Even this old favourite has one! 1847 Gothic Crown from my own collection: [ATTACH]
A ha! I never spotted it hiding up there - yes I now have lots. How about this one for a more unusual example: [ATTACH] (Older picture - I sold...
I can do 1740: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Another British Halfpenny - I have a lot of these!
Green with Envy!
I love these tokens, but I find there are very few collectors for them at the moment in the UK. Are you holding onto them or moving them on?
For anyone who wants to be clear on the history of the English Crown coin: First issued as a Gold coin under Henry VIII from about 1526. First...
Haven't found any Globus cruciger, but turned up a couple of Brazilian odds with orbs: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
OK - my 1741 is this: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] British 1741 shilling - and yes I should get round to removing the selotape residue some day!
I had not thought of this, so I have done a bit of counting. Most of my coins are British so those are the only ones I have counted, and these are...
Must be time for a '42: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] British Halfpenny - not the best coin but the only 1742 I have.
Not strictly an acquisition but an item passed to me for identification: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] An English coin weight by Kirk for measuring the...
Ah ha! On to 1743: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I suspect the topic is too big for any one book to do it justice! There may be the odd "coffee table" book that will talk loosely about the...
We must be on to '44 by now? British 1744 Farthing: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Medallion struck from the salvage of the old Mauretania (sister ship to the Lusitania) to celebrate the launch of the new one. [ATTACH]
I'm the sad git with nothing better to do than post coins, so here is 1745: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Moving on: British 1746 Half Crown [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Portugal 5 Reis 1746: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
British Shilling 1747: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Don't often buy much foreign (which for me means non-British) but I couldn't resist this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] French Indo-China 1 cent 1886
Yes the term often used in South America is "manana" which in Spanish means "tomorrow" and generally actually means "whenever". I am told "manana...
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