It's been a long time since i posted here, but i'd like to share my own collection. So far this includes the following: William III half penny circa 1700 George I half penny, badly worn George II half pennies in varying conditions Various coins from the reign of George III, including a well-preserved cartwheel penny dated 1806 and another one apparently flattened by a train George IV Irish issue penny and farthing William IV threepence, 1836 Many Victorian and Edwardian coins, the best being a silver florin from 1853 Various coins from the reigns of George V, George VI and Elizabeth II My foreign coins include: Bronze Roman coin from Hadrian's Wall Unidentified Indian coin, apparently from the 16th century 17th century Chinese coin Louis XIV coin bearing the inscriptions "Ludovicus Magnus" and "veteres vocavabit" German coin dated 1754 (possibly Frederick the Great) Revolutionary-era coin with Louis XVI as "King of the French" Napoleonic coin featuring Marianne and dated 1793 Pius IX 1 Soldo, 1807 Austrian coin dated 1816 Turkish coins from the reign of Abdul Mejid I Napoleon III centime coin dated 1856 Indian Quarter Anna, 1858 Russian 5 Kopecks, 1868 Canadian penny, 1857 Canadian cent, 1884 US 5 cents, 1862 US Indian head cent, 1903 Square Indian 2 Anna coin, 1919 Mexican 5 Pesos, 1947
Sure thing Mark. Here is my Victorian farthing, two East India Co quarter Annas, and the silver 1853 florin:
It's hard to tell whether it's a 6 or a 0. Here's a few more of my coins: Italy: Pius IX France: five centimes 8th year of the Revolution (1796) France: Ludovicus Magnus, undated (possibly a medal or token) France: Louis XVI, possibly from the first year of the revolution as there's an A where the date should be
Hello I know you joined CT about a year ago but let me take this opportunity to personally say WELCOME TO THE FORUM. I look forward to your posts and of course I'd always like to see some clear & tightly cropped photos of your coins.
Yeah...but, as I see, is surely Pius IX, and Pius IX was Pope from 1846 to 1878. He struck coins until 1870, then Papal States were annexed to Kingdom of Italy. 1 Soldo coins were struck only in 1866 and 1867. petronius :smile
This is the best i can do. Being 17th or 18th century, the coin is quite worn, though you can just make out the image of the Sun King and the inscription Ludovicus Magnus Rex:
Over the holidays i acquired a few more coins: Ghana - silver 10 shillings, 1958 Poland - 20 Grozer, 1623 Austria-Hungary - 20 Kreuzer, 1846 Imperial Germany - 2 pfennigs, 1874 Nazi Germany - 5 and 10 pfennigs, 1940 and 1941 Victorian forgery of a George III florin Islamic coins bearing the dates "1271" and "1281"
