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Which would be fine with an independent Scotland, as it would be Scotland's choice. The problem would then be the open border, along which migrants would be free to just walk or drive across unimpeded, possibly with attendant ISIS sleeper cells embedded in them. I'd rather we didn't see a Hungarian style barbed wire topped fence, stretching from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, not to mention constant shipping patrols either side, but it may have to come to that. Come to think about it, we've also got the open border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic to consider about as well.

Actually, FU might be closer to the truth as far as their thoughts on the UK are concerned

Just looking through Freeman's book "The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain" 1985 edition, I was struck by the fact that there is no attribution for a Freeman 75, except that a small notation appears, which reads "See p 19". But on turning to page 19, there is no obvious reference to a 75 There are others, such as the Freeman 144, 151 & 152. They all say "see p 19", and the latter two also have rarity 18 against them. Is anybody able to cast any light on what might or should appear on page 19? Thanks.

As far as gold, the stats are there as quoted. I agree with you about gas, and it does seem tragic that we ran down our reserves just to produce electricity, after all the old coal fired power stations were shut. Just as well that fracking has got the green light. I'm sure we will pull through and ultimately prosper, whatever short term problems may arise. The Bremain side is full of doom and gloomers. However, I hope Nicola Sturgeon does get her wish of a second independence referendum, so that if Scotland wishes to stay in the EU they can. I'm all for Scotland's independence, especially as they have 56 SNP's in parliament, for a fraction of the votes ukip got, for just one MP.

Thanks Richard, much appreciated.

Don't worry, Jerry. I did exactly the same thing a week or so back, when I posted pics of my F28, instead of F25. Easily done.

We are the 9th largest exporter in the world, so I'm pretty sure there's many places which want our goods - link

Actually, if we have goods that are in demand elsewhere, the lower pound will have the effect of increasing our exports, because cheaper, and making trade deals more likely. So it isn't all doom and gloom, as some bremainers predict. Pound/dollar curent exchange rate £1.22.

It obviously would have the effect of making coins bought from the USA or Europe significantly more expensive. But if, like me, you have been solely buying from within the UK recently, there has been no change.

Nice couple of pennies there Jerry. Well captured.

Well yes, I can see that. But I'm not going for my year of birth. I think I'd prefer something from the 19th century.

Not a bad idea by Stuart. I think I might pick a year at some point, and give it a go.

He did say that as far as post Brexit trade deals are concerned, the UK would be at the front of the line, instead of the back of the queue, according to Obama.

He certainly has a strange way of showing it.

Nice one, Jon. The Isle of Man have obviously been using the Triskelion for a very long time.

Hmm....interesting. I note the vendor has left his mobile number on the page. Could be shilled, although the bidding jumped from £416 to £1108, 8 seconds before the end of the auction. That would not suggest a shill bid to me. More likely someone trying to secure a rare coin by over bidding. Trouble was, they were playing catch up both then and 2 seconds before the end, as another high possible overbid had been made by someone else 19 seconds before the end of the auction

I've seen one of those meters. It was a gas meter used in the 1960's, I believe. Took shillings, which you inserted and then turned a lever clockwise to drop the coin into the machine itself. Might explain some of the edge knocks on shillings.

Don't be ripped off, Pete. I know it's a trivial sum, but it's the principle of the thing.

I think £5 is a bit steep, Pete. My 2014 coin yearbook (admittedly 2 years out of date), has an UNC 1961 at £2, 1962 to 1966 at £0.50, and the 1967 with a dash through it. Can't think that much would have changed for that particular cohort in the time elapsed since then.

Two principal reasons:- 1/ Mintages 1961 - 48,313,400 1962 - 148,308,600 1963 - 125,235,600 1964 - 153, 294,000 1965 - 121,310,400 1966 - 165,739,200 1967 - 654,564,000 2/ I bought some old coin monthly mags from the late 1960's and early 1970's, off Rob a couple or so years back, and the late 60's was very much a boom time for the coin market. It was obvious from looking at some of the dealer ads, that dealers had bought many mint rolls of mainly later into the 60's pennies, such as 1967, and were offering them for sale to the public. I reckon a combination of the two points above is pretty much why 1962 to 1967, is cheaper than the 1961. There are fewer 1961 pennies available in BU, than the other years, especially 1967 itself.

Cheers Pete. In the end it was a much better specimen than I expected to get.

My 1874 series is now complete, with the acquistion of the final piece in the jigsaw - a Freeman 77 in what I would say was toned GEF. Thanks to Ian for this coin

They look like total fakes to me. Also, whoever is saying they're turning up in change or won in a fruit machine, is manifestly lying through their teeth. None have yet been released for circulation, and they probably wouldn't fit an unadapted slot machine anyway. They are being released for circulation in March 2017 - link

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bernie, it looks as though Matt was successful in obtaining a copy of the Christies auction from the Fitzwilliam, and it does appear they also hold copies of the 25th November 1991 auction. Might be worth a try.

I think it was an original photo reproduced on the flyer, Bernie.