More Coin Ticket Help Anyone?

[Peckris 579]

Complications here. How many John Springs do you want? Totally different John Spring. This one also lives in the London area and sells catalogues

Tried to do a multi-quote but it failed. On the question of price, £60 is not a huge amount for a reference book. I was paying that sort of money for some books at university in the 70s, and there were far more printed than is likely for a specialist coin related book. Even at school earlier in the decade, the biology textbook for A level cost £30 - or about the same as a lesser quality first generation scientific calculator. M&R used to cost about £40-45, but is now out of print.

On a maintenance grant between £400 - £500 per annum??

It's the same as it's always been. Usefulness doesn't have a unit cost. If you need it, sort it out.

Usefulness may not have a unit cost, but if a book costs over 1/8 of your total annual income, it's just not possible economically.

[Rob 3,152]

Complications here. How many John Springs do you want? Totally different John Spring. This one also lives in the London area and sells catalogues

Tried to do a multi-quote but it failed. On the question of price, £60 is not a huge amount for a reference book. I was paying that sort of money for some books at university in the 70s, and there were far more printed than is likely for a specialist coin related book. Even at school earlier in the decade, the biology textbook for A level cost £30 - or about the same as a lesser quality first generation scientific calculator. M&R used to cost about £40-45, but is now out of print.

On a maintenance grant between £400 - £500 per annum??

It's the same as it's always been. Usefulness doesn't have a unit cost. If you need it, sort it out.

Usefulness may not have a unit cost, but if a book costs over 1/8 of your total annual income, it's just not possible economically.

Saving for a rainy day? Or thinking ahead as to future expenditure? i.e. not p***ing all your income against the wall. Getting a job in the summer before uni, and every holiday between terms? OK, in my case, my parents and relations always made money available for education, but I still had to save every penny up from any income earned to buy the bike because they refused point blank to contribute.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Rob

[Peckris 579]

Complications here. How many John Springs do you want? Totally different John Spring. This one also lives in the London area and sells catalogues

Tried to do a multi-quote but it failed. On the question of price, £60 is not a huge amount for a reference book. I was paying that sort of money for some books at university in the 70s, and there were far more printed than is likely for a specialist coin related book. Even at school earlier in the decade, the biology textbook for A level cost £30 - or about the same as a lesser quality first generation scientific calculator. M&R used to cost about £40-45, but is now out of print.

On a maintenance grant between £400 - £500 per annum??

It's the same as it's always been. Usefulness doesn't have a unit cost. If you need it, sort it out.

Usefulness may not have a unit cost, but if a book costs over 1/8 of your total annual income, it's just not possible economically.

Saving for a rainy day? Or thinking ahead as to future expenditure? i.e. not p***ing all your income against the wall. Getting a job in the summer before uni, and every holiday between terms? OK, in my case, my parents and relations always made money available for education, but I still had to save every penny up from any income earned to buy the bike because they refused point blank to contribute.

I couldn't afford to do either and that was with full parental contribution. Even if I'd never gone to a bar, bought an album or gone to a rock concert, £60 represented my entire rent for a term (without food or other bills). Luckily our text books only cost a few pounds or I'd have been in sh*t street. Plus, our uni had a library.

[Chingford 166]

Complications here. How many John Springs do you want? Totally different John Spring. This one also lives in the London area and sells catalogues

Tried to do a multi-quote but it failed. On the question of price, £60 is not a huge amount for a reference book. I was paying that sort of money for some books at university in the 70s, and there were far more printed than is likely for a specialist coin related book. Even at school earlier in the decade, the biology textbook for A level cost £30 - or about the same as a lesser quality first generation scientific calculator. M&R used to cost about £40-45, but is now out of print.

I am assuming it is not Chingford then?

Morning All, Robs right, unfortunately not me or Family,

The chap in question used to attend the London Coin Shows in Bloomsbury, selling old catalogues and books, I saw him my last time there but that was at the end of last year, I haven't been to any this year.

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He had a website called Springnumbooks, I tried it this morning but the link doesn't work anymore,

John

I bumped into John at Coinex (I think?) last year, selling old books and catalogues. I always assumed you were one and the same! Is he interested in the copper penny series, or is that only yourself? I'd once heard that one of you might even be considering a book? A definitive book is badly needed and, with a good numbering system, might even replace Peck and Bramah in auction descriptions for 1837-1860 (and perhaps even 1797 - 1860).

The Chap you met wasn't me, but I think could be the Author of the book Peter linked to earlier in the Thread, I am the Copper collector 1828-1860, I leave the earlier Soho pieces/dates to those that understand them.

As for a Copper book, not just yet, still at that stage where I am finding varieties and then trying to prove them and reasoning behind them, lots do get put onto Michael Goubys site for generally reference, and as I have said before I am always happy to answer any questions on the series, if I can.

Regards

John

[Accumulator 52]

Complications here. How many John Springs do you want? Totally different John Spring. This one also lives in the London area and sells catalogues

Tried to do a multi-quote but it failed. On the question of price, £60 is not a huge amount for a reference book. I was paying that sort of money for some books at university in the 70s, and there were far more printed than is likely for a specialist coin related book. Even at school earlier in the decade, the biology textbook for A level cost £30 - or about the same as a lesser quality first generation scientific calculator. M&R used to cost about £40-45, but is now out of print.

I am assuming it is not Chingford then?

Morning All, Robs right, unfortunately not me or Family,

The chap in question used to attend the London Coin Shows in Bloomsbury, selling old catalogues and books, I saw him my last time there but that was at the end of last year, I haven't been to any this year.

.

He had a website called Springnumbooks, I tried it this morning but the link doesn't work anymore,

John

I bumped into John at Coinex (I think?) last year, selling old books and catalogues. I always assumed you were one and the same! Is he interested in the copper penny series, or is that only yourself? I'd once heard that one of you might even be considering a book? A definitive book is badly needed and, with a good numbering system, might even replace Peck and Bramah in auction descriptions for 1837-1860 (and perhaps even 1797 - 1860).

The Chap you met wasn't me, but I think could be the Author of the book Peter linked to earlier in the Thread, I am the Copper collector 1828-1860, I leave the earlier Soho pieces/dates to those that understand them.

As for a Copper book, not just yet, still at that stage where I am finding varieties and then trying to prove them and reasoning behind them, lots do get put onto Michael Goubys site for generally reference, and as I have said before I am always happy to answer any questions on the series, if I can.

Regards

John

Thanks for clearing that up John. You've answered a couple of questions on the copper series for me in the past. I always feel it's rather a neglected area and the coins are stunning, so good luck with your ongoing research and hopefully a book in due course!

1828 seems an arbitrary cut-off date? I guess it negates the need to spend a lot on a good 1827 example!

I really must spend more time on the 1837-60 pennies…. something for the long winter evenings!

[Peter 615]

John

What have the 1826,7 bare head farthings done wrong?

[Chingford 166]

John

What have the 1826,7 bare head farthings done wrong?

Typo, it should have been 1825 to 1860, was trying to reply before the Companys Internet lunch hour finished so didn''t read before posting.

Anyway, Sohos are Robs domain and Farthings I think I'll leave to you and Colin, althougn i do have a Roman I 1826 halfpenny! just cant find the Penny to finish the set.