the crowns/unites/rayls and god knows what of the later hammered period). But nobles down to quarter nobles, and possibly on a good day angels do me quite well...

i like the other reverse they had with the 19 and the 37 separated.

i've got two scars on my head, one from running into the kitchen so fast as a young en and bashing my head on the corner of the cabinate the second was from spinning around until i got really dizzy, tripped and went head first into the radiator... owch. Must have been 3 or 4 when i did all that.

without the corrosion i couldn't have afforded it, it would have been way up there.

Well only four coins at the minute. A Canterbury mint Edward I penny from 1302ish, an Henry III long cross penny, moneyor William of Canterbury, a king John penny moneyor Simon of Canterbury and my fave coin in my collection the King Stephen penny, moneyor Richard of Shaftesbury (you thought i was gonna say Canterbury!) I'm selling all my other coins cos i want to save up for a hammered gold quarter noble... hmm hammered gold, a dream i've had for many years, i haven't had any yet, but i'm crossing my fingers, thumbs and toes that one day i will. (just hope a blasted sixpence doesn't turn up when i find a good quarter noble).

£179 not cheap, but i'm happy with it.

I've studied far too much medieval history, i've got it on the brain! Medieval coins attract me like a peice of iron to a magnet... Especially the older stuff from the 800s-1200s.

see here... http://www.coinpeople.com/forums/album_pag...php?pic_id=1785 (i can't directly place pictures on here cos i'm doing it from a closed website)

i like his 1853 proof, and i'm envious at the amount of tin he'd got. James II tin coins, i dunno what it is but James II coins always appeal to me, not always as attractive as Charles ones, but i think i'm a Jacobite. No seriously these kings such as AEthelred II, Stephen, John, Richard II, Henry VII, Queen Mary I, James II, William IV always appeal to me, i think in many cases it's either because they were notorious monarchs, or under appreciated forgotton monarchs. (or even very bad ones) People like Richard I, Edward I, Henry V, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles I and Victoria, just don't appeal in the same way, too famous for my liking.

Will do, i'll chuck the cleaned 1902 florin in too then, and the 1882H penny, and the 1932 penny. I'm finally clearing out my post 1816 collection. Only a select handful will remain with me, 1) that Gothic florin i bought from Chris, 2) the 1839 shilling in AVF, 3) the 1837 Shilling in VF (Which is my fave coin of the post 1816 stuff), 4) the good bun farthing, 5) a FAIR 1807 penny and 6) a graffitied Geo IV penny in VGish... i like the pipe he's smoking! And sixpences (all EF or BU for those after 1920) 1816-7, 1825-6, 1834 (currently buying), 1887 (both variants), 1900, 1909, 1919, 1926ME, 1934, 1936-9, 1940 (currently buying), 1942-50, 1953-60, 1962, 1964-67, 1970. Can't tell where my interest lies can you? And i'm gonna upload a picture of that tin farthing on coinpeople, and put a link up to it here. But it's an 1684 Charles II one, not fantastic, oh the detail on the portrait and on Britannia is very very good for the issue, but the edges of the coin have some extensive tin corrosion, thus the legend is missing in places, and the date. You know what they say about modern coins [to me post 1663] with no date! (they're only worth the metal they are minted on... tin's a bit different though) (But it's definately 1684, as the 1685 varient is extremely rare, and thanks to Colin Cooke on his forum, it appears most likely to be a 1684. That man knows his farthings!)

i always wanted a tin coin!!! Only one of them is tin though, the other two are bun farthings, one nice one, one average one. (I'll be selling the average one, do you want that too Chris?) I'll get a link up for the tin one eventually!

I had my first two fillings in January, aged 19 of all things. It's my own fault, last time i eat a bag of eclairs... they are rock hard and i cracked not one but two teeth, at different sides. Infact the filling is playing up... and i really need to get it seen to. Other than that i've had no real problems, only had about 5 baby teeth yanked because they refused to shift. No sign of the wisdoms yet. By the way i was born in July. Oh and Oli you have the same birthday as my dear departed grandfather.