It just doesn't look right. It's a copy based on what I see.
Thank you. :) I sold a handful when I rejigged my collecting criteria, but only regret one of those. I regret a lot more missed opportunities. ;)
The first one is a William I or II PAXS penny c.1086. The type looks as below. However, I'm a bit concerned at the detail, which looks a bit...
Haven't had one of these yet. A York halfcrown, Besly dies 2F. These were struck on strips and punched out. In this instance the strip either...
2. If a country is on the ocean then any country across the ocean is acceptable as long as there is a direct, straight line between them with no...
Wales. A King John class 3c short cross penny struck from local dies at Rhuddlan in north Wales in the first decade of the 13th century. The...
Probably not what you had in mind, but fits the thread title [ATTACH]
Heptagonal GB 50p blank used for testing coin operated machines (1969-1997). [ATTACH]
Dodecahedral brass 3d which has split into two halves due to the presence of a large trapped air bubble in the flan. [ATTACH]
Newark siege coinage shilling [ATTACH]
York Civil War sixpence. These were produced in strips and based on consistent marks to the edge were cut out using a 'pastry cutter'. [ATTACH]
Weyl pattern halfpenny struck in tin. Dated 1860 but actually struck around 1887. [ATTACH]
A pattern sixpence to commemorate Victoria's golden jubilee. [ATTACH]
1849 halfpenny - a non-existent date. This is the piece referred to by Peck in footnote 2 on page 408. It was changed from a coin dated 1851-7 as...
Quite normal for hammered coins to have striking splits. If metal isn't sufficiently annealed to soften it prior to striking, it will...
And another restrike, this time an R59 in silver - P1163. [ATTACH]
Not strictly Soho as it's a restrike, but the obverse derived by modifying the original broken jewels Soho die. An 1807 silver proof halfpenny. A...
Back to third farthings. William IV 1835, again the sole year for type. Only the 1827 to go for a clean sweep of all types. [ATTACH]
May as well stick with third farthings. 1844, one year type for the copper series. [ATTACH]
Britain 1868 cupro-nickel proof third farthing [ATTACH]
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