So many topics of conversation from this reply! On tokens/coins depending on counter stamps - I had never really given it much thought. I am not...
The great fun in buying job lots at local auctions in the UK is the range and age of paranumismatica you turn up. This handful was just kicking...
Thanks @Jwt708 - I no longer work but I have a busy day today (Friday) - auctions to go to, stuff to sell, stuff to buy!
Very nice group! I would say melt is about right for the UK stuff there but the Australian should go a good deal better.
Thanks for that - I certainly will try. It is getting late here in the UK now so I will return to this over the weekend.
... and this one is just for your entertainment! Lovely 17th century token from the 3 Squirrels pub in Fleet Street in London. Dickinson 1089 and...
That's great - thanks! They came in a job lot of foreign bits that I will be selling on!
Posted these under a new thread in World coins. If you have any info please have a look at that thread and let me know - thanks![ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Anyone know anything about these? French tokens struck in Aluminium from the 1920s. Are they scarce? Do they have much value? I have not come...
Good luck and sorry for your bad experience.
If it is a reputable auction house you should be able to return the lot. I would start conversation immediately - you may lose out on the postage...
I am sorry to say this looks very fake to me. We have had a long discussion on another thread about a similar coin - see under World Coins, "1914...
... and as the previous poster doesn't seem to have got to his Gothic Crown yet, here is mine. (I know it has been posted on other threads!) [ATTACH]
Previous posts have covered most of the larger Vicky British coins, so here are some of the tiddlers from my collection. Clockwise from top left:...
I generally don't go for the Italian coins much, except this. Not the best example I know but as a filler in an album bought at auction I am happy...
FitzNigel is right that the Merk was derived from the English Mark at 13s 4d however by 1669 inflation in Scotland had galloped away so the buying...
Thanks for that - very useful. It does seem the one you provided a link to is being a bit hopeful! From what I can see on E**y around the USD 100...
As the OP presumably knows this is actually about shilling sized - about one inch across. I have a coincraft book on Scottish coins which lists...
I am in the UK and have only Krause to cover US coins. I recently discovered this in a job lot of "foreign" coins bought locally at auction....
Thanks for all that! Yes - with Brexit I guess USD68 is probably closer to the exchange but, as it is not leaving the country anytime soon, that...
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