Peckris

That's odd. The other forum I belong - which uses identical forum software to this one - has a working (and identical) Like button, which is totally unrelated to Facebook. It just functions within the forum, apart from sending me emails each time someone Likes something I posted (which I could probably turn off if I chose).

Sam Allardyce, or your very own Andy Carroll?

I currently have this very strange example (forgive the horrible look - it's been doubled in size in Photoshop, a very degrading experience) : the strangeness is due to what looks like an artificial sharpness possibly caused by retooling. I've never seen another quite like it and you'd have to see it in hand to fully appreciate its strangeness..

Weird - there's also an Appledore in Devon (not a common name).

It's a perfectly respectable example - NVF/VF+ or thereabouts. But I wouldn't pay £30 for it. In fact I'm still looking out for a top example, to go with my Unc farthing and penny. You'd not think it would be at all difficult, but I still haven't found the right one.

Isn't that spam?? Sometimes it's nice just to record a thumbs up rather than post anything - a 'Like' is a kind of smiley anyway.

This is my '06 - not a million miles away from your 1908, Wheelbarrow: The buffing is fairly obvious, but I don't know - I like it!

As a case in point, here is my 1904: It's not the best example or photo out there by a long chalk, and has a faint scratch on the King's neck which detracts a little. But as a type collector I only want one E7 Florin and this ticks the boxes for me in terms of eye appeal, in hand it has delicious faint red and lilac hues, I doubt that I will be upgrading in the foreseeable! I only have two - a 1902 matte proof (which is very affordable : the last time I looked you could get one FDC for double figures), and the '06 I mentioned earlier. Your '04 has amazingly good hair detail for Ed VII, I'm not surprised you love it so much.

Interesting perspective from someone who isn't British - and you're quite right, of course. If we commemorated WW1 in any other fashion than respectfully - at the Cenotaph every year and the wearing of poppies - we would not only shame ourselves, but we would be regarded by the rest of the world as absolutely 'beyond the pale'.

Fascinating - I have an 06 in virtually the exact same condition : whitish, with faint striations from obvious buffing especially on the obverse. But even so, I quite like it and it didn't cost a fortune. (Mine is a GVF+, not sure what number that equates to.)

I remember that - ugly thing, as I recall.

But as Nick and AC have both pointed out, that poster wasn't actually a recruitment poster of WW1! So it's not even historically accurate to use it.

That's probably it, Nick! I'm glad you found an article in the DT, not the DM…. Peckris would never forgive me! LOL - the DT is pretty poor, but compared to the DM it's on a par with The Grauniad

Absolutely. On the other forum I belong to, it gives the details of who has liked the post.

But do we know who it was who was fined $2.50 for trespassing on the King's private roads?? Boe, presumably. At least he got away with just a Fine for the misdemeanour, It could have been a far more costly Extremely Fine! Or no longer able to circulate Didn't he die in the end? Yes, legend has it (though I've seen no proof) that the tender karats in his field were hammered by the reign, his mule died and, despite some relief, he later suffered a business strike and his fortunes went into reverse. He's buried in a tomb somewhere, marked only by slab with a small inscription. I think you have cleaned up on all the puns there - very polished! I can't understand how I missed some of the more obverse jokes. Let's face it, my mind went blank. But I've no designs on stealing your crown, I've had a good run and it's time for a change.

The only advantage is you can confer your approval of the post without having to add a comment. Many times here, someone has replied to something I posted, and I've just wanted to 'Like' their reply, and there was nothing more to add.

And I just bet you can see it open on your desktop behind your browser - happy poring

I have the feeling that Derek's book is unique - it was written to fill a gap in the market and because of demand. I think in this particular case you'll have to become 'new school'. I've got the latest CCGB as a Kindle book and haven't regretted it at all. It's my first coin ebook (not counting a pdf of Dalton and Hamer, and various BNJ Journal downloads). It's nice to have a reference on my computer that's 'right at my fingertips' so to speak.

It's been borked for years. Yet strangely, on another forum I belong to - that uses this identical software - it does work, so it must be a setting somewhere that's been wrongly set.

Yes, but we know different now, than all the population that was fed blatant propaganda at the outset of the war. NOW we know that millions died in vain in a futile titanic struggle between Empires, and it honours absolutely no-one, not even Kitchener, that every death in WW1 is now "commemorated" by that now ridiculed and risible poster. As you say, 100 years have passed, and we should be taking a respectful stand as the Queen does every November 11th at the Cenotaph. Suppose instead of a red poppy she and all the people there, wore T Shirts carrying that poster? The nation would be in uproar and rightfully so.

But do we know who it was who was fined $2.50 for trespassing on the King's private roads?? Boe, presumably. At least he got away with just a Fine for the misdemeanour, It could have been a far more costly Extremely Fine! Or no longer able to circulate Didn't he die in the end?

But do we know who it was who was fined $2.50 for trespassing on the King's private roads??

This is where your own bespoke solution is a MUST. Whether it's the hated Excel or a simple / more complex database manager, it's the only way you're going to get things how you really want them to be, AND be able to expand in the future.

I think you are right Rob...it probably is a cost code. The letter "x" in most codes means "0", the balance would depend on the code itself. If the first word of the code is "MUSIC", then the cost of the coin would be $1.20 (pounds). You've completely lost me there Bob, on several counts! Sounds extremely cryptic! I guess the seller doesn't want the buyer to be able to work out what he paid for it? Sorry Paulus, Ha,Ha! Generally the seller does code the buying price of a coin, and note it somewhere on the coin holder. In this way he can know what he has in a coin when he prepares it for sale (or has an opportunity to sell it). The codIng might go something like this in a typical code....The code might be..."Music Taker", with each letter becoming a code for specific number. Thus M would be 1...U would be 2...S would be 3, right up to R which would be 0. (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 = M-U-S-I-C-T-A-K-E-R). You are correct in that most people will not advise the client what they have invested in a coin. Is it any clearer? In this example "MUX" would be $1.20 (pounds)...M=1...U=2...X=0 (X can be a zero, the same as the R in the above code). I learned this technique from the late Mr Ashley Hutchings in Uxbridge many years ago - I used to buy from him regularly (only tin-pot stuff mostly) and once asked him about the strange lettering on his flips. And so I developed my own cryptic buying code, but I can assure you - neither Mr Hutchings nor myself used an X for 0. It's way too obvious.

Just flash reflection, I think. I think that obverse is EF - a little weak on the hair especially compared to the matte proof, but judging from everything else, a strong high grade.