Thanks for the tag! I think I would also go with Henry VII - far less ornamentation in the ribbon around the bust. Not sure about S2207 though -...
Just for the hell of it - here are the other main coins I picked up today - a nice set of Victoria Jubilee silver coins. The Crown is 1888 and the...
Todays pickups at my local flea market: 1888 Britannia Groat (Fourpence) issued for use in British Guinea. Henry VI (1422-1430) Half Groat S1836...
The US is probably the biggest coin collecting market in the world. Most of the next tier are Western or European nations including the UK,...
This one is the first major upgrade to my own collection for quite a while! Mary I Groat, S2492 mm Pomegranate ~1553. These things are very...
Just another thought - get off the auction treadmill! As you have discovered it gets frustrating and unfulfilling as you get to the higher value...
All printed guides are out of date as soon as they are printed, and at their best are only as good as the effort they put in. Use Krause, but...
For anyone still interested in this I have managed to sort out the words over the Monkey's head. The transliteration is roughly: "Such Bolo Pura...
Except that the puck is in reverse and so has been made from a finished medal impressed on it, not the original dies? IMHO.
Yes 1844 is not a particularly difficult date. The scarcest are 1852 and 1853 (the latter is the one I still need!). There are quite a few...
Yes I think they are monkeys. I think the comment is the British rule was like being ruled by monkeys. The one with the scales looks like he is...
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