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An Island Castle
St. Michael's Mount sounds like a most interesting place to tour. Do you know how many of the family members still live there? How interesting that warmth lingers due to the rocks retaining the heat of the day, and plants like the bird-of ...
dustytoes, on 01/26/2019
Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales
Hi, dustytoes. Most people never heard of Pentamerone, yet it's the backbone of dozens of classic fairy tales. I prefer looking at Basile as an writer/editor than writer/author, because most of the motifs in his book were already circulating in ...
Tolovaj, on 01/26/2019
Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales
I've never heard of this. What wild imaginations this writer must have had!
dustytoes, on 01/24/2019
Islander: a journey round our archipelago. A Review
The number that you quote is accurate, but I suggest that whoever was the author of that saying thought that all those buried there were saints. St Elgar, a Saxon who was enslaved in Ireland, but who escaped dwelt there. Monks' graves are all ...
frankbeswick, on 01/22/2019
Islander: a journey round our archipelago. A Review
frankbeswick, Thank you for the backstories and products. Do you know who are the saints buried there and where? (An article, Edge of Wales Walk Umylon Cymru, referenced in the Wikipedia article on Bardsey Island mentions the number as 20,000. ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/22/2019
Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin Program
The two varieties allow the mint to charge a higher premium for the proof coins, but there is a higher expense in keeping the dies polished and replaced more frequently, and minting with a greater press pressure. The 0.900 is the United States ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/19/2019
Coin Features British History and Lore
Coin value for bullion should be close to the price of the precious metal it contains. This is rated bullion by the Pobjoy Mint, and the pre-sale prices are acceptable for bullion. However, the low mintage gives the coin a potential for ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/19/2019
Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin Program
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practical information and product lines. Why is it that "The five-dollar gold coin comes in two varieties, proof and uncirculated. The gold coins have a purity of 0.900, which is less than the 0.925 ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2019
Coin Features British History and Lore
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practicalities and products. Where you say that "The coin is rated bullion, but it is being minted with a rather low mintage of only fifty thousand pieces," what would be an expected, medium or high mintage?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2019
Walled Gardens: a review
The garden is Felbbrigg Hall in Norfolk, East England.
Many walled gardens are completely enclosed, but in smaller properties, such as vicarages, the house and garden can be integrated, with the wall of the house constituting one of the garden ...
frankbeswick, on 01/18/2019
Walled Gardens: a review
frankbeswick, Thank you for the backstory, current situation and book. Does the wall enclose the garden so that it is always separate from the rest of the property or is it possible to have a walled property within which dwelling, garden and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/17/2019
2019 Official Alaska State Medallion
I do space twice between sentences.
I have no control over scrolling. It must be a wizzley thing.
As for which are gilded and which not, the mint makes both each year. The gilded medallions cost more, and are wonderful to view.
blackspanielgallery, on 01/16/2019
2019 Official Alaska State Medallion
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practicalities and products. Why, and for what or whom, is it that only "some silver medallions are selectively plated in twenty-four karat gold"? The 2018 medallion particularly looks stunning in all its ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/16/2019
Collecting Silver Bullion Coins
Two interesting questions. First, the Chinese used to make one ounce silver Panda coins. The Troy ounce is 31.1035 grams. With the new 30 gram coin they save a little precious ,metal. on each coin, which can really add up over time.
The ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/12/2019
Collecting Silver Bullion Coins
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practical information and product lines. Why does the Royal Australian Mint not do bullion? Why is the Chinese Panda bullion coin being minted with less than one ounce of silver when value reflects metal ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/12/2019