Hi guys, A nice polite person emailed me asking what type of coin / token this one is ? Any advice ???
As a dealer who usually buys in bulk, I have an advantage over a collector buying a single coin, i.e. if all the other coins in the lot are of a...
I think you might be over-estimating the difficulties of circulating coins in enemy territory, i.e. many shop assistants are pretty careless when...
Get ready for an avalanche of nationalist / republican slogans on the recently de-monetised UK 'round' £1 coins. I'm sure there's plenty still out...
Faked older issues are relatively easy to spot, i.e. the counterstamp shows no sign of wear or aging + the font is too modern. Recent 'faked'...
Not interested in bulky coins :) ... but they have some great Hiberno-Norse coins in their collection ! I've only been to Sweden once - as a...
True ... on both counts ! Careful checking really does pay dividends.
Beautiful coin - great picking ! You seem to have an eye for a good coin. Keep up the good work.
The nice thing about that note is they don't circulate any more, so there probably won't be many more of them appearing. I can just imagine some...
I've never seen any anti-Irish/British political slogans on banknotes. That's probably because, although GB coins used to circulate freely south...
Hi Bruce, There was a well known stamp dealer from NI who had a seemingly endless supply of stamps overprinted with slogans. It got to the point...
With all the publicity around modern and old bullion coins, its easy to forget that there is much easier profits to be made on old copper/bronze...
Sadly, this one is destined for "the melting pot" somewhere !
This is a huge area for research. The people who engaged in these activities seem to be on the extremes of both sides of the political divide,...
Great article + nice photo's too. The National Museum of Ireland used to have fantastic coin display cabinets when I was a child but, now that...
GB & Ireland Pennies Struck by the King’s Norton Mint I discovered an interesting (and unique) example of a planchet error - 1919 in cupro-nickel...
GB & Ireland Bronze Pennies of George V https://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2018/02/04/obrien-coin-guide-gb-ireland-bronze-pennies-of-george-v/
If anyone has additional sales price info on the 1954 GB bronze penny, i.e. who sold it, where and for how much ? do please get in touch with...
GB & Northern Ireland Bronze Pennies of George VI...
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