Wel thank you all for all your help! I can't say it has given me a clear steer yet - 7 for the left, 5 for the right and 2 undecided! I have...
I tried that logic but I suspect they would both make very similar prices! Sadly it is not the physical space. Two factors apply: 1....
Yes - and they even don't learn from the teachings of our greatest thinkers. "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." (I...
Yes - I have seen many of these mementos that should have remained with the family but have moved on. One I remember particularly was a...
There was a similar case in the UK back about the time we still had the Halfpenny. The debt was just half a penny, and after the same process of...
Send it to the EU in Brussels - they will take 5 years to decide they owe you $100,000 then pocket it themselves anyway. When you complain they...
I have been debating this for a few days and can't make up my mind so I thought I would get advice from any of you who care to contribute. In my...
Yes - I posted some of the smallest on another thread here last week - check out these for some of the smallest: [ATTACH]
I also picked up this the other day. They are a familiar sight over here but for anyone who has not seen them before, they were issued to the...
Not often on Ebay - I prefer selling face to face where we can discuss the grade and the history of the coin or token. I find Ebay rules tilted...
Some days you get lucky! I picked up this from a local charity shop today - cost me GBP 8 - I guess around USD 10 since the pound has slipped, but...
Yes the plaque is interesting. On closer inspection I am fairly sure it is white metal underneath, but maybe softer than silver. It looks as if it...
These are the sixpences I mentioned in the PM: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I set myself the Gargantuan task of ALL milled British coins! I have most of the sixpences back to 1693 and some spares. Feel free to PM me with...
Yes - the "Britannia" Groats are lovely coins. Made from 1835 to 1855 (bar 1850) and then once again in 1888. They were worth Four Pence and were...
Thanks for all that Bruce. Yes the Cumberland medal is very interesting and takes us back to a sorry patch of history. One other snippet on this -...
Oh how I love job lots at auctions! Here is the paranumismatica fromthe latest lot. I think I know what I am looking at - anyone else care to give...
I am very glad to hear your investment has been going up in value! As I am not particularly familiar with modern coins - how much of that increase...
The engraver for the head is well known as Raphael Maklouf - the same as the head on many British coins around that time. I have not been able to...
I can see your point. I suppose the thing is that in due course he will know the full story. If he gets into coins and comes to realise that you...
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