Whilst I agree with most of what you say, the Churchill Crown was exactly the same size as previous Crown coins back to Charles II in the 17th...
Still only British from me! 1734 Shilling: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
To reiterate advice given elsewhere, if you are looking for British coins, you do better to log on to Ebay.co.uk instead of ebay.com. Most coins...
Looks like 1736 has dried up pretty quickly, so here is 1735. Another of Lord M's "Circulation cameos" or whatever you called it? British...
In the end I did not say anything to the auction house when I returned. I have checked these fakes before - they pass the magnet and weight tests,...
1736 Shilling: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes I can do English coins back to 1670 bar 1716 at the moment. (I'm ashamed to say I have bought a Swedish coin on Ebay just to plug that gap!)...
Yes, change of design half way through the year. This happens occasionally in British coins - for example the same bust change happens in 1825 on...
Gone a bit quiet on here - are people running out of dates? I can move it on to 1737: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, and there is a lot of overlap in the terms used for these coins. Another reason for the slang use of "dollar" for a five shilling crown is...
I need to go back to the auction tomorrow to pick up another (non-coin related) lot that came at the end. I am tempted to try to collar the...
I did bring it to the attention of one of the attendants, who had not looked at them closely before but agreed with me that they did not seem...
I found myself in an uncomfortable position today: I was at an antiques auction here in the UK. There were a few coin lots including two US...
Just picked up these tokens from Tavistock, where Drake was born. Four different ones, but only two shown here as they fit the Sailing ship theme....
Back to the Halfpennies for 1738 - sorry! Only standard British coin for that year. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
As a tip to anyone in the US buying British coins on Ebay, try logging into ebay.co.uk instead of ebay.com. Your usual ID should work, but you...
My 1739 is a fourpence - sometimes described as Maundy but at this date certainly circulation too: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes - we have the same problem with British bronze coinage - particularly in the 1860s. The thing is, a minor difference can change a coin's value...
If you are ever in the UK you can view the whole process live at the Llantrisant Royal Mint works in South Wales.
... and for a change of gender, how about this one on Edward VII's head - Straits Settlement Dollar 1903: [ATTACH] (Old picture but still in my...
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