Yes - my 2011 edition of Krause gives $20 in Fine, $150 in VF, which seems a lot for a 20th Century Penny. My query, probably for someone who...
I picked up the attached Australian Penny a few weeks ago. When I look in Krause it implies that the 1920 with no dots above or below the scrolls...
Thanks for the tag! I think I would also go with Henry VII - far less ornamentation in the ribbon around the bust. Not sure about S2207 though -...
Just for the hell of it - here are the other main coins I picked up today - a nice set of Victoria Jubilee silver coins. The Crown is 1888 and the...
Todays pickups at my local flea market: 1888 Britannia Groat (Fourpence) issued for use in British Guinea. Henry VI (1422-1430) Half Groat S1836...
The US is probably the biggest coin collecting market in the world. Most of the next tier are Western or European nations including the UK,...
This one is the first major upgrade to my own collection for quite a while! Mary I Groat, S2492 mm Pomegranate ~1553. These things are very...
Just another thought - get off the auction treadmill! As you have discovered it gets frustrating and unfulfilling as you get to the higher value...
All printed guides are out of date as soon as they are printed, and at their best are only as good as the effort they put in. Use Krause, but...
For anyone still interested in this I have managed to sort out the words over the Monkey's head. The transliteration is roughly: "Such Bolo Pura...
Except that the puck is in reverse and so has been made from a finished medal impressed on it, not the original dies? IMHO.
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