The copper plugs were usually used with Tin coins, so that might be the metal used. The copper has an electrolytic effect, which reduces corrosion.
A couple of upgrades arrived yesterday - 1825 Shilling, type 2, and a 1683 Fourpence: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, prior to the Groat all GB coins were Pennies and across much of Europe the Denier, name derived from the Roman Denarius. (Hence the...
That was a brilliant deal for a coin in that condition. I would have strayed from my usual English coinage to pick that one up for that price. Was...
Very lovely coin, though not my area of interest. From the books I think I see Robert III first issue, Edinburgh mint and will date between 1390...
Most of the 1770s I have are so similar to my previous posts to be worth sharing, but here is a decent GB threepence. (I have the fourpence and...
A couple of interesting GB pieces - a very nice Halfpenny, Regal issue, and an unusual evasion, dated 1771 but with George II's bust. (He died in...
I picked this up from auction yesterday - Japan 1 Yen Year 28 (1895). Not desperately scarce, but a handsome design. Auction house had described...
A couple of very nice GB examples for 1772 - a halfpenny and a fourpence: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Spink is a bit out of date when it says the 1763 counterfeits are low grade. Some recent ones are very high grade and difficult to spot. The...
The silver small coins from 1763 to 1800 are often mis-labelled as Maundy coins, but there is no doubt they were also for circulation. The level...
OMS = "Off Metal Strike" - when a coin is struck on a flan of the wrong metal type.
These two arrived in the last week. The 1709 shilling is fairly standard - I bought it because the incumbent for that date had been "doctored" to...
All I have are GB coppers again for 1774. First two are halfpennies - the first is genuine (Regal) I believe, the second a contemporary...
A couple of GB coppers to share - a contemporary counterfeit Halfpenny and a Regal (I believe) Farthing. For 1775 I have yet to get a decent...
I have a couple marked 1776 - a very interesting Drury Lane ticket or tally, and a more common GB Fourpence: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This finally arrived having returned across the pond to good old Blighty. Charles II Shilling, 1676, one of the scarcer dates and not bad...
Not my area of expertise, but it seems from the catalogues as if the term Kurush was used in Turkey, while Piastre was used across the rest of the...
But it is 1778!
The only 1778 I have is the Austrian Netherlands: [ATTACH]
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