The UK Threepences were brass annealed to give a bright gold-like lustre when new. I don't know about the other coins mentioned. The Pobjoy mint...
This particular fake turns up very regularly at auctions in the UK. I now no longer even bothering to look at them in detail as I will only be...
I have quite a few English ones. This is my oldest - Ecgberht king of Wessex 802 to 839: [ATTACH] This is only a little later, Athelwulf 839 to...
I want one of those medals!
I have this one - I believe Brunswick Wolfenbuttel quarter Thaler, 1612: [ATTACH]
Odd denominations are really intriguing! Cyprus had 4 1/2 and 9 piastre coins in the early 20th century. I collect mainly British coins and in the...
A rare occasion where I can contribute, though nothing special Hungary Dinar 1615: [ATTACH]
Picked up a few bits recently - nothing startling but interesting to me. 1904 Prussian 5 Mark and 3 Mauryan empire ancients. The smallest is just...
There was a Sixpence copper token made, proportionally larger again! Sadly I have never owned one and have no pictures to share.
Yes, one of my favourite coins too. Only issued in the one year as they proved unpopular. They survive in decent condition quite frequently,...
For some reason I don't seem to have posted this one, which arrived a few weeks ago. 1691 GB Crown, William and Mary with my favourite reverse...
Instinctively I wanted to say less than 50% would be a fragment, but the relevant dictionary definition is "an isolated or incomplete part". I...
If we are sharing, here is my example. Not as good as the OP I would say, but the best that has come my way so far: [ATTACH]
Just in case you hadn't realised, your friend's groat is from Mary's reign before she married Philip of Spain. Your groat is from after that...
For many GB collectors of hammered coins the formal Grade is irrelevant. Much more important is the overall eye-appeal. That coin has it! With the...
Yes, the 1847 "Gothic" Crown is much sought after and deemed by many British coin collectors the most attractive Crown we ever produced. Subject...
Yes, the bull head coins were part of the Second Great Recoinage, which started in 1816 and basically set the size and style of British coinage...
Nice token! I think Dalton Somerset 49. I think there is no doubt these were in general circulation up to about 1816. The Napoleonic wars meant no...
Well done for extracting those images! Certainly interesting coins. This series showed here in the UK earlier in the year - well worth watching.
Picked up yesterday: 1889 GB Penny. There are varieties for most Victorian pennies and this one has obverse 12 and reverse N, listed by Freeman as...
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