I turned up this 1897 Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medallion today. Measures about 29mm and appears to be silver. Struggling to learn more about it -...
A couple of decent halfcrowns from auction yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
British 1 1/2 penny (usually called a Threehapence) 1834, William IV in silver: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Tiny coin!
Drachm form the reign of Ariarathes VII Philometor in Cappadoccia 116 to 101BC: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
James II Crown 1687: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'll see your Athelred II and raise you and Edward the Confessor: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow - this thread has gone crazy in the last 24 hours! Obviously a good topic. Here is another of my Saxon kings - Athelred II, known as the...
My oldest "English" piece - Athelwulf penny, circa 850AD: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I like that idea! How about this one, which I am told is Mauryan Empire - India circa 200BC: [ATTACH]
Certainly looks like one of the fakes to me - the edge is very poorly struck and that is the area the counterfeiters had the greatest problems...
St Helena Halfpenny 1821: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is one of mine - 1903 Straits Dollar, made larger in this year than later: [ATTACH]
See later discussions. One Scottish shilling at the time had equivalent value to one English Penny. (And, by the way, 60 pence is five shillings -...
How about Zanzibar - 1 Pysa 1881: [ATTACH]
As others have posted, it was about the same size as an English 5 shilling Crown of the same period. Scotland had experienced much higher...
OK not the greatest coin in the world but this 1683 Charles II Shilling is the first time I have filled a gap in this series for several years....
Oh - I am intrigued - how did they achieve plating without electricity?
I have acquired this coin after it was brought to me at the market yesterday. It weighs about 5.25g and measures 18.8mm at the longest across. I...
Nothing outstanding but pleased to pick up these two in a job lot today. The 1859 Penny is the small date version. The 1822 Ireland Halfpenny is...
I go along with most of the above, though the capped bust dime looks like 1822 to me. I might do better with the Victoria Sixpence but the...
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