[ATTACH] my first real non UK coin................and then i was hooked.
they were included in the full circulation proof set without the gold and maunday coins.
it is a UK set and the upper left is a soveriegn and the upper right is a half soveriegn, the set is a silver and gold set with the maunday set...
[ATTACH] in my opinion one of the most beautiful coins of all time................thanks to CGB for the image
my 50 centimes came from my change in a restaurant in benedet brittany in uncirculated.
that would be great calum,
french coins are never dull and boring, from the hammered coins of the middle ages right up to the newest euro's they are always beautiful. any...
just dip the coin for a couple of minutes then rinse in cols water and dab dry, it usually works well and doesn't destroy any patina on the coin,...
out of interest how much did you pay for the cromwell shilling? the commonwealth shilling will inevitably cost much less possibly 2 to 3 hundred...
the coins were the same size as the circulating coins and the weight from what i remember was very similar, they were made of metal in those days...
whoever did this to this beautiful coin to make a fast buck should be shot! [ATTACH]
sounds very much like a mint error to me,
clinker you are a genius, i loved reading this thread and the coins are superb..............don't ever stop buddy.
this type of coinage was referred to as "bull head" coins, the portrait of george was apparently taken from a neo classical sculpture of him....
it certainly is, the imperial coinage always looks striking with the crowned eagle, as a side did you also know the vatican have their own euros?
the ones immediately prior to this set were a beautiful and simplistic design, but the marrianne coins always have that extra panache which coins...
the 5 pfennig is a beaut of a coin, and the vatican ones aren't bad either.
glad you got it, perhaps there were no leaves on the roads in cumbria............lol is it OK?
i have always liked the definitive canadian coins from the early bank tokens onward, what are the known varieties of the victoria large cents? i...
we used to use similar ones at primary school in the early 60's a bit more modern but similar all the same.
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