Thanks. It's a bit of a monoculture however as most are British. Maybe someone would like to cross the Atlantic and get us out of this European...
[ATTACH] A penny from the Viking Kingdom of York (c.895-920) struck under Cnut.
Back to Britain. Charles II halfpenny - 1675 over 3 over 2 (1675/3/2). Previously in a NGC 65 slab dated 1673. That grade somewhat generous...
And another 1643 Oxford coin. This is nothing special to look at, but appears to be the only halfcrown reverse die where the legend starts at 12...
Oxford 1643 shilling. Similar to Morrieson D-2, but not exactly the same reverse die. Shillings are less common than halfcrowns as a denomination...
Nothing wrong with that, I like it. Digit months are considerably scarcer than named ones. I don't have one.
1653 Commonwealth shilling, mm. Sun [ATTACH]
Charles I halfcrown (Hawkins type 5) with initial mark sun. This mark was used on Tower mint coinage struck between 10th Nov 1645 and the pyx...
Gunmoney sixpence. [ATTACH]
Lundy Island. The then owner of Lundy, Martin Coles Harman, argued that it was outside the realm of England, so produced his own coins in 1929...
Britain. 1944 Sixpence. [ATTACH]
Irish 1813 Ten Pence bank token [ATTACH]
1813 1s6d bank token [ATTACH]
Britain. Queen Anne copper pattern halfpenny - Peck 730. [ATTACH]
An early use of the wide raised rim with incuse lettering developed at Soho. A Daniel Eccleston Lancashire halfpenny from 1794. D&H 58. [ATTACH]
Another angel, this time from the reign of Charles I (1625-49) with a hole pierced for suspension and use as a touch-piece at the touching...
Here be dragons too. A Henry VII angel with mm. Anchor. The obverse die in particular provides a wonderful demonstration of what a rusted die...
I need to reimage a lot of my coins. My photographic skills are wanting, and auto-focus frequently doesn't!
1797 Bronzed pattern halfpenny P1153. All(?) the coins I have seen of this variety have a 'tide mark' on the rim which is presumably a consequence...
The first Soho halfpennies were the Droz patterns dated 1788. This is a late Soho P966 'brown gilt' type DH11. These are common and offer the...
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