LawrenceChard

I'm off to try and buy some gold coins from Godiva... ... or maybe the Belgium Mint Factory. 😎

... and were they dark chocolate, or did they have a spot of milk in them?

Who's Shirley? Barry Woods wife? 😎

At the latest point I was involved in we could either buy 500 (which we don't want) at a reasonable price, or a reasonable quantity at a price which we don't want to pay. 😎

I hope that's not ME! (LC) 😎

I just happened to see this old thread, and thought I would check the RM site again... ... B.I.N.G.O. They appear to have noticed, and corrected their ****-up: Of course, it could have been done anytime between my last update and now, but it still took them long enough. Perhaps their new Marketing Consultant @BarryWoods has been in and kicked ass! 😎 * The 4 letter word which TSF has asterisked began with a C and ended in K, not F and K.

Imagine the price if they had any silver in them! Are they "Minty"? 😎

The TLAs (2 Letter Acronyms) are flying today, DS, RM and GS. I know one BD who is full of BS in case that helps. I know Ch in BP are working on them, but will not buy stock unless or until they / we feel the price is right. OK for now? 😎

Next time I'm down on our local beach, I will try to photograph some worm casts if you like, but I might need to find my wellies first. 😎

Yes, probably, all sorts of things could cause slight apparent colour variations, on the actual coin, not just the photos. We use pro photo kit, and this was a comment from our photographer recently: For the flat rev & obv on this I got rid of the stand and hand held the glass but instead of it being perpendicular I twisted it a bit. It's only taken me 6 years to suss this It's good to experiment BTW! It was not primarily about colour. There was another comment which I can't find quickly about the obv and rev of one coin looking different colours.

Could you possibly remind me what the topic was? 😎

Oh, for **** sake! 😎

Iwas just going to ask if your post had any connection with: Spotted **** recipe | BBC Good Foodhttps://www.bbcgoodfood.com › Recipes Steam a traditional fruity sponge pudding with suet, citrus zest and currants then serve in thick slices with hot custard, from BBC Good Food. but got a TSF Notification: Hey! You just earned the 'Reacting Well' badge! 1 minute ago Rare Reacting Well Earned 1 minute ago I shall wear it with pride, or possibly put it on ebay RARE Reacting Well Solid Silver Forum Badge If this does't make page 33, I don't know what we are going to do. 😎

I forgot TSF censors the surname of Metropolitan Police former Commissioner Dame Cressida! Any volunteers to tell her?

The search for a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner is under way after the resignation of Dame Cressida ****. Dame Cressida said she had been left with "no choice" after London Mayor Sadiq Khan made it clear to her he had no confidence in her investigation into the Royal Mint scandal., which was recently revealed by investigative journalist Barry Woods of Berkshire. She said she had "agreed to stay for a short period to ensure the stability of the Mint, and its queueing system". Last week, the police watchdog found "disgraceful" milk spotting, discrimination and harassment among some Mint VIPs in collusion with Account Managers. Her successor will be appointed by the home secretary, in consultation with the mayor of London. Contenders include Anne Jessopp and David Rose. Source: BBC (British Bullshitting Corporation) Well, I feel we have to get to page 33 somehow! 😎

Okay …been biding my time here, and it’s all gone a bit too quiet for my liking (after a fine bottle of Rioja)…plus other stuff…. 1) A lurker emerges from the shadows! Dare we ask about "other stuff"? I first encountered the RM queuing system (a means of ordering what’s left, for the peasantry, after the sanctimonious types have had their fill) , several years ago, when I wanted to buy that numismatic classic, the golden gruffalo 50p 2) From memory, a Blackpool dealer had that available at the time for a small discount. For a while, I had a contact at the RM (not an account manager), who managed to bag me a few items, as and when I wanted…but that didn’t last long…I didn’t spend enough I guess. 3) Careful what you confess to, @BarryWoods might demand an enquiry and confession. I still do not have an an account manager, but did still manage to get a 2oz Gold Plain Edge, from the RM for £5250 (RRP)..so it can be done. And if you want to know how……maybe another time😉!…I 4) See 3 PS Don’t PM me asking either…the answer will end in OFF! 5) If I PM you, will you tell me the first part of the answer? As an addendum…I actually joined the queue for the gothic crown (like the majority), and got a queue number of 6007. I then logged out and logged back in again immediately, and ended up in the shop at 9.10am, with no queue. By ignoring the coin on sale at the time (quartered arms), and ticking the box for the Portrait, the flaw in their website allocated me both coins on the continuity deal…utter madness! 6) ...but smart, in fact simple brilliance. They must employ dozens of staff in customer services…but if they managed their systems and production processes better, they wouldn’t need them….monopoly company I guess, so can get away with it ad infinitum. 7) I think I should formally request a licence to legally produce British coins. the first product would be yellow sovereigns. My main gripe with them is quality though…so many forum members have been disappointed on receiving their GC coins this week it’s criminal. Either the capsule is loose and it flies off, or it’s so freakin’ tight you have to resort to Heath Robinson type solutions to get it off (I put parcel tape on the top and bottom of the capsule, grab the ends, and twist!) 😎 (TSF won't let me type #8 followed by a RH bracket) Sounds like the coins were OK, so that's good news. Unfortunately, we have to deal with them…if we want their products…most of which I do not. If they didn’t produce sovereigns, I think they would have gone bust years ago. 9) Except that we, as taxpayers, would have bailed them out. 😎

You sound disappointed, but I thought the same thing.

Some of it may be your lighting, try swapping positions. You should also try to mount your camera (phone) on a tripod or stand.

About an hour ago ago, I asked my trusted researcher "What do you think of this?" The response: A load of utter s****. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/dec/08/david-rose-climate-science https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/the-mail-on-sunday-forced-to-acknowledge-it-published-fake-news-about-climate-change/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-mail-on-sunday-gives-david-rose-space-to-repeat-old-and-wrong-claims-that-global-warming-has-stopped https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-mail-on-sunday-david-rose-and-climate-misinterpretation-round-two

What!. Are you telling us it isn't? 😎

Our not so tame photographer Doug noticed this similarity: 2019 Gold Australian Moon Landing Coin, and... Which just made me feel hungry. 😎

Now you know why I declined to drag our cat into it. (Obscure reference to one of my posts about 6 pages back). 😎

I held off because I didn't want to go into the lead. BTW: What's the past tense of Twitter? 😎

Page 30 already. If this thread get any longer Replies 735 Created 2 dy Last Reply 1 min TOP POSTERS IN THIS TOPIC LawrenceChard 127 James32 58 Gordy 59 BarryWoods 132 TSF might have to implement a queueing system! 😎

I just realised why I have had Carly Simon in my head for the past two days: You're so vain You probably think this thread is about you... ... only in this case, you seem to think it is not about you... and you are doing it all pro bono publico. 😎