Thanks @Pavlos - that gives me enough to go on.
The chap who has brought me a lot of ancient coins before has left me with another pile to ID with a view to selling to me. This one he maintains...
This just arrived for me - the last of the Queen Anne Halfcrowns I needed. 1706 is in the book as not the scarcest but has proved the most...
Picked up these two yesterday. First is an Armorican Gallo-Belgic billon Stater class 2 from around 75 to 50BC. I had this coin for identification...
This one just in amongst a batch of French medallions: [ATTACH]
Great - confirms it is contemporary counterfeit. Regal issue at that time is over 9g, up to 9.6g.
Difficult to be sure without the weight, but definitely looks contemporary counterfeit to me. By the time of the new copper coins of 1797 there...
Actually it is a bit of an optical illusion - most of the design is deeply incuse and nothing is higher than the original surface, so not as...
Here's one with an unexpected hat that has just arrived: [ATTACH]
Now with most of the wax/shellac cleaned off using Surgical spirit (rubbing alcohol in the US). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A few recent pickups: Philip and Mary Shilling, 1555 during the brief period where GB had both Queen Mary and Philip of Spain on our coins:...
I am sure I have some somewhere, although I haven't seen any in change for a while. The ones I have will be from circulation, so far from perfect....
I picked up these from the family of a deceases amateur collector a couple of days ago. I think I have them correctly identified, but please...
Picked up this one last week - a fairly standard 1775 contemporary counterfeit but with surprisingly good detail. The blob on the left of the...
Eritrean Tallero and Ethiopian Birr - both featuring unusual crowns: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Easiest way is just to drag the picture file into the message area. You will then have the choice of including it just as a thumbnail or a full...
It depends... If you are keeping it for yourself, then grading is entirely personal preference. (I don't.) If you are selling, it depends a lot on...
All the ones I have seen have been crudely made with uneven rims. Quite often they have a mounting loop, although I am not sure these were...
I have had these many times here in the UK. Not entirely clear what purpose, if any, they had but gaming counter or souvenir token probably covers...
... and this one a penny of Edward II - certainly murdered, though whether this was as a result of of a colorectal intrusion using a red-hot poker...
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