We must be about onto 1767 now - not a good year for British coins so I have found this one from Utrecht - best I can do: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No - I do not have photoshop or anything similar, and I have been using just Paint to crop. Any recommendations?
Yes much truer to the colour, though maybe a bit more yellow. (Probably a cast from the desk lamp.) Interested in thoughts on the effect of...
I have finally got round to buying a decent camera. Herewith my first attempts - same coin. First pick is from my scanner set at 1200ppi. Second...
Before anyone gets too excited, these two are more typical of the tin farthings you will come across: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1690 William & Mary tin...
... and interestingly the German influence there lives on in the production of Tsingtau beer and I believe several German style wines.
Pidcocks Exhibition Farthing - 1790s: [ATTACH]
You mean like this one? [ATTACH] I picked it up about 12 years ago - I can't remember how much I paid but it wont be much over £100.
We made it to 1770 and backtracked to 1771, so by my reckoning we should be onto 1769. I have managed to find one in my Foreign (non-British for...
Most of my coins are British I am afraid, but this Threepence is particularly nice for 1770: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I hadn't noticed the double strike...
They are lovely coins - just bear in mind when buying that there are a lot of fakes of this series around - both good and bad! I have 16 different...
I had forgotten I had this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] France 5 Francs - Napoleon. Minted in Paris, Cursive initial for Pierre-Joseph Tiolier engraver...
At last - I get to post my best piece of George III Bronze: [ATTACH]
Yes - this one that I have posted before and now sold shows how far off some of them get: [ATTACH]
French 5 Franc 1867 BB with Cross (for Strasbourg 1860-1870) and Anchor (for Albert Desire Barre engraver). [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Ha! I can do one: [ATTACH] Indian Temple token imitating a Victorian Half Anna coin. I believe it is encourages traders to give correct measure.
Can't let the chain die for the want of a 1773! I didn't want to post any more of my coppers just yet but they are all I have for this date:...
Struggling with this one! Here is a Medal commemorating the visit of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Cardiff in 1907. The Coat of Arms of...
Trumped on my home territory! That's a beauty! :-)
I came across this in a bunch of foreign coins I put aside: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I believe it is a 7 Kreuzer coin from the Austro-Hungarian Empire,...
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