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    8 Reales Spanish Empire and Peninsulars for all

    Not Santa Fe de Bogota but Nuevo Reino de Granada, JV are Juan de Chavez y Victoriano del Valle respectively, 1759 to 1760
    Post by: Bardolph, Sep 14, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    How old must a coin be to become collectable?

    PS I meant my great grandchildren might one day appreciate some 30, 40 or 50 yr old BU Euro coins - my Irish pennies and halfpennies went years...
    Post by: Bardolph, Sep 8, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    How old must a coin be to become collectable?

    I began collecting post 1860 Victorian pennies over 70 years ago as a schoolboy - they were plentiful, though not in good condition, and we all...
    Post by: Bardolph, Sep 8, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    1901 2 shilling Florin

    How on earth did you get that at a bank? Are banks now selling demonetised UK coins? If so please let me know how I can buy/bid for the coins and...
    Post by: Bardolph, Aug 31, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    The Shipwreck Corner

    And just a small correction, the Admiral Gardner sank en route to India, which is why it was carrying a large quantity of uncirculated EIC...
    Post by: Bardolph, Aug 31, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    The Shipwreck Corner

    Hi Daffyd I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you believe your 8 reales to "be a Mexican". It is clearly- as you say - minted in Lima in...
    Post by: Bardolph, Aug 31, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    The Wyon family of engravers

    Not quite right. The three lions are the arms of England, the "lion in the shield" is in fact the royal arms of Scotland: Or, a lion rampant...
    Post by: Bardolph, Aug 28, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    1754 Mexico 1/2 Reales, Ferdinand VI, PCGS CF-40

    I don't know Brad Yonaka's work, but I find that the "Guia de las Cantidades Acuñadas, Cecas de Potosi y Lima" by Dr Glen Murray has everything...
    Post by: Bardolph, Aug 10, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    1887 BRITISH 5 POUND GOLD COIN WITH COUNTER STAMP TO THE LEFT OF THE DATE??

    I agree with SensibleSal, this is most likely to be a Chinese chop mark. My Spinks, when referring to the 1887 Jubilee gold £5 and £2 coins, says...
    Post by: Bardolph, Aug 8, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    This token doesn't exist (?)

    Major Fred Pridmore was the expert on British colonial coins ad tokens. http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=12718.0
    Post by: Bardolph, Jul 29, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Spanish Assayer/Die Sinker List

    The reference book that I use is Pellicer's Ensayadores - Las Emisiones Monetarias Hispanicas (Siglas XV - XXI)
    Post by: Bardolph, Jul 29, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Another well worn British coin - 1/2 penny 1861

    In my youth, these pennies (and ha'pennies too) were known as Honolulu pennies....
    Post by: Bardolph, Jul 26, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    A Florin That Shouldn’t Exist… And Yet It Does. Ever Seen Anything Like This?

    In all probability, it is a florin from any place except Florence. Florins were imitated by other states in for example Savoy, in Geneva, in...
    Post by: Bardolph, Jul 26, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Shipwrecks, politics and military career in two coins.

    A wonderful and fascinating election token or medal. I see from the internet that Gardner was elected as the member of Parliament for Plymouth in...
    Post by: Bardolph, Jul 26, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    The Sovereign

    Not sure how relevant this is, but I would get in touch with Glen Murray, a US citizen (born in LA in 1952) who has taken Spanish nationality. Not...
    Post by: Bardolph, Jan 20, 2025 in forum: World Coins