A couple of upgrades arrived yesterday - 1825 Shilling, type 2, and a 1683 Fourpence: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, prior to the Groat all GB coins were Pennies and across much of Europe the Denier, name derived from the Roman Denarius. (Hence the...
That was a brilliant deal for a coin in that condition. I would have strayed from my usual English coinage to pick that one up for that price. Was...
Very lovely coin, though not my area of interest. From the books I think I see Robert III first issue, Edinburgh mint and will date between 1390...
Most of the 1770s I have are so similar to my previous posts to be worth sharing, but here is a decent GB threepence. (I have the fourpence and...
A couple of interesting GB pieces - a very nice Halfpenny, Regal issue, and an unusual evasion, dated 1771 but with George II's bust. (He died in...
I picked this up from auction yesterday - Japan 1 Yen Year 28 (1895). Not desperately scarce, but a handsome design. Auction house had described...
A couple of very nice GB examples for 1772 - a halfpenny and a fourpence: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Spink is a bit out of date when it says the 1763 counterfeits are low grade. Some recent ones are very high grade and difficult to spot. The...
The silver small coins from 1763 to 1800 are often mis-labelled as Maundy coins, but there is no doubt they were also for circulation. The level...
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