I'm sitting with me oldye worldye Coincrafte bookye open, so I claim no mystical expyrtyfe. During the first reign (1461-64) the York Mint was...
Well done. I think you did better than me. I started with the German States ....and promptly fell off the earth. It's a lifetime study all in...
Thanks GD. I know full well that a challenge like that would have had you scurrying away in the background trying to find an answer, and generally...
[img] [img] [img] success!! Jim Roberts just positively I.D'd both coins. The first is from the Republic of Modena (Italy) circa 1226-1293 ....
Now. That's what I call helpfull. So I can discount the fact that the first one is a spitting image of Ian Paisley then? It's not often you see a...
The top one has (obverse) a portrait facing (looks like a hound dog), and what looks like "DEI . IUTITIA" (God and Justice?) in the obverse...
I did not expect them to have one in stock. What I did expect was them to take note of yourr interest in the item and help locate one for you....
What Tbirde said concerning the British Farthing being 1831 is absolutely correct. It's fairly evident even to me (blind as I'm getting) from the...
The penny is indeed the longest running coin denomination (AFAIK). That is, in terms of a denomination that is still in use today. Ian
You and me both :)
That's a particularly nice example. Nice addition! Ian
For what it is worth, I check out ebay france nearly everyday, and I've come across that particular medal on a number of occasions....always at a...
Aidan, I was talking in `present day' terms and in relation to the irony of the 20p having met the same kind of initial resistance as the 4 /-....
Aidan, You say `curse', most numismatists in the UK say`ruin'. Regardless of the term, the sentiment expressed remains much the same. That is,...
For what it is worth, I think you can throw away Krause when it comes to coins like that. You certainly did do `OK'. The coin is in very...
As an aside, the coin was commonly known as the `barmaids ruin' due to its similarity in size to a crown. Although smaller, as the common name...
I'm fairly sure that it sold for around the €15 mark. It wasn't in particularly good nick. Did you email cgb with your query or just check their...
I'm pretty sure I saw one of that type sell on ebay.fr a few months ago. I remember it because of the similarity to one in another thread here...
Nice one! Not that i'm any expert on hub doubled dies but it sounds like the real McCoy to me. I'm trying to remember a particular guys name who I...
I had to brighten up the image you provided before I saw anything on the lettering. Perhaps that is why you haven't had any response so far. Yes,...
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