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Hi Dave, yes, House and barns are listed, grade 2, but we found Historic England and the planning department sympathetic to our wishes as fundamentally these involved undoing unsympathetic works from the seventies and restoration of original, so out with plasterboard and stud walls and in with wattle, lime and oak. A mate and I did everything apart from specialist plumbing and electrical work, the latter involving lots of wireless switching and the former some fancy kit such that the total bills for both together came to over 50k. The Historic England inspector declares the house to have originated as a late C15 Hall house, on the basis of smoked roof timbers supposedly from a central open fireplace, originally entirely oak framed but evolving through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the stone staired, massive fireplace and stone encased structure now standing. Jerry

Well, the building on the far left in the pics contains several dozen early valve amplifiers from Leak, Quad, Pye, Pamphonic and many others, a dozen Quad ESL57, Lowther, Kef, Spendor and other speakers, valve testers and vintage TV’s and radios, you can hardly move! And valves by the hundred if not thousand. I used to be as obsessed by audio as I am now by coins, and still have an active interest. I bought a nice early Naim pre/power combo in a local auction on Tuesday, currently on the bench awaiting new caps, led’s etc. A lot of things are on a back burner at the moment including renovation of a couple more series land rovers- I am due for fusion of four cervical vertebrae with decompression of multi-level cervical spinal stenosis on 10th July (if there is a hospital bed), and at present my limb power and co-ordination is significantly reduced. I can barely walk to the pub! So I have to keep practicing. Jerry

Not at all, Terry 😇, it just goes back to what I said before, these are simply appropriate die repairs, equivalent of the use of an ‘L’ in repairing an ‘E’ or an ‘I’ in repairing a ‘T’ as shown in Gouby without specific varietal status, and not, as some would have, an ‘inverted V for A’. Not that it is impossible these exist, just that most supposed examples are demonstrably not, as the one above. While I do also gather these interesting die repairs in my collection I don’t consider them a true variety........yet. Perhaps a general consensus as to their varietal status would persuade me regarding these ‘alternative letter punch ‘ repairs. Jerry

Here are a couple of pics of our place after 2 years of renovation. Got to start on the barns next. The wildflower meadow in front of the house gets cut from late July, its a mass of fritillaries, cowslips, primulas etc in the spring. Jerry

Well done, Mike, the F38 was good value. I was shocked by the F76 making £410, very worn and dented, I had thought of a punt at about a ton! The F9 was also pricey, a tolerable VG at £1100 or thereabouts, I had thought half that would have a chance, it doesn’t compare that well with a couple of LCA offerings of the last few years. I can wait for examples of both of those. An interesting collection albeit lower grade, will have taken some effort to put together. Jerry

I doubt it, I emailed him last week about his fake 1844 crown, he insisted it came from a “professional numastic auction hence verified”, so I sent him links which he said he would compare but the coin is still there. Perhaps if others messaged him about these coins he might take notice, but he has quite a number of likely fake milled silver (USA, China) that he is trying to sell and I suspect he knows they are not kosher. Jerry

Hi Dave, I’ll take a couple of pics tomorrow when the sun is right. About £150k lighter, but the renovation is just about done, we even have central heating and a water supply (borehole). I love it here. Jerry

Like the stock market the numismatic market has cyclical ups and downs, and by virtue of their size , design and available literature pennies will always be amongst the more collected. Like stocks and shares you have to look at the long term. I have no intention of disposing of my collection, indeed a downturn is a buying opportunity. Just buy at the right prices and items that have lasting appeal to you and make sure your family know who to speak to when you pop your clogs, they will likely be pleased and you won’t care! Jerry

Here it is https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-1935-PROOF-SILVER-CROWN-COIN-PCGS-PR64CAMEO/264357180231?hash=item3d8cea7347:g:iWsAAOSwumJc~qNU It is a strange looking coin, ?handled, difficult to grade from the photo. PGCS state that it is .925 silver, were the proofs made in sterling? The standard issue are .500. Jerry

Dave Craddock had an F169 on his stall at the Midland a couple of months ago at a grand. It was sold I think in the course of the morning, at least it was no longer in his case when I went back for a second look. I had passed it as too pricey initially but somebody seems to have bitten. However I did win the Baldwins one at £420 ie £540 ish with juice, fairly happy with that though the slab needs a polish. One I always look for on the bay. I also need an F164A but was not tempted by the Baldwins offerings. A better one will pop up eventually. Jerry

