VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/24/2023 at 5:09 PM, zadok said: ...just keep in mind it gets windy there...we dont need anymore international incidents.... I’ll be givin’ ol’ Longshanks an incident or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) On 9/24/2023 at 2:57 PM, Hoghead515 said: 82 is my birth year. Would love to see a pic of it. With my “bottom of the line” iPhone, and cropping, this is the best I came up with. I’m not fully pleased with it: This may be a VERY common date for the half sov. One of the higher mintages. Edited September 25, 2023 by VKurtB Hoghead515 and zadok 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) As I look out my hotel window this morning, I see the River Ness rolling by (and the water is quite high). To my left is a quick trip to the open water of the North Sea, and to my right is Loch Ness itself. I cannot bring myself to even look for “you know what / who”. Edited September 25, 2023 by VKurtB Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2023 A special note here for @Fenntucky Mike and @numisport . The railway from Stirling to Inverness does a huge climb and then a huge drop. The station stop just after the summit is Dalwhinnie. After a 4 or 5 minute stop there, with me doing visual 360’s as best I could, the train resumed the downhill run. AND THERE SHE WAS - the Dalwhinnie Distillery. It felt as if I was passing hallowed ground. 45 minutes later, I literally was. Before reaching Inverness station, the tracks nearly encircle the Culloden battlefield, where the Jacobite Rebellion met its end. Hoghead515, numisport, Fenntucky Mike and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Proof positive that Chucky the Turd is in 50p circulation: zadok and Hoghead515 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoghead515 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) On 9/25/2023 at 3:59 AM, VKurtB said: With my “bottom of the line” iPhone, and cropping, this is the best I came up with. I’m not fully pleased with it: This may be a VERY common date for the half sov. One of the higher mintages. I like it. Nice find. Sounds like you had a great trip. Edited September 25, 2023 by Hoghead515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) On 9/25/2023 at 1:08 PM, Hoghead515 said: I like it. Nice find. Sounds like you had a great trip. Duuuude! We still be trippin’. Inverness, Scotland for two more days, then the Caledonian Sleeper to London arriving at 8am Thursday. The Coinex 2023 show is in the Mayfair district Friday and Saturday. Today I picked up a 1917 Maundy Set, a few modern Royal Mint issues I had missed, and an Edwardian coin holding box that will become an accoutrement for a competitive exhibit at Colorado Springs in March. It has spring loaded spots for 3d, 6d, shilling, florin, and 1/2 crown. Picture to follow. Edited September 25, 2023 by VKurtB Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebo Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 12:41 PM, VKurtB said: Here it is: Sorry about the lighting. Not light balanced. And you didn’t pick me up one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 2:02 PM, Zebo said: And you didn’t pick me up one? I’ll just hustle back to Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebo Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 9:03 AM, VKurtB said: I’ll just hustle back to Paris. I haven’t been to Paris in decades and have no desire to ever go again. Scotland on the other hand is on my list to visit next, along with the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2023 As promised, the Edwardian (1900-1910) spring loaded coin holding box: Hoghead515, rrantique, Fenntucky Mike and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zebo Posted September 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) Kurt, here’s a sovereign holder for the fashionable gent in early 1900s England. Edited October 20, 2023 by Zebo rrantique, Fenntucky Mike, zadok and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 3:12 PM, Zebo said: Kurt, here’s a sovereign holder for the fashionable gent in early 1900s England. Full sovs? I didn’t realize they were carried much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebo Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) On 9/25/2023 at 5:03 PM, VKurtB said: Full sovs? I didn’t realize they were carried much. They were, many holders in many different configurations. I don’t have a photo of a nice half and full sovereign carry case handy. The one posted is for full sovereigns. Edited September 25, 2023 by Zebo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 I saw more full and half sovereigns today in shop windows, but with this morning’s earlier purchases, it’s time to pull back a little until London on the weekend. I did pick up a full sized bottle of Tomatin Amarone Cask Whisky, a product of the closest distillery to Inverness. There is a distillery being built IN Inverness itself which is expected to start operating in a year or two, right aside of River Ness. They have batches in barrels now, but none bottled yet. zadok and Hoghead515 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J P M Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Very nice holders, I guess scratches on coins were never a consideration in those days. Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Just curious... Anyone recall exactly what coin it was actor Rex Reed handed the flower girl played by Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 11:58 PM, Henri Charriere said: Just curious... Anyone recall exactly what coin it was actor Rex Reed handed the flower girl played by Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady? Tuppence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 9/26/2023 at 2:24 AM, VKurtB said: Tuppence? 'Twasn't a sovereign or Tuppence. More likely a Guinea or Half Guinea, if that lesser denomination exists. Just cannot recall but remember she bit into it and was all excited in that charming cockney way. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebo Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 9/26/2023 at 3:27 AM, Henri Charriere said: 'Twasn't a sovereign or Tuppence. More likely a Guinea or Half Guinea, if that lesser denomination exists. Just cannot recall but remember she bit into it and was all excited in that charming cockney way. Thanks. I beg to differ. The setting was 1912. Guineas were long out of circulation so if the coin was gold, why else would she bite it, it was a sovereign or half sovereign. Given Rex’s library, below, it would most certainly be a full sovereign. My tuppence worth. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) Now in London, the Bloomsbury section, to be accurate. I learned a lot about the Highlanders while in Inverness. I got Culloden Battlefield heather in my shoes, and rain water on them. The battlefield is, in its own way, even more moving than Antietam or Gettysburg. I learned the first truly civilized Highlanders were the Picts, obviously followed by the TIFF’s and the JPG’s, and preceded by the truly rare Kodachrome slides. The Cairns are regularly visited by plain-clothed Druids, chanting and dancing and attempting to pass their more annoying members back into time by passing them through rock slabs. I got to speak to one Druid who really didn’t look the part. I told him, “Funny, you don’t LOOK Druish.” Edited September 28, 2023 by VKurtB zadok and Hoghead515 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 The bus is going to neither the station, nor the bear, but to the neighborhood. Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoghead515 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I really like that coin box. Ive never seen one or knew there was such a thing. Thats very cool. Nice buy. I bet it was bad about scratching them back in the day. What is it made of? Aluminum? Tin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On 9/28/2023 at 6:51 AM, VKurtB said: The bus is going to neither the station, nor the bear, but to the neighborhood. ...mr. rogers would like that.... Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIII Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Have safe travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/28/2023 at 12:26 PM, Hoghead515 said: I really like that coin box. Ive never seen one or knew there was such a thing. Thats very cool. Nice buy. I bet it was bad about scratching them back in the day. What is it made of? Aluminum? Tin? From the weight, I’d guess tin. Can tin be plated with silver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoghead515 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 3:47 AM, VKurtB said: From the weight, I’d guess tin. Can tin be plated with silver? Id say it could be. Is it silver plated? Thats very cool if it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J P M Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 3:47 AM, VKurtB said: From the weight, I’d guess tin. Can tin be plated with silver? Didn't the British silver plate anything that was not moving to fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 7:59 AM, J P M said: Didn't the British silver plate anything that was not moving to fast. ...everything but their trains.... Hoghead515 and J P M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/28/2023 at 6:33 AM, VKurtB said: ....I got to speak to one Druid who really didn’t look the part. I told him, “Funny, you don’t LOOK Druish.” I'd trade our non-stop chanting, saffron-robe wearing, incense-burning Hare Khrishnas for your quieter, more dignified Druids any day of the week. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...