A real Ivan VI ruble from the Moscow mint (MMD) can look a lot worse than the SPB one... https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces95668.html There...
Probably not a huge amount if this one is worth $26:...
It's a token from this book. The whole collection seems to be worth about $40...
This is a St Helena halfpenny token minted at Soho. At the time St Helena was controlled by the East India Company. The story (according to The...
Nice coin. I love Saxon coins but those from 8th century England are very sparse and not cheap! My only Offa is a cut halfpenny (but at least I...
That's a beautiful coin and some great photos of it. I have a rather clipped Edward the Confessor penny, which shares several characteristics...
Don't feel too bad about that. Inflation has done the same to most prices. My father bought a house in 1969 for £2,500. Today it would be worth...
Both mean 'toothlike', but a dentil is more to do with architecture.
Yes it seems the coppers were often over-struck, which would explain quite a lot: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html#overstrikes Beast...
My only Byzantine manages to get another showing ;) It's also a Justinian I from Nicomedia, but this one is on a flan that seems too large for...
An 1800 Wexford token https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1800-ireland-wexford-enniscorthy-1783376538 Worth quite a lot in perfect condition...
My Cnut is also London but isn't the helmet type and doesn't have a Scandinavian moneyer. (Working out the nationality of a moneyer is an art in...
Somehow, I don't have triangular. Oval, Ivan V, 1682-1696: [ATTACH] 8-sided Notgeld (always good for an unusual shape): [ATTACH] 5-sided(?)...
Look, it’s Mery Puppins!
The eternal question for gamblers everywhere.
If the halfpenny is a ha’pence then really the two pence should be a tuppence o_O (And strictly speaking it’s a ha’penny).
Yes I have one... [ATTACH] 41mm...Believe it or not, they weren't popular...hence mine is also 1797 ;) Apparently, it could buy you a pound of...
In many ways that's the more surprising charge. I mean, why bother?
It happens all the time on eBay. It can be insurance. It can be other things. To appear at the top if you sort by lowest price: [ATTACH] To...
Nice write up. Yes I had a look through it at the time, trying to identify my coin, as you do!
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