That coin might be not too bad under all that grunge. It is acceptable to clean ancient coins with care - nothing abrasive but a soak in Acetone...
Thanks @Mark Metzger - I can't say it is really my area of expertise, but I believe what you have there is one of the first milled Charles II...
Yes - Isle of Man has done many of these. (Motorbikes too.) The only one I have a picture of at the moment is this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well here's an oddity for you - an Australian "Seven Pence" coin - created by some wag by insetting a Sixpence into a Penny! [ATTACH]
I concur with the view that they are probably not fake - if I had any doubts it would be on the first one, but the weight is right, so probably...
For completeness, here is the Quarter Farthing - 1/16th of a Penny and so 1/3840th of a pound! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes - 1923 was the year they changed the design and made 72000 of each. By global standards that is quite a low mintage, but for Jersey coins...
Jersey has some notably odd fractions - here are their 1/12th and 1/24th Shilling coins. They also did 1/13th and 1/26th shilling coins, but I...
A couple of upgrades picked up yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have to say this is my least favourite sort of coin but it was at an auction today and seemed cheap enough, so I bought it with this thread in...
Another Nova Scotia Penny but this one Queen Victoria and a different design: [ATTACH] As flowers seem to have stalled, how about a shift to...
I agree - which is why I still have them! But sentimental value is now measured in 100s of kilos in weight. When I go to the great coin fair in...
It is always a shame to see a coin holed, but you have to remember these pennies were exceedingly common at the time, and still are now. In that...
Well if we are going to turn this "penny" thread into a parade of Victorian coins, here are a few more: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1843 Threehalfpence...
Yes - I have all the coins I have posted here - and an awful lot more! I have been doing it for "only" about 20 years (ignoring the year or two as...
This is what she looked like in her youth - at least on her coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Ah - what you need is one of these: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The only time I have seen anything similar is with the tin farthings and halfpennies issued in England from 1684 to 1692. These had a copper plug...
No problem. As far as I am aware they both aim really at dissolving the organic material on the coins - grease, wax, fats etc, which have...
Acetone is different from Rubbing Alcohol. The latter is Ethanol - the same stuff people drink - but mixed with other chemicals to make it...
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