Hi Glass Even if you don't read Spanish, I would recommend that you buy Casa de Moneda de Madrid by Glen Murray. This is the history of the...
Los dos escudos me parecen genuinos. El peso oficial, en gramos, es 6.7661 gms, oro de 20 quilates (.849, redondeando) y lleva las iniciales de...
I may be wrong, I am not an expert on NZ coinage or die varieties, and while it is difficult to be certain from a photo, I would nevertheless...
In my old edition of British Commonwealth Coins, (1971), the section on New Zealand notes that there are at least 200 die varieties, caused by...
The coins are the property of Spain. Where they will end up however is another matter. In the municipal museum, in Alicante, Valencia or Madrid?...
For what it's worth, here are my thoughts on these coins. The first coin is a 4 maravedis which has been officially counterstamped to raise its...
Kin la Belle, as the locals used to call it when I was there in the 1970s. I picked up some very good artefacts at very reasonable prices, but no...
One minor correction: metal detecting is not illegal in Spain. There is one national law (Ley de Patrimonio Historico) which forbids metal...
Can't be bad - once you have separated the wheat from the chaff, you can probably sell the rest in a flea market for a minimum of 5 or 10$ each.
Paddy, I could be wrong, but I think that your 1881 H may turn out to be one of the rarest bun-head pennies. According to my Spinks, there are...
The coinage of this territory which officially became a British Protectorate in 1888 (when Britain took over the North Borneo Chartered Company)...
The 1951 6d is not a rare date, with a mintage of 1.8 million pieces, compared for example with the 1942 6d with 360,000. My handbook of British...
Since Belgium did not exist as a nation in 1807 they were hardly likely to mint one cent coins with that date.
Yes! The last six are definitely Portuguese cetils from the reign. of Alfonso V. There are a number of varieties but they all consist in a castle...
I think these are all Portuguese cetils, worth one sixth of a silver real, reign of King Alfonso V (1438 to 1481)- but better individual photos...
On the question of pricing, the first consideration is to determine which variety of 1889 penny this is. The Victorian bronze coinage of 1860 to...
Five pound notes were VERY rare indeed. My father occasionally had some, and on one never-to-forgotten day, he actualy gave me one - this would...
It looks to me as though the top line ends with the figures 39.
As always, it's a question of knowing what to look for!
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