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    Another coin crossed off the wish list: 1797 "Cartwheel" twopence

    Yes, one of my favourite coins too. Only issued in the one year as they proved unpopular. They survive in decent condition quite frequently,...
    Post by: PaddyB, Sep 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM in forum: World Coins
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    World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

    For some reason I don't seem to have posted this one, which arrived a few weeks ago. 1691 GB Crown, William and Mary with my favourite reverse...
    Post by: PaddyB, Sep 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM in forum: World Coins
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    When does a coin become a fragment?

    Instinctively I wanted to say less than 50% would be a fragment, but the relevant dictionary definition is "an isolated or incomplete part". I...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 27, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Mary Groat Condition Query

    If we are sharing, here is my example. Not as good as the OP I would say, but the best that has come my way so far: [ATTACH]
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 25, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Mary Groat Condition Query

    Just in case you hadn't realised, your friend's groat is from Mary's reign before she married Philip of Spain. Your groat is from after that...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 25, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Mary Groat Condition Query

    For many GB collectors of hammered coins the formal Grade is irrelevant. Much more important is the overall eye-appeal. That coin has it! With the...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 25, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Victoria 1847 Undecimo Crown

    Yes, the 1847 "Gothic" Crown is much sought after and deemed by many British coin collectors the most attractive Crown we ever produced. Subject...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 23, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    UK Silver Token Usage

    Yes, the bull head coins were part of the Second Great Recoinage, which started in 1816 and basically set the size and style of British coinage...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 20, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    UK Silver Token Usage

    Nice token! I think Dalton Somerset 49. I think there is no doubt these were in general circulation up to about 1816. The Napoleonic wars meant no...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 20, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    Pompeii the New Dig - House of Treasures - PBS Television

    Well done for extracting those images! Certainly interesting coins. This series showed here in the UK earlier in the year - well worth watching.
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 9, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

    Picked up yesterday: 1889 GB Penny. There are varieties for most Victorian pennies and this one has obverse 12 and reverse N, listed by Freeman as...
    Post by: PaddyB, Aug 3, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

    This arrived yesterday - GB 1713 Half Crown with Roses and Plumes in the angles. Nice coin, shame about the engraving on the obverse, but in hand...
    Post by: PaddyB, Jul 26, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

    Well, here is a real rarity for any GB coin collectors! William II (Rufus) Penny, S1259, believed to be Osbern of Salisbury, 1087 to 1100 AD: [ATTACH]
    Post by: PaddyB, Jul 6, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    [Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

    I can do 1653 with this GB Commonwealth Shilling: [ATTACH]
    Post by: PaddyB, Jul 5, 2025 in forum: World Coins
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    [Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

    The only coin I have for 1658 is this GB Cromwell shilling, a cast copy! [ATTACH]
    Post by: PaddyB, Jun 21, 2025 in forum: World Coins