See later discussions. One Scottish shilling at the time had equivalent value to one English Penny. (And, by the way, 60 pence is five shillings -...
How about Zanzibar - 1 Pysa 1881: [ATTACH]
As others have posted, it was about the same size as an English 5 shilling Crown of the same period. Scotland had experienced much higher...
OK not the greatest coin in the world but this 1683 Charles II Shilling is the first time I have filled a gap in this series for several years....
Oh - I am intrigued - how did they achieve plating without electricity?
I have acquired this coin after it was brought to me at the market yesterday. It weighs about 5.25g and measures 18.8mm at the longest across. I...
Nothing outstanding but pleased to pick up these two in a job lot today. The 1859 Penny is the small date version. The 1822 Ireland Halfpenny is...
I go along with most of the above, though the capped bust dime looks like 1822 to me. I might do better with the Victoria Sixpence but the...
Ah! That reminded me I had this one in my non-British "tangent" collection: [ATTACH]
Not normally my thing, but this came in over the weekend - Uganda 5 Shilling 1968 with a "Cow and Calf". Are they actually Zebu does anyone know?...
Yes - I have a Gothic Crown - I have posted it in other threads before, but here it is again. Undecimo edge and not holey! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Tin Farthing - GB 1684 Charles II. These things are incredibly hard to come by as Tin deteriorates in cold weather or the wrong soil conditions....
Couple of recent upgrades to my sixpence collection - crazy toning on these two! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Best I had was a half sovereign instead of a penny. That was a red-letter day!
I don't know the history but the chemistry is fairly obvious. Zinc is a metal but exists as many compounds in common rocks and minerals, including...
Thanks for that - that helps enormously. Yes looking at the coin at an angle through a loupe the Delta is fairly clear.
Bump... This is the last of the 3 ancients I posted without a better Identification - anyone able to help me with this one? Thanks,
Bump... Thank you for the ID on C and D - anyone able to help me with A and B? I am sure I have seen A before but I can't read the writing......
Last one - from my friend's batch. This is small and the only reason I suggest Judaea is that there was a scrap of paper with that written on it....
Continuing on the quest of identifying this batch of coins for a friend, can anyone put me right on this one? It looks to be a Celtic Bronze,...
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