St Helena halfpenny. Issued by The East India Trading Co. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
. Hiddendragon, thanks for calling my attention to this. The relief on the coin in hand does not look that deep. I think the apparent high...
Do you have a 1/16th? ... My coin does have a very high relief.
Anchor coin, 1/16 dollar, silver 0.892 fine. 16mm. Struck in Britain for various British colonies. Listed in Krause World Coins under British...
Halfcrown. Details coins need some lovin too.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Is anyone concerned about the consistent toning of all these coins?
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Thanks. I enjoyed it. The 64 was a lucky guess ... the MS was elementary ... :pompous::)
I thought maybe the coin looked proof-like because of the die polishing ... it smoothed out the luster. They make mirror proofs by polishing the...
MS64 (assuming proof-like with die polish lines). I don't think you would show us a details coin, so the obverse lines are probably die polish...
This is the link that ed wood 654 referred to. It's very good. [MEDIA]
I walked into a coin shop in March 1986 trying to entertain myself and the kids while the wife was shopping at a mall. I saw those coins from my...
You can read translated letters from Vindolanda here: http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/index.shtml Example: “send me some cash”...
I thought you would like to see the Royal mint in London's handy work of Icelands 1940 proof coins[ATTACH] Well Krause does not list proofs for...
Outstanding. Thanks.
Coins were struck in London during WW2 for the British occupied Danish possessions of Faroe Islands and Iceland. Although Iceland and the Faroe...
A second post relating to coins of the British Empire and WW2: The only time that the US mint struck coins for a British territory was during...
In recognition of the 73rd anniversary of D-Day (6 Jun 1944), this post and two others to follow, present coins from my collection which mark...
I'll go with details. The reverse hairlines go over the raised surfaces ... so I ruled out die polishing. The reverse hairlines are very...
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