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    Edward half penny but which King?

    I would tentavily say Edward II, Withers Type 11; s. 1472. Edward III is not my thing, but usualy 'stars' and Lombardic Ns.
    Post by: John Scholefield, Feb 12, 2022 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Cleopatra and Mark Antony

    My example shows quite a contrast between him and her. [ATTACH]
    Post by: John Scholefield, Apr 22, 2021 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Zeeland Countermark

    [ATTACH] I originally bought this coin, a demi-teston of Henri II to add to my French collection. The countermark however has given me great fun....
    Thread by: John Scholefield, Mar 20, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: World Coins
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    French States (Château-Renault): copper double-tournois of François de Bourbon, ca. 1603-1605

    I think you need to become a specialist to understand this coin type. My book - "Doubles et Deniers Tournois de Cuivre Royaux et Feodaux...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 16, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    Coin Pictures vs. Coin Reality

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ebay (or other) pictures can work both ways. The top picture shows the sellers (a metal detectorist) Ebay pictures, and as I...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 14, 2021 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Eclectic coins

    [ATTACH] I collect French coins from 700 to 1900, and my collection is in part an adjunct to my interest in history. Some years ago, I was very...
    Thread by: John Scholefield, Mar 12, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: World Coins
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    Help in identifying a Denier Tournois

    The general view amongst French numismatists is that the Tour 'Chatel' design, evolves from the Hexastyle temple seen on the coins of Louis the...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 11, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    Help in identifying a Denier Tournois

    I'll concur with John Conduitt. Your coin, though a pleasant looking coin was quite difficult to read. Yours is probably quite a late coin in the...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 10, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    I thought might as well have this thread in World sector

    Ooh ~ Henri III of France was stabbed to death by a fanatical Dominican friar Jacques Clement in 1589, and his father Henri II met a grisly end...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 7, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    El cazador treasure coin Spanish silver

    Thanks for that - You have got me thinking _ the Capitan of the ship probably kept the coins (approx 700) in a wooden chest or maybe a pot and...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 4, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    El cazador treasure coin Spanish silver

    [ATTACH] Weight 24.41 g against 25.0 (book) People usually repeat what they have read or heard elsewhere. I am just supplying evidence, which I am...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 4, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    El cazador treasure coin Spanish silver

    [ATTACH] This coin, I am very confident has spent 170 years at the bottom of the Mediterranian, just off the coast of Mallorca, and not in...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Mar 4, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    ughhh this seller has so many fakes for sale

    I have a few 'counterfeits' in my collection of coins, mostly English and dating from the English Civil War (1640). They were meant to deceive and...
    Post by: John Scholefield, Feb 22, 2021 in forum: US Coins Forum