I believe that the condition is as found and follows a quick rinse under the tap. I'm amazed that it survived in this condition for hundreds of...
A detecting colleague recently found this lovely looking Mary groat and he would like to know whether it would grade as very fine or even better....
Thanks for all of your comments. It seems that some hoards can add a little bit of kudos that collectors are willing to pay extra for.
As they are still in the Treasure process there is a possibility that they will be claimed by the state and be purchased by a museum for an amount...
A fellow detectorist recently came across the rusted remains of an old shattered safe while metal detecting. When searching the area around the...
About 6 years ago members of my local metal detecting club found a small hoard of predominantly Henry 8th coins here in Somerset. Following...
Thanks for that. I thought that if it moved it would have been double struck on both sides but what you suggest makes complete sense. It's my...
Daffyd, hello again. Thank you for your comprehensive reply to my query. As a casual collector of coins that I find, I don't generally delve into...
For some strange reason the detail on the obverse of this penny I dug up appears fuzzy but the reverse image appears clear. Someone suggested that...
Recently I became aware that a William 3rd Exeter shilling dated 1696 I found while metal detecting had a 5 string harp on the reverse. Others I...
Dafydd, that is a lovely coin of Stephen. If finding that, I would have immediately known it was a Stephen because of the cross moline reverse and...
Dafydd, many thanks for your advice and personal experience of identifying cut quarters. I don't own a personal copy of JJ North but have access...
Thanks GDJMSP for sharing your knowledge. Very interesting.
I fully agree that many coins would have disappeared due to recoinages but this is what makes those left behind after being dropped and lost in...
Hi SensibleSal, Thanks for your kind comments. Out of interest, how old is your half reale and what realistically are the oldest coins you could...
PaddyB, thanks for the potted history lesson. Very interesting. I hadn't realised that there was no regal silver coinage issued over that rather...
I have found several cut quarter hammered coins while metal detecting here in the UK. Are there any specialist collectors or websites for such...
Just wondering if silver tokens such as that shown would have passed as common currency in daily use? I assume that they were used alongside...
Mike, many thanks for the link above. It helped me to rearrange a couple of loose pages in my copy back into the correct order. My copy came with...
The oldest coin I've found was this M Furius republican denarius dated 119bc with Janus on obverse and woman with sacrificial implements on the...
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