OMS = "Off Metal Strike" - when a coin is struck on a flan of the wrong metal type.
These two arrived in the last week. The 1709 shilling is fairly standard - I bought it because the incumbent for that date had been "doctored" to...
All I have are GB coppers again for 1774. First two are halfpennies - the first is genuine (Regal) I believe, the second a contemporary...
A couple of GB coppers to share - a contemporary counterfeit Halfpenny and a Regal (I believe) Farthing. For 1775 I have yet to get a decent...
I have a couple marked 1776 - a very interesting Drury Lane ticket or tally, and a more common GB Fourpence: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This finally arrived having returned across the pond to good old Blighty. Charles II Shilling, 1676, one of the scarcer dates and not bad...
Not my area of expertise, but it seems from the catalogues as if the term Kurush was used in Turkey, while Piastre was used across the rest of the...
But it is 1778!
The only 1778 I have is the Austrian Netherlands: [ATTACH]
Uh? That is a 1778 @panzerman !
These three picked up today, all upgrades. GB 1708 E Half Crown (Edinburgh) GB 1743 Halfpenny GB 1918 Penny [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My latest pick up just arrived: England, Harold II (he who lost at the Battle of Hastings) penny, minted in London by Godric. Ex Braintree Hoard....
Definitely looks like a replica to me - not a fake as too far from genuine to fool anyone. Probably a souvenir coin from some museum or historical...
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