Kyrgyzstan 5 & 10 som 2015 - Kyz Kuumai

New collectors issue in CuNi and Silver: "National sports and folk games: Kyz Kuumai " This is a picture of the CuNi coin of 5 som...

The Duke of Rutland gets nul points

At the start of the month I reported that the Duke of Rutland was standing in a rather esoteric by-election - one to fill a vacancy for a h...

Austria 10 euros 2015 - Burgenland

New copper and silver commemoratives: "States collection 8th coin: Burgenland " (image and information from www.numismatica-visual...

Paraguay 1 guarani 2015 - Tereré

New silver commemorative: "X Iberoamerican series: Tereré "

Mexico 20 pesos 2015 - Air Force Centenary

New bimetallic circulating commemorative: " Mexican Air Force Centenary " (news and image by Limon Talha and Pabitra Saha ) LINK:...

Pondering The Pause

It seems a contradiction the older you get the less you mind waiting.  With fewer hours on your life clock, it would make sense to not favor...

Disused railway stations in Derbyshire

A bumper selection that threatens to stop halfway through and then carries on. Both the Peak District and industrial Derbyshire are well cov...

Simon Jenkins and moral equivalence with the Chinese regime

View image | gettyimages.com When Simon Jenkins started writing for the Guardian back in 2005, I blogged that he had quickly worked out wh...

Listening to Dapper Laughs

I arrived at the Battle of Ideas at lunchtime on Saturday and found there was a debate on comedy and offence starting shortly in one of the...