1857 decimal pattern, DECIMAL HALFPENNY/5 CENTIMES, Peck 1977, Freeman 682. [ATTACH]
1859 decimal pattern, HALF DECIMAL PENNY/ONE TWENTIETH OF A SHILLING, Peck 1981, Freeman 686A [ATTACH]
Martlet ran from 9th December 1560 to 24th October 1561
There are different options. You can punch in the new detail without removing the old character as per the 1578 over 7 sixpence above, or you can...
Edward III halfpenny of Berwick with bear's head in two quarters. The last coins struck at this border outpost. [ATTACH]
William the Conqueror. PAXS penny of Sudbury. The moneyer is PVLFRIC. These coins invariably appear a bit mushy in detail. Sudbury was a small one...
Edward the Confessor. Pointed helmet penny of Langport. [ATTACH]
GB 1578/7 sixpence. The reverse mark is short cross over eglantine, which means the die was used in two separate periods corresponding to the two...
Edward I - 'Hammer of the Scots'. Blunt class 4a penny of Berwick on Tweed, struck from local dies. [ATTACH]
GB 1859 halfpenny with reverse A (no dots on shield). [ATTACH]
It will be a die test to see what they look like on copper. There would be no shortage of Charles II halfpennies to use as a blank. You have to...
A tendency not to crack out overgraded coins is going to be a contributor to grade inflation over time as people will see a 63 for example, say...
Following the comment about Stack's which follows my line of thought. I'm wondering because I posted an ex Terner coin in a 64 slab on another...
How much does a name on a label contribute to overgrading by a TPG? Gut feeling looking at a few coins says a more important collection seems to...
Very nice, with better aesthetics than mine. These smaller pieces are a lot easier to acquire in top grades unless you have a printing press.
It's not important. Every coin has its place in a collection. We've all got some nice ones and some grotty ones, some worth a lot and some worth...
How about an oddball? Three fractionals for the price of one on this trial piece. A pair of 1689 farthings struck on a Charles II halfpenny. The...
Thanks. The Terner is a PCGS 64 which is the only one in that grade, but I wouldn't rate it any higher than the 63 in the last Baldwins of St....
And something a little bigger, a 1798 first head third guinea. Ex Terner. [ATTACH]
GB 1762 Quarter Guinea, sole year of issue and struck from a rusty obverse die. [ATTACH]
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