Peckris

That's a neat trick - click the picture and an identical size picture opens in the usual window Mind you, that's no different from the bleedin' Photofucket site, where the picture that loads is exactly the same size as the thumbnail you clicked on to take you there. So you click on the magnifying glass to zoom it (moaning all the while at why all these unnecessary steps compared to staying in predecimal). Then after you click the magnifying glass on the picture, a SAME SIZE picture opens in Photofucket's separate window. So you've gone through all that hassle to see 3 pictures, all exactly the same size.

As well as can be expected, I suppose. You?

Thank you Spock.....apologies for the maths...but you get the point I'm sure........

Iain Duncan Scrote has been unworkable from Day 1

My 1976 Seaby lists a Scarborough Siege crown for 2492, so it must have been after that. It's not so easy for me to check my 1980 and 1985 Seaby's right now, but if the answer doesn't arise I'll have a look tomorrow. (In 1976, Mary groats were S1884 and £30 in Fine. 18 pence tokens were £15 - £18 in EF.)

Welcome back John! That's as clear an overdate as you're going to get,I reckon. Yours?

Quinquember? Or maybe a god got the push - maybe it was Apolly? (I just Googled, and wasn't so far off! The fifth month was Quintilis before Julius, and the sixth month was Sextilis before Augustus. In fact, the Julian calendar - in force for a very long time - came into existence around the time of Julius Caesar. Before then it was really chaotic apparently - the senate could lengthen or shorten years to either prolong or truncate popular/unpopular consuls.) Neat. The ancient equivalent of changing the constitution to solve otherwise intractable impositions on those in power. No - more like a Coalition Government changing the rules to say there can't be an election until the full 5 years is up

If you think that's amazing (which it is) what about these on a tiny Ephesos bronze? Sorry they are so small (not much bigger than lifesize, scans) but the engraving of a bee on one side, and a stag on the other, are exquisite.

Quinquember? Or maybe a god got the push - maybe it was Apolly? (I just Googled, and wasn't so far off! The fifth month was Quintilis before Julius, and the sixth month was Sextilis before Augustus. In fact, the Julian calendar - in force for a very long time - came into existence around the time of Julius Caesar. Before then it was really chaotic apparently - the senate could lengthen or shorten years to either prolong or truncate popular/unpopular consuls.)

A romantic idea. The word severe comes from the Latin 'severus' which means strict or stern and pre-dates the Emperor's name. Makes sense. Oh well it did sound like a nice tale. Thanks Clive You can console yourself with the fact that July is named after Julius Caesar, August after Augustus, and September, October, November and December, after the Latin for 7, 8, 9, and 10 No, I'm not THAT bad at maths - their first month was March (named after the god Mars )

None of those is high grade, I'm afraid (Don't give up the day job...)

Spink have had 408 years to work it out ....should be any day now then... OMG! Tim Berners-Lee is over 408 years old??? Wonder if his wife knows...

Turkey & Georgia? Wikipedia says Georgia, also Cappadocia and Libya too.

The coins you've posted won't make you a fortune I'm afraid. The 1820 crown is in medium grade but perfectly saleable - around £100 unless it's one of the scarcer varieties, which would push it up to 2-3 times. The 1935 crown is very common and difficult to dispose of unless in absolute perfect condition. The 1887 6d is extremely common in all grades, but in top grades it would fetch £30-£40. The 1922 halfcrown would have to be near perfect to be worth between about £40 - £100. The foreign coins I know nothing about, sorry. Are the more valuable coins not in the list above?

Except that George and the Dragon is not British in origin - is it Maltese or something like that?

Interesting one, this. It's as near as you can get to a direct copy without actually being one. I assume the Royal Mint held/holds the copyright to Pistrucci's original, so it's interesting to know what the reaction to this would have been?

Bit of a dickhead, was he?

That looks like it! In fact, North Africa was going to be my second guess (no honest, it was!)

I do believe it's a 20th Century invention, in fact quite late perhaps? I know that the average Birmingham 1970s Indian restaurant is no definitive guide, but I don't ever remember seeing it on the menu back then. Nor, in the early 1980s, on the menu of an authentic Indian cuisine in Bearwood Birmingham - they had Chicken Tikka, they had Tandoori Chicken, and they had Butter Chicken Masala, but they didn't have Chicken Tikka Masala even though it was already becoming rather popular by then.

As someone with progressive MS, I echo your point about health versus money. But it would be nice (or a compensation) to have at least one of those!

Possibly somewhere like Siam? The script doesn't look a million miles away from this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tn2C8pUud4Y/Tmwzz8DFUlI/AAAAAAAAAYY/zBRkMBztNBM/s640/C005+Siam+King+Rama+V+ATT+coin+40b.jpg

Nice that you've got a spare 30 grand knocking about to spend on coins. Would that we were all in such a happy position.

It's a mistake to think that 'brightness' is necessarily a sign of cleaning. Polishing would cause it, but looks very unnatural, while dipping actually reduces brightness (increases LIGHTNESS, i.e. colour, but reduces lustre). A coin that has retained its BU condition might indeed look 'bright' and there are many 19th Century silver coins that have a mirror finish, almost prooflike.

Err it's British or more accurately Scottish, reported to have been invented in a restaurant in Glasgow. Don't you mean Chicken Tikka Masala? I understand that was invented in Britain, though tikka and masala are (separately) authentically Indian.

OMG. Doesn't the sea-water ruin their coins?