Rob

In my student days, a curry cost 75p in the Rusholme cafes. We never asked what was in it. Didn't need to. You knew.

Thanks. Wouldn't have guessed that. When present, the portrait does look more african.

It's very important to (honestly) record your collection for the reasons outlined above. Price paid, catalogue values and likely market values are all useful info for inheritors who may or may not want to retain the collection. As long as you keep them informed of what you have and also the reasons for it, they will be better prepared for a situation they would rather do without. If the kids are interested- good. Educate them as much as you can as it is in their interests to be fully informed. I do my best to keep the wife and kids informed about the latest acquisition, even if I know it might result in some ear-ache. The last thing I want them to do is find a collection which means nothing, otherwise there would be a good chance they would look at the two 1923 shillings for example and decide the silver one, being bullion, is 'obviously worth more' than the nickel one. Not a good starting point. Every coin in the collection has a file with all the relevant points including notes relating to conditional or absolute rarity (e.g. second best of seven recorded examples, or unique, as appropriate). Provenances are also listed along with images of the coin and any tickets that accompany it. At the moment, if I pop my clogs, there would not be any immediate plan to dispose of the collection, which is good as it means they could sit down and approach it rationally rather than tidying up the loose ends as quickly as possible. Having said that, things could always change.

Anything exciting (to me that is!)? Maybe. I bought the E5/2That was the one! I thought the prices more realistic than of late. I'd be interested to see a photo if you take one Rob. Looked like a decent strike, but it can be hard to tell sometimes without viewing personally. Agreed. Slightly irregular but full weight and as you say, a decent strike. There's some mileage left in it.

I've never worried where things came from originally, just that they taste ok.

Anything exciting (to me that is!)? Maybe. I bought the E5/2

grade, and by extension the estimates. There were a lot of creased or otherwise impaired pieces, none of which appealed. There is also the usual number of items he puts in the sale which are from a US dealer and so import VAT applies on top of the hammer. Bids are reduced accordingly. I do see a slight softening across the board though. I bought one lot so far.

Be interested to know who the 3 knowledgable experts were, just so I can avoid any of their expertise in the future? If only you could email the buyer, as in the good ole days! They were good days. 8 or 9 years ago I gave a heads up to someone that the Pontefract they were bidding on was plugged based on a misdescribed catalogue entry of a lot that went unsold at 1300 estimate when it would otherwise have made very good money. Very well done, but still plugged. You don't want to be spending upwards of £2K on what was a 3500 coin at the time only to find out that you'd bought a pup. Needless to say, he retracted the bid and the seller claimed ignorance. Yeh, right. Might have believed him if he wasn't in the habit of selling mostly top end coins.

As I mentioned before, I'm pretty certain I stupidly handed back to w&w the original of an E1 groat we frequently see copied...with broken crown?Also, that recent CGS slabbed coin that TG posted up (Christ, can't remember what of, now), can only be a major CGS cock-up, or the original from which the fakes were made? Wonder if they all have a common source? I'm certain they do.

Things do go off topic as has been noticed elsewhere. Nothing to do with coins only had one place to go - the options were rather limited.

I'm still intrigued as to the identity of the original producer of the casts. I have the F3/1 shilling which I bought in Nov. 2004 and I know who has the Newcastle 9b 1d original, which he bought in 2005(?). Anyone know the whereabouts of any other originals and purchase details?

Grilled camel masallah?

I know, but I couldn't think of an appropriately named arabic dish.

Chicken Tikka?

According to my bank manager brother the writing is on the wall for free banking here in the UK. He thinks it will be a thing of the past in 5-10 years. There's nothing wrong with paying for a service, however much it grates that they are also looking after your money. It's much fairer than cross-subsidising which is opaque at best and one must suspect continually open to abuse.

Interesting that he found it in with some clocks.

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The first has a more deeply engraved neck, the second is shallower. If in doubt, the I of GEORGIVS points to a bead and a space respectively.

How much more evidence is required?

See a doctor - that's abnormal. Better safe than sorry. In Suffolk it is fine. I have big ears & nose and big bertie bollocks.....trouble is my penis is only 10" ....girth. You should be fairly easy to spot at the Midland then. https://www.google.com/search?q=elephant&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yQimU-D8LcKlPfqvgegF&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=942#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=znIsLlsdbkfWBM%253A%3BPN2R_LizwebVdM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.utahpeoplespost.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2014%252F03%252Felephant-2.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.utahpeoplespost.com%252F2014%252F03%252Felephants-can-determine-human-voice-age-and-sex%252F%3B1800%3B1200

CCF is not very user friendly looking at it from the outside. Can't post links, can't sell, can't email others, can't do very much as a new member on CCF which is clearly laid out in the rules for posting. At first sight it would also seem to be very difficult to make 250 meaningful comments, though the quality of some posts shows that much drivel gets through and is deemed to be good. Useful additions to threads such as links to other coin related resources are not allowed, yet are one area where the casual posting by a new member could really make a contribution. You might have to make 250 inane comments in rapid succession to get your coins listed - best of luck.

See a doctor - that's abnormal. Better safe than sorry.

And so the topic drifts from football to political football............... Further drifting will likely take us into politics, with the Green Party winning the World Cup.

I think it depends on how well the dipping solution has been washed off and also how well it was dipped. Over-dipped coins stay a lifeless colour, slightly dipped and they tone with a bit of colour in 5 or 6 years.

Hmm. Which ever way you look at it, image/ego is a great destroyer of wealth and marbles. All those must have impracticals don't come cheap, and the less they cover, the more they cost. I prefer a nun's habit. Oops, sorry, that's a burka.