Personally I prefer this design to many of it's predecessors. The idea of Britannia 'wearing' the British Isles and protecting it with her Trident...
I recently acquired this 2017 250 Pounds Britannia 20 oz silver PF70UC coin and have been trying to find out a bit more about it. Diameter 100 mm,...
Looks like a bullion 5 pounds (quintuple sovereign) issue to me. It is equivalent to 5 sovereigns and should weigh exactly 39.90 grams (7.98 X 5)...
That is correct. It will not damage the metal at all, I think. I use the same procedure for cleaning my antique silver. Saves polishing and the...
Nice win. I have consigned some to them for this auction. Keeping my fingers crossed
And now has the situation changed at Mansfeld vis-a-vis the virgin maidens? All safe now!! Reminds me of the joke which goes: Did you know that...
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And that too a Roman style sword:p TBH a spear makes more sense as you can hurl it at the offending dragon:).....with a sword one has to engage...
Thanks John. Sometimes these items of beauty do provide an adrenaline boost:D;) I've been toying with the idea of reducing my collection to...
1937 Proof Sovereign [ATTACH] Can't seem to find any more variations of the theme (in my collection) at the moment ;)
Henry VIII Gold Angel [ATTACH] 2005 Proof Sovereign Set [ATTACH] 200th Anniversary Proof issue of the Pistrucci design (2017 Sovereign) [ATTACH]
I think I can muster up a few variants of that theme too: Russia 1764 Rouble: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Russia 1767 10 Roubles [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The coins I have posted are all fairly desirable and quite difficult to find. The 1892 silver proof sixpence and 2 shilings (Florin) in proof...
That's the problem with early English coins. You had to be able to recognise them from size and weight as they didn't carry any denomination...
HAHAHA A comedy of errors, OP posts a sixpence and calls it a shilling and I post an actual shilling and type in sixpence:D:D:D All this...
This one is graded. One of the reasons I mostly buy graded coins is the large number of fakes in the market. I don’t profess to know every coin...
I would have guessed you'd cheer for Charles I:happy:;). TBH Cromwell ended up doing exactly what he initially opposed....a dynastic pseudo...
I find this quite an attractive piece. Thanks for sharing
Agreed:)
France 1815 20 Francs. Rather uninspiring, I feel even the portrait is very ordinary. However this was struck during the famous 100 days war after...
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