Mine has to be this Isle of Man halfcrown. Not common, but not excessively rare either. This one sold at a St James' auction in 2014 for £2400...
Did you know that before you bought it? Or were you able to look it up before purchase? I find it quite difficult to remember all the world's...
Thank you. :)
Is that all one chop-mark then? The circular one and the one on the left of it?
Canadian Provinces, Montreal bank ½d 1844.[ATTACH]
That's the first time I've heard of that, but I understand what you mean. Of course, now I'm going to ask you if you have a picture please? :pics:...
Costa Rica 10 colones 1975 KM#204 [ATTACH]
If you ever use World of Coins, they've not failed me yet. Post decent images there if you can.
Nice haul. There's something familiar about number 6 too, but it eludes me for the moment.
Lovely 2 kroner, KM#838.1 [ATTACH]
7. Wiedenbruck 3 pfennig? [ATTACH] It's not KM#38 but it's the right state I think.
It's almost a shame to move away from those lovely thalers, but this chap's handsome too eh? :) [ATTACH]
Nonsense. K is for King Arthur, not Kitch. :yuck: [ATTACH]
Zinc is troublesome. This is probably the best zinc coin I have: [ATTACH] Most look more like this: [ATTACH] Do any of you take steps to...
Isle of Man penny 1798 KM#11 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's a fabulous coin. Whenever I see something like that I always wonder what happened to the coins struck directly before, and after if the die...
Clag = crud / dirt / debris. It's a proper numismatic term and everything: "It's a nice piece but a bit claggy". :p It looks silver because the...
That's them. The ones that didn't make any farthings in 1879. ;)
Thanks for the comparison photos - very useful. I've removed most of the clag in the design on mine, and rephotographed. Have a look at these -...
You're absolutely right, there is some powdery verdigris forming which should come away easily enough with luck. I was looking at it last night...
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