Yes, that £3000 coin is a modern Chinese replica, I’ve emailed the vendor as he doesn’t seem to be a habitual fake seller. Jerry

This seller of fake Saxon and Celtic coins states that he has export approval from the ‘English Arts Council’. Well, even as a fictitious body I wouldn’t want to keep them here! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Anglo-Saxon-AR-Early-Sceattas-Series-H-Type-48-HAMWIC-Mint-c-720-AD-M11/323820281502?hash=item4b65315e9e:g:9OUAAOSwX0Zc7nvY Jerry

I am afraid that the raw party vote numbers mean nothing when it comes to a further referendum. Labour are not in the above chart, presumably because despite their declared policy being to leave with an “agreement” (essentially no actual change from the current relationship but to lose voting rights) in reality their actual policy is to do whatever it takes to force a general election. In a referendum a significant number of Labour voters , perhaps a third , would vote to leave, as would a smaller proportion of Liberals, Greens, SNP etc, etc. and likewise a small percent of the Conservative , DUP etc voters would select remain. The only voters that would near unanimously support their parties declared policy are Brexit, UKIP, and perhaps the ‘English Democrats ‘. Professor Curtis had it right when he declared that Britain remains split down the middle, that there is no evidence voting intentions have changed and that only a fool would demand a further referendum anticipating a particular result. All the spin is simply designed to make us dizzy. Jerry

There’s your answer, Peter! They hardly circulate, but are still required for some transactions. Jerry

This vendor seems confident in identifying the ja reverse variety on a Freeman 72. Maybe. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1874-PENNY-F72-rev-ja/273847142732?hash=item3fc28fc94c:g:JekAAOSwpcpc3BYk Jerry

But even then the absent ‘H’ could be due to die fill. If it wasn’t for the unique (for 1882) die pairing, would we be so confident with the agreed ‘no H’ variety? The couple of ‘no H’ 1876 are generally accepted as die fill. I suppose a reasoned judgement published by a top expert , a Freeman or Gouby equivalent, would have to be the determining factor in the absence of contemporary records. Jerry

Yes, that was the main indicator of the doubt, and what DNW didn’t seem to get to grips with at first but I think Chris does now. I think that whatever the (historic) cause of the dishing of the flan below the date, the end result is the removal of the ‘H’. It looks to me like a coin that may have been in the ground at one time, and when cleaned on recovery a thin layer of patina was rubbed off, along with the mintmark. But I have seen several ‘no H’ with the wrong obverse offered for sale, including by LCA. What would it take, I wonder, for this combination too to be considered a true variety? Jerry

Chris Finch of DNW asked me to look at the 1882 no H penny at the MCF yesterday. There is no visible evidence of the ‘H’ under the loupe but I also felt it was a little ‘dished’ under the date. No recent shenanigans, but as it is one of those coins that has considerable surface patination it is quite possible that the ‘H’ might have been lost. Either that, or a filled die, as the obverse is clearly ‘wrong’ for the ‘no H’ as we recognise it, though I don’t know that can be entirely written in stone. My advice was that if they do try to sell it, an explanation of the reservations about its authenticity would have to be included in the description, then the punters can make up theit own minds. Not one for me. The links can be found above. Jerry

I have no sympathy for the bidders in this case. The vendor, if a little clumsily, does make it clear that this is a base metal gap-filler. People really must read the descriptions. I doubt they will get their money back in this case. Jerry

That’s nice guys. Well done both.😋 Jerry

That’s wonderful. I was born in the Shetlands, spent my first six years on Fair Isle where my dad was the warden of the bird observatory. I have never been back, despite fond early memories. I must remedy that. Jerry

Buying it themselves, possibly. This coin, https://www.ebay.com/itm/KREMNA-in-PISIDIA-Authentic-Ancient-Amyntas-Galatia-King-Greek-Coin-ZEUS-i77184-/233193738940?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true sold and feedback received, is for sale again https://www.ebay.com/itm/KREMNA-in-PISIDIA-Authentic-Ancient-Amyntas-Galatia-King-Greek-Coin-ZEUS-i77184/352659299993?item=352659299993&pageci=eb59148d-ed8e-4fb0-b683-4b9f13f596bb&redirect=mobile so all is not as it seems. Jerry