Some were, but some were also those of the local Warlords (tithes?). Every time a coin was presented as `exchange' in the far east it was...
Sadly there is no privy mark for 1856 that fits the bill as you describe. What you think it might be and what it actually is (in its worn down...
That sounds like a `Dix (10) Centimes'. Presumably it isn't that worn that you can still tell that it's French though (?) and as such maybe there...
I'm with you on that score Syl. The Noble had a weight of 108 grains. The Ryal (aka `Rose Noble') had a weight of 120 grains. The Angel had a...
......and seeing my chance to butt in to this thread..... Just to make a point, here's a silver `Ryal' of James VI of Scotland before he also...
Yep. seller says a lot as it is ...like "AND HAVE BEEN WIPED BUT NOT POLISHED"....and the difference is ? It's all down to just exactly how...
I only looked at the first coin on the auctions listings. It is definitely a cast copy and a poor one at that. The denticles are all over the...
I perhaps should feel complimented but for the fact that the full saying goes along the lines of : `great minds think alike, but fools seldom...
Here's a link I immediately think of when I come across anyone mentioning `money' in relation to music. Maybe i'm giving away my age a little...
At one stage I was interested in this due to having found a couple of chop marks on coins I had. It is a fascinating subject, andi ended up buying...
I'd be delighted, in more ways than one. :-) Lol! Why am I not particularly surprised by this? :-) Ian
Cheers, my knowledge / interest in SA is purely coinage related in that it ends with the end of the Boer War and begins again with the coinage of...
I can well understand that some people may indeed take offence from such pieces given that that is probably what most were designed to do....
I'd love to see examples of these. I've honestly never heard of them before now, although I am fully appreciative of the significance of the date...
Aidan my dear chap. My use of `Freddy' was as a joke. I know enough to be getting on with about S African History, but if at any time you want to...
So what you're saying is that cholmes75 will find it difficult getting 1914 coins from NZ. :-) The Ghurka's are from Nepal. They fought in WWI....
All three coins shown are indeed genuine. I had two of the Irish 6/- pieces at one stage but gave one to a friend in Michigan. I've also got a...
Touche mon brave! :-) Ian
Actually, the saying (in relation to the counterstamped coinage goes like this:- "The Bank, to make the money pass Stamped the head of a fool...
Most people forget that it wasn't only the UK part of the `Great Britain' that fought during WWI. Nigh on every country in the then British Empire...
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