I don't know how it works in the US, but in the UK the best bet for genuinely unresearched lots is to pick them up at what we call "Car boot...
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Must be time for 1753: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Must be about time to move on to 1754: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I suspect some of these might be Chinese Chess playing pieces. I picked up this set at a market here in the UK the other day - no one else knew...
OK - these have been posted in the Exonumia thread under Coin Chat, but maybe they will see a different audience here: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
It doesn't really work if you make them touch. The layout above, which is sealed in the 2008 Royal Mint set, was how they were intended to work....
Yes - will be Nickel plated steel (test with a magnet if in doubt). One of the standard use UK coins at present and worth just 5p UK (maybe 6...
Nothing more seems to be happening on 1758, so here are my offerings for 1757. After this I miss out until 1754. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is also very much a matter of taste. Personally I hate slabbed coins - for me that takes away all the joy of the history of the coin as it...
Provided we can get past 1755 I can then carry on with every year until 1670!
Seems to have gone quiet on 1759 so here are some 1758s: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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