Sorry, I started the day on Wednesday with a McDonald’s breakfast, had a pub lunch and ended up with a steak in the evening. In the gaps we collected two different prescriptions from two pharmacies, visited the jeweller, saw family, shopped, went home to change and saw family again in the world’s least efficient restaurant.
By the time we got home at eleven I was stuffed full and ready for bed, so sorry there was no post.
It’s very difficult to view Wednesday as a day off when you have this sort of social life to cram in.
It’s always nice seeing family though, and it was good to see the great nephew has a mini rugby ball. He’s not showing much talent for the game, but he’s only 18 months old so there’s time yet. I’ve reached 61 without showing much talent for the game. Or for any game.
I really need to get some work done but when I’m not out gallivanting I’m sleeping fitfully, which makes me slow-witted and grumpy.
The end picture is a rather nice enamelled double florin coin brooch. It’s a very interesting coin. I particularly like the bit about it still being legal tender because they forgot to demonetise it when we went decimal. You can, theoretically, spend it as a 20p coin, though the silver value is more like £4.
!887 Victorian double florin
Next day I wrote this post, fell asleep at the keyboard and forgot to publish.These summer nights are playing havoc with my sleep.
Yesterday was reasonably busy, but today really took off. The owner was away this morning and in three hours we packed the parcels, served six customers and bought two lots of coins in. Both of them contained lots of low value coins, though one also contained an 18th century Norwich token and the other had a respectable looking George III sixpence and a Victorian half farthing in it.
I’ve been writing up an interesting piece for eBay. It’s something and nothing but it’s also personally associated with a 20th Century icon.
All will be revealed tomorrow…
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And there I was worrying about your health in the absence of posts and all the time, you were just having fun. I obviously have no soul because even a nicely enamelled florin doesn’t stir my heart much. Now bus tickets……
I do have some tickets somewhere, though I seem to recall they were tram tickets…
I’ll be waiting anxiously…
What? No Supper!
Marvellous florin. It has struck me that your last word before the announcement about your next post is an anagram of coin
I see what you mean. However, it isn’t a coin. 🙂
🙂
And belated happy birthday
The florin is beautiful! Who would want to spend it, anyway
🙂
I love the summertime but the heat and the early sunrise plays havoc with my sleep, too. What a beautiful coin that double florin is!
It’s the sunset which causes havoc for me 😕. Still, getting darker now!
Yes, 8.30 tonight was very dark indeed. Summer end tomorrow. 🙁
Yes, it’s a particularly nice example.
The Duke of Omnium was interested in decimal coinage.
To be honest, my contact with the Duke has been limited to watching “The Pallisers” back in the 70s – didn’t realise decimal coinage had cropped up. You live and learn…
I think Mr. Bonteen was the one pushing decimal coinage in Parliament.