A friend has asked me to help ID a number of coins he acquired some years ago. Most I have cracked, but a few are giving me a headache - can you...
Top row second in is a Malacca Keping - see:https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces86572.html I would try coins 3, 4 and 7 on Zeno as I think they...
This one from a local auction on Saturday: [ATTACH] 1689 William & Mary Fourpence or Groat.
Another unlucky snake: [ATTACH]
A couple of "off the wall" offerings: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes - to be clear, there are no copper pennies in the GB coinage before 1797. All pennies before that were silver right back into Saxon times....
Just picked this up from a local jewellers specialising in scrap gold. I am about to post it on Zeno - can anyone here beat them to it? Weighs...
I think this counts in this category: [ATTACH]
Yes - an intriguing one. Something to do with Potatoes does seem to fit. I thought American because of the attire of the two people - particularly...
Ah that I can do! (I avoid colourised coins as far as possible!) This medallion I picked up the other day in a job lot. The other side is...
Anyone know the origin of this one? Looks American but has no writing anywhere. Reverse is identical. Measures about 36mm diameter and 1.5mm...
Certainly looks possible as a gaming counter, although French tokens are something I know little about. To answer @Paddy54 's query about which...
Gwalior Pice circa 1890 with a superb Cobra's head motif and plenty of (to me) indecipherable lettering! [ATTACH]
My friend is trying to contact someone at the British Museum but struggling as they mostly seem to be off thanks to the virus. He is also in...
I think we are on Island States/Nations/Colonies just now...
Yes - definitely incuse lettering. Just a trick of the light. There is one section that reads "BRACA RAUCUSTANO" which as far as I could make out...
Here's another Malt-teaser for you then: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A friend of mine has asked me for help with investigating this item he acquired a few years back from a antiques shop (not an antiquities...
St Helena Halfpenny 1821: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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