Yes it's a very good book and good value. The only coinage concerns her portrait of the Queen used on UK coins from 1953 to 1967 (mainly). It also...
Fascinating - that's an area I know very well.
Only the new 10 and 5 pences circulated before 1971, (from 1969) and even then they had the value of two and one shilling respectively, and...
Before 1971 1/240 of a £ (Decimalisation Day 15th Feb 1971)
Also the letters on the fake are thin and spindly - in my experience a common feature of many far eastern fakes (not just fake Peace dollars)
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Although I was at the LCF in a work capacity, I found time to have a wander round the other table holders' stock. I found this Hamburg medal for...
Great photos of the Iris medal ! ;)
As a longtime collector of Welsh-language medals it's hard to know where to start or what to choose, however I like this bronze-gilt medal by the...
Personally I really hate 'slabbing' and how it affects the market (although it has been accepted in the USA for much longer than it is here in the...
Increasingly I found that selling on ebay was unprofitable (as well as very time-consuming etc). The new payment system was the last straw for me,...
Do you mean the British Numismatic Trade Association (BNTA)? I haven't heard of the British Numismatic Guild.
In the UK the London Coin Fair is pencilled in for 3rd July, by which time I think all the population will have been vaccinated. However things...
Well said, perfectly explained and my sentiments exactly.
What a fantastic letter! I loved Winnie-the-Pooh books (the A A Milne ones), but then I'm 55 now!
A brief recent history of "Baldwin's": the family-owned firm was sold in 2005. The new owners sold AH Baldwin & Sons Ltd and Baldwin's Auctions...
Think long and hard before you become a fulltime dealer - it's not a way to make a fast buck (and an easy way to lose money). Try part-time...
I hear from colleagues that it's still going, although it's getting smaller and smaller in terms of exhibitors.
If anyone knows someone who wants Whitman folders for British coins I have loads (for a small consideration). A US dealer did once contact me but...
Excellent article, very informative.
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