Several things

I read with interest Electric Peaks journal on the absence of activity in this forum.

The chat room forum doesnt work well at least for world coins as it does not properly sort either by topic or by date of last entry.

And this forum, at least for now, no longer gives anyone the capacity to reply to it.

Which to me is ridiculous. YOu would think that NGC would want to promote discussion and interest, not suppress it. I understood the website was going to restore the reply option with its software changes but it has been quite a while now.

On another topic, I submitted 31 PCGS British pieces for cross grading and 23 of them were cross graded. another four should have been as they were low value items and I did not request a minimum grade to cross on them, and would have been happy with any grade. They were not cross graded and so will be sent in again.

The competitive sets have now all been updated for the new pieces. Most of the updates relate to George V farthings.An 1895 Low Tide Penny was recognized by NGC as a legitimate variety (as it does in the British Standard Catalogue) but does not have a slot in the Victoria Penny Set as it should. I will be contacting NGC to have this item added.

Two of the pieces not accepted at the same grade by NGC are featured on the PCGS website with a photograph showing them as a top piece for its date and denomination. so who knows why they were not accepted. I asked for reasons and hope to obtain that shortly.

Lastly, lets return to the reason some of us liked this forum in the fist place. Here is an example of a recent purchase from England, a 1717 sixpence, probably one of the better ones known.

I hope there is someone out there to enjoy it.