How about some toned Victorian Pennies: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This time a Crown - slightly larger than a Morgan Dollar for those not familiar. This one clearly shows the die-makers confusion over the date -...
Fake - or more accurately what they call a "Jewellers copy" made to loosely resemble a gold coin to be set in jewellery. May still have gold...
Ah yes - but if your vote is zero, you don't get a vote!
I'm afraid I'm another one for the zero option. I find the albums shown mildly interesting but I can't say I would want to look at them more than...
1693 William and Mary Half Crown. I love the design of these coins with the date in a circle around the centre. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The date...
Well it has gone very quiet on this thread, so I suppose I had better press on! We are onto William and Mary now, so here are two coins - a...
Certainly not proof. The lighter colour maybe because someone has harshly cleaned it (In cola or sauce) a long time ago and then it has re-toned...
That's a short question that opens up one of those never ending debates! I think the short answer is to do with the coins we have to grade. In...
It looks alright to me and you have done all the tests that are likely to throw up a fake. In it's (relatively) low grade and being Silver it...
Thanks for that info - I will use. I think I may have a problem with my local PO as it is a tiny insert in a small stationery shop that is about...
The old large 50p, 10p and 5p are cashable but you need to have an account at the bank and they want them in £5 bags generally. It does vary from...
They are still cashable at face value at any UK bank and I believe will remain so for quite a while yet. Shops are entitled to refuse them, but I...
I have found job lots of silver do better at local, non-expert auction houses where there are enough "amateur" dealers to bid things up in the...
Another shilling from me - 1695: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think they should do a little better than melt. The Australian 1927 Florins are a one off for that year and so sought after by some collectors,...
On to 1696 - a Shilling with the C beneath the bust for Chester. For a short period at this time coins were minted with a variety of city marks...
Mine for 1697 is a Half Crown: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The scratches over the 9 in the date are known as "adjustment marks" - post minting coins were...
Not great at today's auction - some one had a far greater estimation of the value of the job-lots than I did, so I didn't get any. Just this one...
No UK but plenty of Australian in this lot. Also interesting Haiti and Costa Rica coins I've not seen before over here in the UK. Very nice find...
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