That's quite a nice specimen of the 1787 Sixpence. According to my 2016 copy of Spink's Coins of England and the United Kingdom, this sixpence is...
I was born in 1941 and began collecting Queen Victoria copper coins - pennies , ha'pennies and farthings when I was about 11 years old and...
Not quite the same category, but the British silver 4- penny piece issued in 1837 and 1838 was minted for a very special reason. The standard cab...
The assayer, according to Pellicer, is probably Juan Infante 1760-1767. Ensayadores, Las Emisiones Monetarias Hispanicas (Siglos XV - XX), Josep...
Hi VGO-DVCKS - No, I'm afraid there's almost certainly no family relationship. I chose the name Bardolph for two reasons: first, I once played the...
(Pressed the send button in error). ... 16th to 18th Century. The average weight for a vervel is just under 1 gram while harness pendants are...
The term vervelles may be used as you say, and in fact is, but it is incorrectly applied. I am a member of several metal detectorist websites, and...
Very interesting indeed. A large number of these triangular horse pendants are dug up every year in the UK by metal detectorists. Just a small...
I didn't read that it had to be a US coin so I will stick my neck out and say that, taking coins from all over the world for the last 400 odd...
The bottom city is Stettin, the date looks as though it could be 1862
Another couple:
Some anti-Napoleon III coins:
(Hit the wrong button! ) ... 10 centimes, which were the same size as the British penny and roughly the same value, so it was often used and...
Pears Soap was a British family firm which became famous in the 19tnh Century for its sophisticated marketing, such as persuading well known...
My Diccionario de la Real Academia Española defines a tomin as (1) one third of an adarme, weighing 0.596 grams, and (2) a silver coin used in...
My "Guide Book and Catalogue of British and Commonwealth Coins", published in Winnipeg in 1971 makes no mentions of Indian proof coins.
I don't like to grade from photos, so all I can say is it seems to be a good example of a standard 1940 1/4 anna, Bombay mint, one of 164,240,770...
PS While it is a very useful tool, especially in areas where I am not an expert, I have come across errors in Numista more than once.
Glen Murray, author of two well documented books on the mints of Segovia and Madrid (among other works) says without any hesitation that 1/2...
The "marco castellano" was the standard weight for gold and silver, equivalent to 230 grams. A mint or casa de moneda would be supplied with x...
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