I hope this is not deemed "over the edge". Well known medal from the first world war - struck originally by the Germans to justify the sinking of...
Let's not open up the gun laws debate - suffice to say that it is not possible to have a pistol of any sort over here legally. The only people who...
A collector not far from me here was robbed on 21st December. Coins, Stamps and other valuables were taken. Report is here:...
I know you were joking, but it is not too funny here at the moment. A collector living only a few miles from me experienced that on the 21st...
Struggling. The obverse reminds me a lot of the "Cumberland Jack" gaming tokens made in England in the mid 19th Century - they lampooned the...
I wouldn't want to call that one without having it in hand. If I really wanted to bid on it I would base my decision as much on the feedback and...
I go along with most of what has been said already. I am both a collector and a part time dealer, so I see the haggle from both sides: 1....
To stick up for Medoraman - both Palembang and Plembang are merely attempts to put a local name into our alphabet - neither is more or less...
I don't do US coins generally, but I have turned up a number of these in the last few years here in the UK. (Mostly lost in bags of mixed coinage...
Advice I have given before - an advert in the local paper. You can pick up bucket loads of assorted coinage and spend hours sorting out the wheat...
Cons like this exist everywhere - who would know that "Real Leather" is a proprietary name for a form of artificial Leather substitute? In my...
Ah but only since the EU forced us Worzels to reduce the strength of cider to match the weak Northern beer. In the old days, scrumpy cider was...
I am all for the UK coins! Best book, which will cover pretty much all you need unless you go off into tokens, is the Spinks "Coins of England &...
Yes Doug - like this one from my spares box: [ATTACH]
They look ok to me. These are fairly common coins in the UK, and if someone was faking them they would be in much better condition overall to make...
Yes Juan - we better not go into the uses of Fanny over here!
Language is tricky! In American Ass is for bottom, and only a mild expletive. In English Ass is for Donkey, and not an expletive at all, but Arse,...
Yes - that looks right. Spinks 1445A Class 3de. Valued at £40 in Fine, but this is a bit less, so it will depend on how badly a collector wants...
Well - I will share an alternative to all the above: Put a small wanted ad in your local paper. I do that in the UK, and although I get asked to...
Yes - just that - no records have been found to indicate where the DELCA Mint was located. There are a number of mints of that period that are...
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