On Apr 18, 11:36*am, Peter wrote:
On Apr 18, 10:31*am, oly wrote:

I agree with all of that. *I thought that the salesmen at Spinks were
among the best salesmen I've encountered. *The prices seemed a little
high when I went and my grandson had his portion of BS rather soon
after we arrived so I didn't buy anything.

There are some other interesting coin shops near the National Portrait
Gallery but further up from Trafalgar.

I am simply in heaven when I am in the National Portrait Gallery. I
like it even better than the National Gallery of Art, which is also
wonderful. However, I did wonder about the portraits of Jenny Lind
(the Swedish Nightengale), Mrs. Simpson (Wallis, the Duchess of
Windsor) and one other late nineteenth century fellow whose name
escapes me. Were they eventually British citizens? Also, the
portrait of John Maynard Keynes seemed to be AWOL.

I wish I could remember the name of the other fellow I questioned, as
his status seemed to me to be the thorniest of the three. It was not
poet T.S. Eliott, an American (Missourian) by birth whose naturalized
British status I was aware of.

I still intend to write about where to see coins in Museums. It will
just take a little time.

oly