Thank you so much for the info about the coins - I've forwarded the URL to David because he will be interested too.
Oh, that's interesting to see the toothbrush effect. I've seen those, sandpaper and crumpled aluminium foil all mentioned separately for texturing - and the dress-making pin for cake slices. It's amazing what gets used for polyclay.
Poor old Blightey, she's not popular is she?