That is a beautiful and really impressive series! Thanks!
What is Maundy? This, from Wiktionary, doesn't really help: Noun maundy (plural maundies) (obsolete) A commandment. (obsolete) The sacrament...
I thank you for a most comprehensive response, sir, to a question I couldn't even articulate! I'll copy and paste that where it can be quickly...
That's beautiful...rimless I note; the ornate two is much finer, as is the EAR The Crown also looks simpler...not as busy. Really sweet! My...
Ah, yes...lesson taken! Wot, then, is a Bob? Or a Quid? And a Crown?...all to a Pound Sterling! And if 2 and 6 is to a Half-Crown: what's the...
1944 British George VI Two Shillings [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Another find in today's post. Sloth and haste worked successfully against peeling it...
1846A German States Hannover 2 Pfennige [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 23.25mm; 4.6gm; smooth edge. This just arrived in my mailbox. I've gotten quite a...
Somebody loves you...I wonder who?
There'll be more, soon's I find 'em in this heap...Thanks.
And so do I...along with at least dozens of others that will drool on they keyboard while viewing that glittering hoard! Magnifique!
1914 Deutsches Reich 1 Mark [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Too lazy to peel it outta the flip for specs tonight. The Magnificent Eagle...ain't she grand?...
1933 British George V One Shilling [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I could have yanked this out of the flip for specs...but it's late, and I'm nothing if not...
1878 Spain Alfonso XII Diez Centimos [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~30.2mm; 10.0gm; smooth edge. Bad old rim ding on reverse at about 9 o'clock, which...
1883 Spain Alphonso XII Una Peseta [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~23.0mm; 4.9gm (.1gm short); reeded edge. The thing that strikes me most about this is...
I'm getting error messages trying to post there. Anybody know what's up? Nowhere else on the site are there issues, as far as I've looked. Been...
1870 Spain 2 Pesetas [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~27.15mm; 9.8gm (.2gm light!); reeded edge. Pretty worn, as most of mine are. Anybody got a clue about...
Them's real beautiful, Derick.
gluttonous (comparative more gluttonous, superlative most gluttonous) Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating. Greedy. Probably you...
Very Good, Paddy! Thanks for the concise history.
1845 East India Company One Cent [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~28.65mm; 8.9gm; smooth edge. Her Majesty as a young woman...refreshingly slender! Pretty...
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