I don't have my books to hand at the moment but it looks Indian Subcontinent colonial to me - possibly Goa? This was a Portuguese colony and so...
Can't see any reason why not. Single Maundy pieces are not that scarce and only command high prices when approaching uncirculated or in a matched...
In the UK "Penny" would be the most common I think. Penny Lane by the Beatles comes to mind. For a joke, how about "Dong"? The national currency...
The 20/- reads as 20 shillings in pre-decimal money = one pound. Not sure if this one is related but several years ago I had a bag full of...
Not sure that is the right shield either! :( Looks to me like the standard Portuguese Shield within a shield with the 4 components in the centre...
Thanks for the endorsement! I too have been exploring further and been through all the Portuguese colonies and associates I can think of back to...
I guess mine has been a slow building "success story" from the beginning. I started collecting again (after giving up in my teens) about 15 years...
As discussed off line, the fleur de lys definitely suggests some link to France, but the cross on the reverse is very Portuguese in style and the...
The term "dump issue" is used for British Halfpennies dated 1717 to 1719 and Farthings in 1717. Nobody seems too sure why "dump" but the coins...
This was the 1748 Halfpenny that turned up with the Gibraltar and St Helena colonials I posted earlier. Not perfect but pretty damn good for a...
Brilliant @paddyman98 that has it cracked!
I picked up this amongst many others yesterday. I haven't been able to tie it down so I am looking for any ideas? What I can see - obverse appears...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Oh how I love sorting through job lots! These three picked up yesterday - Gibraltar 2 Quarts 1842/1 Essequibo & Demerary East...
A Search on the word "Patard" on Ebay has turned up a number of good matches, and Charles the Bold seems to be the man, so this one is solved now...
Thanks for thoughts so far. Diameter is about 26mm.
I picked this up with a mass of other coins yesterday. My original thought was French, but I have not found a match in the 1601 to 1700 Krause yet...
I tried some of that before and ran out of steam! In the end this one, along with the Marie D'Orleans one, are outside my collecting area and I...
That's great - thanks for the info. Does it give us a date range for it's production?
The designer is on the right of the exergue and is Roty. On the left it reads "A.DESAIDE ED." On the Obverse the designer is written "O.ROTY" and...
Yes - I did quite a bit of research and found the reverse in lots of places on the net, but never paired with the Marianne obverse. Hence I still...
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