ski

thats a nice healthy return azda.........you dont want to flog my car for me do you?.... so did you get the coin cheaply in the first instance or has prices risen that much? how does that all compare to book prices?

got my spink2011 today......free postage with amazon, amazing considering the weight of the book, postie got a free hernia too, everybody wins!! my copies got the duplicated proof section, second proof section has the last introductory paragraph missing......we could start a new varieties topic here. the last spink i bought was 2005, although ive a copy of 2007.....so when this copy turned up my flabber was absolutely ghasted . But........its a great reference, many of the coins i will probably never collect/afford but i can look at all the pics and drool, and dream of 6 winning numbers. ive got a feeling i will not be carrying this book in my bag around coin fairs. its no longer a portable price guide. library???........ive seen them mentioned on my council tax bill, but.........

if you work on conversion from pre-decimal to decimal, a farthing was worth 0.1p!! so this coin is worth 0.03P.........or...........enough for an 1883 jubbly

Nero............didnt he have a BURNING ambition to make software.......

thank you for the reply........i will check out my collection at closer detail and will contact you if i find anything unusual ( to me anyhow, as a collector and nonexpert). I am familier with the recent sale of the Alfred Bole collection and was amazed at some of the 6d coins that existed which i had no previous knowledge of......okay some were patterns and proofs, but very interesting non the less. Thanks once more.......ski.

ive got a collection of uncirculated paper clips i will happily trade for some gold coins..........

whilst on the subject of good coin sellers, i can recommend worldcoins.biz, run by richard groves. would have scored 10/10 but hes located in dumfries his coins are fairly priced and his grading is good. ive always been pleased with my purchases.

P.S...............i can nearly remember 14

well 30.000 likes will be good, if their all coin collectors

i bid £50 for a vickie florin in one of their auctions, it was won by them for £55!!! and its now slabbed (quoting the auction/lot number) and for sale on their website for £350 anywhere north of watford is a dark mysterious place where the dragons and trolls live, and anywhere south of brighton is where the french live . you should be able to find somewhere nice in between

ditto the ditto and the other ditto i joined facebook when it first started......got hit by spam big time, i think the spam issue is resolved now. also got fed up with 12 year old kids wanting to be friends......i shut it down

excellent........worked for me............except for the turning on/off thingy

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1897-VICTORIA-TINY-MODEL-FLORIN-COIN-INTERESTING-/220719113673?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item3363e265c9 ski

ive had this discussion with cgs myself, their grading system seems erratic, ive 2 1934 tanners graded by them, 1 unc80 and 1 unc85.....guess which one is the better coin. finest known however is only whats past through their hands and slabbed and not a reflection of what is available elsewhere.

wondered whats happened here with this coin, just a bit of waste metal caught up in the manufacturing process or a flaw in the die? Also damaged bead!!..........just poor manufacture???

yep, got another 20p from a work colleagues change today with the same error as my own.

okay got another 20p with exactly the same error on the tail and the same bead is damaged but more so than the first example......more than just crud i think.

wow......thats better than i thought it would be..... a lot of medical research is being undertaken into bluetooth devices causing warts :D

i think you had the better deal im really getting into this check your change thing.......prefer my florins though

saw this on ebay and thought of all you penny collectores......ski http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1875-VICTORIA-BRONZE-BUN-HEAD-PENNY-SUPERB-UNC-/270687422237?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item3f063a471d

Not a great fan of these new 50p's, but i have taken from change a fencing, a boccia and an athletics.....26 to go what will i do when ive got as many as i can, i can always put them towards another nice coin.

just seen a very nice uncirculated 1884 and the v is closed in on that coin too, i think that gives me the answer to my question. Thanx all......ski

Just got this 1874 florin and im wondering if the v of iv in the date is normally closed or not, im aware there is a iv over iii varient, but am i right in thinking my coin is the regular coin and the v is normally closed?....

i think the bluetooth coin is the correct one and all the ones without bluetooth are die errors i wouldnt mind seeing a photo of that coin.