MickB

AU53 as a wild guess.

I can't get the Daily Sport anymore so the Daily Mail is the next best for comedy value

It was in the Daily Mail so it probably was in the Metro as well.

Harrington & Byrne are advertising their latest offer in the papers for a memorial sovereign at £389 and free postage plus an endless supply of junk mail for a year.

If I can't afford it then I post on the forum for another member to have the chance to buy from them as forum members look out for each other. They do have great deals from time to time In which I'm always pleased to either pass onto forum members or take them up on a deal.

Picked this '57 up in town today for a good price so I can't complain about the scratch or slight ding on the back. Just like buying a secondhand car.

Sorry Chris, I didn't have my glasses with me at the time as I would have checked the condition if I did. Thought I'd post the set here for anyone interested. It might be worth ringing them to ask about their condition. Very friendly staff in there.

If I bought the set today my missus would have me living on the street by tonight!

Marked up for £2750 but Aylesbury Bullion would accept £2250 for this 2012 proof set.

I guess a few of their customers buy from them and put them in the safety deposit boxes on site in the shop so they can walk out empty handed. I've been there a handful of times and they've been pleasant to deal with. If buying sovereigns you can ask them to look for a particular date that you want, as long as they have it in stock.

Today I received the two landmark silver coins from @Alex1532 that arrived safe and sound, top fella to deal with 👍. Also my memorial half sovereign arrived. Haven't studied it up close yet as I've just got in, tired eyes. I'll have a look tomorrow.

25kv overhead power lines are live at all times to deter theft on the railway. They probably target storage yards where the spare drums of cabling is kept. The odd time we get our railway line disrupted due to lineside signalling cable theft, where they chop a few hundred metres off in the middle of the night but it doesn't seem to be worth the bother as there isn't much in it once the insulation is all stripped off.

Nice to know they're being sent out although I'll probably regret buying just a half instead of a full, it was the price that stopped me going for the full at the time. Should get mine tomorrow.

I drove across the border to visit Banja Luka ten years ago for a day out. Had a meal at the Yachting Club restaurant on the Vrbas river. Nice food and it was pretty cheap but I couldn't help notice how the people there obeyed the road crossings and moved around in silence. Wouldn't mind going back to have a better look around.

They'll be cheaper from Croatia as I refuse to pay ebay prices. No doubt they'll be available at the flea markets in the future.

Bloody hell, that's a bit of a trek on the planes! The Old Pilot's gin & vodka are both gold award winners. I gave my dad the gin bottle the other night & my eldest stepson had a smaller bottle, which he said was excellent. It's highly rated apparently.

Tito did get rid of the Kuna once he took control as it was demonetized in July 1945. These were printed in Germany at the time. They returned to the Kuna during the homeland war in 1991. I didn't manage to collect many recent notes as I wanted to spend them but next year after the bank no longer accepts them they should be easy and cheaper to pick up for a collection.

I bought these with my remaining Kuna notes at Zagreb Airport the other day. Only modern Kuna notes I now have are a couple of ten Kuna notes which aren't worth much.

Wow, those are from the early days!. My neighbour out there gave me some Kuna notes from WW2. I'll have to dig them out to see exactly which ones.

The queue will be a distant memory. This means that I'll be able to drive from Croatia to Italy without any hassle.

As of the 1st. January 2023, Croatians have only 15 days left to spend their Kuna's. The banks will accept them for exchange for Euros up until the 31st. December 2023. Also today Croatia enter the Schengen zone, which makes crossing similar borders easier. Over the years I've chucked into a pot the coins that I didn't put back into circulation as it's more hassle than it was worth because of the small denominations. As 1 Kuna was equivalent to 12 pence sterling, 100 Lipa was equivalent to 1 Kuna. I tried to get hold of 100 x 1 Lipa coins but only ever managed to get one of them in my change along with only 1 x 2 Lipe coin. These were quite rare to find in your change. Imagine having to count out 100 x 1 Lipa coins to buy a few sweets! The brass coloured 5 & 10 Lipa coins were quite commonly seen discarded in the streets. The range of coins were; 1 Lipa, 2 Lipe, 5 Lipa, 10 Lipa, 20 Lipa, 50 Lipa, 1 Kuna, 2 Kune, 5 Kuna. There's also a 25 Kuna coin but it was mainly released for commemorative reasons. It will be sad to see the Kuna currency go but the Euro will make it easier when popping over the borders.

Bought the coin a couple of weeks ago and sourced a box and certificate to go along with it, which arrived today.

It makes me wonder what they paid for it, probably less than spot price. This was from Cash & Cheque Express. It's the first time I've been in there as usually their bullion sovereigns are overpriced but this being a proof Butler stood out. I'll have a look on ebay for an original box and certificate for it now.

I haggled them down to £675 in the end. It came in a Jubilee Mint presentation fdc, which I'm not too interested in. I did offer £650 but he then wanted to check price online so I stopped him in his tracks when I offered £675. The silver coin by the way was a freebie from my favourite bullion dealer in town.

Pawn shop in Aylesbury has a 2016 butler effigy sovereign in window for £699, good price?