As may be. but if you've got one with Mary's portrait on it, it's a fake. ;-)
The Bawbee is made of copper, not silver. The original poster was querying silver portrait coins with MR either side of the arms. Do you know...
It looks like the `Hand of Ulster' and may indeed be linked some way to William of Orange, Louis XIV's main protagonist in Europe. For some reason...
There are only four silver coin types of Mary Queen of Scots with her portrait on them (on her own that is). The first is a `one year only'...
Sometimes described as `poussée' , the french word for `pushed out'. I would certainly agree that coins so treated have definitely been...
I've come across a couple of jetons in the past few years that have different countermarks on them. Unfortunately, i've not been able to find the...
My copy of D&H has been out on extended loan (now presumed lost in action) for more than two years now. The obverse die is common to both...
Aidan, I may have misread Seaby but not that much. The only Bristol token listed in Seaby as having the Plumes is Somersetshire number 41. The...
Noted in Seaby's `British Tokens and Their Values' (1970) as being Somerset (Bristol) 46 (D.42) . Extremely rare. There are silver 1/- token's...
Not his 100th birthday, but rather the 100th anniversary of same. A subtle but significant difference given that he died at the age of 91 (?)....
Hmm...yes AND no to that one. The same `ufo' design appears on different jetons at different times (and with different obverses). One type has...
I'd agree with you. It looks like a pretty poor fake to me. The edge and denticulation are all wrong for the type (IMHO). My guess is that if...
It is well known that many early mediaeval shields had a `spike' in the centre. It is also well known that many chariot wheels also had sword...
Quoting Charlton `Canadian Colonial Tokens' in relation specifically to Nova Scotia (I have 2nd edition, 1990, so it's maybe a tad out of date by...
Your `Cuidad Rodrigo' and the `Trade and Navigation' piece are both Canadian tokens listed in Charleton (going by memory). It's nodding off time...
Gaston de Dombes (aka Gaston de France) was Louis XIII's one and only brother and therefore LouisXIV's one and only uncle. I have a couple of...
I think you have something there. The significance would probably have been altered to a much more Christian (Christianissimus) ethic in keeping...
Some relatively `difficult' items there. I gave up collecting UK coins (Brit, English / Scottish etc) a number of years ago and although I do...
The first silver Ryal was introduced in 1565 , that much is true. Coincraft has it that the Scot's Three Pounds gold coin was also called a Ryal....
It can be had on the second hand markets fairly readily though if you have circa $150 to spare. Seaby's `British Tokens and Their Values' and...
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