OK - an update and thanks for all your input. The sets were blue boxed sets, so Base metal. (The paperwork was with them, so I could see this. I...
Yes - very much all that. Sad his family forgot him (or maybe they just died out?). Great that it was a youngster who spotted the relevance of the...
Sadly not. I made up my mind early to restirct my collection to coins - predominantly British and as far back as I can go. If that was an...
That's brilliant - thanks! So Base metal - face value or a little over, Silver at bullion?
I am going to a local auction in the UK tonight. One lot is described in the catalogue: BOXED PROOF SET OF 50 US STATE QUARTERS 1999-2008 - SAN...
[ATTACH] I thought some of you would be interested in an update on this death plaque. William Benjamin Reynolds proved to be a unique hit on the...
Glad to have been of assistance! I would be interested to know which books you have ordered? The Spinks annual book is the standard over here and...
Yes - that looks about right for that coin at retail. I would espect to pay a bit less over here as they are surprisingly common. Nice coin -...
If this is for a Class IVb Edward I penny minted in London then the Spinks number would be S1395 and North 1024. The Spinks price as at 2011 was...
Well not entirely your fault this time! There is a fault in the caption to the halfpenny above - the North number should read 1086 if it is a...
Very Useful! Berwick mint is a whole story to itself as they used their own dies and made less of a distinction between the reigns of Edward I,II...
OK - North does not give different numbers for different mints, so they could still be the same or differring mints. What North number did they...
I like them both and my decision would be based more on the isuing mints - have you made up your mind which mints they are from? The top one...
I thought I would post some of my 17th Century Crowns for your delectation! 1677 Charles II Crown - he was the son of Charles I who was beheaded...
Thanks for adding the pictures. I have just spent a happy (?) hour going through Krause 19th century (168 pages!) and got no good match. There are...
Sadly no picture...?
That is one stunner of a medallion! The artistry that allowed them to get such a range of colours in the copper is wonderful and rare. Even though...
Yes - very beautiful. I was fortunate enough to be at University College, which is housed largely in the Castle and known to everyone else as...
I would happily be trading with you if I had any Durham tokens! Sadly not a single one, even though I was at University there in the 1980s.
I scanned this in response to a message on another thread so I thought I would put it up here too. [ATTACH]
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