Coins with fractional and mixed number denominations

1890 Ceylon 1/2 cent

 

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No, I did not mean from you (although still interesting). I meant from NGC & Co. It would save having to crack the slab to check the weight and exact diameter. But if they often do not even bother to put the ruler's name on the slab, not much hope of getting the weight and diameter. Of course, they still get the wrong identification on some coins, so I guess they are still working on that.

 

Ottoman Empire
1/4 Cedid mahmudiye AH1223+32= 1838/9
Kostantiye Mint
Sultan Mahmud II 1808-39

 

You are absolutely correct. The TPG firms should include much more important info! They seem to do a better job on "Ancients".
John

PS: My last post should have read....
Ottoman Empire
AV Cedid Mahmudiye AH1223/32 (1838/9)
Sultan Mahmud II 1808-39
Kostantiye Mint

 

My offering, Netherlands 1906 2 1/2 cents, ANACS MS 63 RB. I especially like the look of the large two.

 

It will be a die test to see what they look like on copper. There would be no shortage of Charles II halfpennies to use as a blank. You have to remember that the last copper issue prior to 1689 was a decade before, with only tin farthings and halfpennies struck from 1684 onwards. The halfpenny therefore would have been the most readily available blank for a test.

 

1944 D Netherlands Antilles - Curacao, 2 1/2 cent. Denver mint, wartime.

 

Braunschwieg-Lunenberg
AV 2 1/2 Thaler 1829
Braunschwieg Mint
Herzog Karl II 1815-30

 

Papal States, 2 1/2 Baoicchi, 1796
Obverse: St. Peter holding keys, "S.P APOSTOLORUM PRINCEPS"
Reverse: "*** BAIOCCHI DVE E MEZZO ROMANI 1796"

 

1902 GB half penny

 

Merovingian Empire
AV Triens ND Brivate Mint (Brioude) RegnalIssue
Theudebert II 586-612 King of Austrasia/ Auvergne

This coin is probably only one in existance/ not in Prou/ Grierson

 

Nice, and of course I had to look up Merovingian Empire and learn a bit more.

 

1863 pattern shilling by Charles Wiener, with the denomination given as a half florin. One I culled from the collection when I changed direction and have regretted ever since.

 

Thank you!
I do the same all the time/ that makes our hobby so much fun.
John

 

Here's an odd one, 1844 GB half farthing

 

How did we manage before the internet ?

 

We read books. Very useful things that don't die when the internet goes down.

 

I still like books but I do not have a book on the Merovingians or a thousand other topics close at hand

 

I prefer books to digital info. However, most works on Merovingian coinage is obsolete. We need a revision that shows all recent finds/ and has enlarged colour plates.

 

Unusual token from Schlesweig-Holstein 10-100 mark, I think it is. Panzer Man could probably read it better than I can.