An angel was valued at 6 shillings and 8 pence. That's 1/2 a merk (used for accounting) or 1/3 of a pound [ATTACH]
Sticking with halfcrowns, an 1824 obverse uniface struck in Barton's metal. Note the die is on the point of breaking up. [ATTACH]
A bit of a mess here. William III first bust 1696 shilling with 9 over inverted 9 or 6 depending on how you want to phrase it. And based on the...
Buy what you find attractive without restrictions - any coin from anywhere, struck at any time or in any period. In time you will turn to a...
I can't comment whether NGC or PCGS are in greater demand, but concur with the point that a lot of these coins have hidden problems. Things that...
62 seems a bit generous to me given the lack of finer detail to the laurel leaves, flattening of hair, breast and shield and a couple of hairlines
It doesn't matter whether the coin is slabbed by anyone in particular. Nor should you avoid a coin just because it's PCGS, NGC, (L)CGS, ANACS or...
A 1773 halfpenny struck on a spread flan. Base metal coins of this period were struck on a flywheel press without a collar, so the eventual...
1773 halfpenny with the first 7 over 1 and 3 over 7. Presumably the engraver started too far to the right. [ATTACH]
1697B halfcrown, struck at the Bristol mint, temporarily opened for the recoinage of 1695-8 when hammered coins were withdrawn from circulation....
GB. Elizabeth I halfpenny with mm.1 (1601-2) [ATTACH]
Base metal British coins of the 18th century were typically plain edge, and not struck in a collar until the Soho issues. However, there is always...
The corresponding Soho proofs had much shallower edge graining as seen below or alternatively a plain edge. [ATTACH] e.g. An 1806 gilt proof...
The 1799 & 1806 Soho currency halfpennies and farthings had an oblique grain recessed in the middle to make a security edge as seen here. [ATTACH]...
In Britain the milling was oblique on currency shillings and sixpences from 1669 until 1787. Larger values had a lettered edge, smaller ones were...
GB 1773 farthing. [ATTACH]
Henry VIII testoon with crowned Tudor rose. [ATTACH]
GB. A Henry VIII second coinage episcopal mint halfpenny of Canterbury struck under Abp. Warham, so 1526-1532. [ATTACH]
They miss a lot - denomination, date, type, reference numbers, you name it, they'll get it wrong somewhere along the line. (Which can be used to...
I know, it's frightening, but £30 went a long way in 1950. I was thinking the same when I was bidding on a Chas.II shilling in 2007. It was...
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