New Zealand Coins

From 1933 to 1967, it is my (completely impartial!!) opinion that New Zealand had the most attractive coinage of any country. The photos below prove it of course - I'll be adding the halfpenny, penny and florin at some point, but might skip the half crown which was shall we say the ugly one in the bunch.

The photos can be seen here

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Understanding Science

My son picked up this bunch of magazines from a recycling shop at the Motueka tip a few years back. He read all 60 of them cover to cover and it didn't do his understanding of science any harm at all. As for me, I liked the cover art - there's something very reassuring about blokes turning dials, stirring evil liquids and messing with equipment.

The magazines were published in England in the early 60's by the good people at Sampson Low - costing 2 shillings per copy . The price of 52 weekly copies was 6 pounds 10.

I've added some photos of the covers here

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Royal Doulton Blackberry

Click the photo below to view a flickr photo set of this collection;



My parents have a great collection of Royal Doulton Blackberry. This stuff was made in the UK in the mid 1930's. They have taken some better photos of it and they can be seen at the following Flickr link.

Blackberry Photos