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My late father's former union organised and paid for legal action against his employer due to the life-threatening condition he developed due to their working conditions. He would have been pretty powerless otherwise (I'd actually previously engaged another legal firm for him myself who wrongly said his case was hopeless and told us we couldn't proceed). That said, at the top level the union bosses are all part of the sham 'game' with government. It was all orchestrated in the 70s and 80s to de-power the working men (force a crisis that only affected the people - not the fat cats - and close the coal mines etc). Exactly the same is happening now (except the unions are even more of a puppet, thanks to Blair and successors taking Maggie's baton) . Unless you think that nurses strikes etc at a time when elderly folk are being told they can't heat and eat is a coincidence - all because of Putin, climate change, and post-covid supply issues, of course Basically the unions are just another player in the grander scheme of things, but (the way they make them so, otherwise no-one would join) as an individual they can be priceless.

The less of these that sell the better, I would say these should do well (once any QC problems have been sorted out)

You cheeky get! I put a post up on one thread saying I am a rasta (expecting some banter back!) but I think people took it seriously I can't afford booze these days, it's dearer than eggs

I hope you're having a great holiday Lawrence! Quite possibly I am mistaken, but I can let you know when you get back

You mean 'would' surely?

From left to right it looks like St George is trying to reign the horse back a bit, fails, and then, when it finally does stop, cracks his nut into the back of he 'orses 'ead

I shall have to think about that for a moment...it could be rather too pedantic, even for our forum's own @LawrenceChard! OK...I have thought about it enough in that split-second - it's definitely not! 🤣 When is our favourite budgie-smuggling skier due back? I would like to ask him about his company's page (article/guide) saying that dealers pay The Royal Mint 3% of spot for gold bullion coins. I am willing to offer him a lot more, so easy profit for him and a great deal for me!!!

Jay-Z and his mates isn't it?

He can read???

Look at the rims on that...

It's just a good thing they have such a perfect record with frosting...

Ye gads, that's busy indeed

Thanks buddy! I probably won't be selling purely because I've never sold a coin in my life, I'm too lazy 🤣 Also, I have five so it makes it a tidy number. But, never say never, I might need the cash

Wow, that's crazy Any link to mintages since the first in 2020?

How much are they, if you don't mind? A much better size indeed, in every way I have some of the first year (the anniversary, 2020?) but they are too small for me to appreciate really (even as a huge Kook fan), I should think about selling.

I'm in two three minds on this. Firstly I think that QEII fully deserved a memorial Sov, which obviously could not be Charles' first year 'proper'. I also think they faced a difficult decision with the first Charles III release, as he's somewhat divisive among some coin collectors, with some (like me) ready to finish their collection with the late QEII. Better to encourage the continuity of the series and iron out any problems with mintages with this QEII 'memorial', and try to gauge the way ahead for Charles' first year. A memorial coin that has his effigy is perfect in that sense. <Edit> One with a large mintage that is 'for the Queen'. Thirdly, I do wonder whether this release will be looked back on in time and largely felt that the Queen really should have been on it. Basically, I'm bamboozled

Greetings for Kent also!

Hmmm...not sure about the new Grogu...it'll be a winner no doubt, but they've got his eyes wrong...I think that will bug me big time 🤔

That is very shady if correct - people screencapped the release on the day earlier in the thread, so that can be checked. I didn't buy myself, but I think it's been a good release (apart from the RM shenanigans) Basically some issues have effectively been 'unlimited' (in that they outstripped demand) but it means everyone who wanted something got it. Some of these will be one-off souvenir collectors, so we can remove them from the 'collector' pool (as they won't look to buy others from recent years). But some will become collectors, and the mintage on certain releases means that demand will only go up for those coins. Meanwhile the actual 'collector pool' won't be affected much imvho - the other buyers' coins will go into the drawer or safe, largely forgotten about, and be kept for life - they won't come onto the secondary market. And the flippers have been 'taken out'. Not good short-term (hype etc), no problem medium to long term for me. I see it as win-win for us all (whether we bought these or not!)

Brilliant - incredible work!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

The function (Fn) key is on your keyboard, but that is not the one to use. On Firefox it's the same instruction, right click> select 'view page source' from the drop down menu. Then hold down control (Ctrl) and press the F key on your keyboard to open up a little search box on screen, type 'available' into that. A control +F search is very useful on any web page or document you have open on your computer

One of my builders did work on the toilets at St James' Palace while the then Prince Charles and his new wife Diana were present, honestly he told me that Charles had a gold throne and made a huge joke out of it 🤣

My goodness, I can just imagine the headline news: Founder of Famous Blackpool Precious Metals Dealership Found Barbecued! Police say a 'reckless and criminally negligent' amount of charcoal was used, and the result was therefore clearly not fit for human consumption. In order to avoid civil unrest, hungry patrons have temporarily been diverted to the chippie around the corner.

Ah that's a shame, I enjoyed seeing this a lot last year, and was ready to jump in this year, I think it's a brilliant idea

Reminds me of an old Brittas Empire episode for some reason 🤣