Certainly seems very light and the strike is very weak too. Possibly struck on an incorrect blank? If the metal was too thin it would account for...
OK, please count me in! I'd go for #3 - partly because no one else has picked it yet, partly because it has nostalgic memories for me: many of...
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Top right is definitely a brass imitation of an Ottoman high value gold coin. I have has similar on several occasions - they were used to adorn...
There has been recent experimental archaeology on this conundrum and the conclusion was that the Romans were striking their coins on heated...
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Probably not. They used to have quite a good customer relations department that would respond to that sort of query, but these days they are only...
I also have one of these 1983 Martini sponsored sets with the mule 2p in it. Like Offa I took no notice of it until much later and was delighted...
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Answer from another site courtesy of @mrbadexample : "These were indeed developed by The Westminster Collection. The piece was released as part...
That would be fine - thanks!
Thanks for the tip - I have tried but the whole of that site fails the privacy check, and the google search brings it up with description withheld...
I picked up this coin with a few other silver proofs. I assumed it would be straightforward to identify and record, but seem to be struggling! It...
That is the normal agreement, but it is not fixed at that. It depends on what the landowner wants to accept - some are not really interested and...
Thanks for your comments. I can't say the system always works, but it does a lot of the time. Mostly when people acted dishonestly it is because...
... and that is no joke! Here is a report from a few years back showing what happens if you break the rules:...
The way it works in the UK is that finds like this should be reported to the Finds Officer, and if it meets the criteria then goes to the Coroner...
I thought this might be of interest to this forum - report on the finding of 337 Denarii found in Shropshire, UK and dating to 69-70AD:...
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