This group was brought to me at a coin fair yesterday - I know nothing of these things, and I have no book to help me. I paid money for them on a...
Five that I have posted before. I love these things - all the periods wyvern has described - so much history and local info:...
I have posted these before, but they are all I have in this line so far. Aethelred and Cnut. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Hmmm! Grilled Scout - 'licious! :devil:
Superb coin Phil - and definitely an interesting history. It is startling how much history can be pieced together for events over 1000 years ago....
Thanks again Doug - that is a lot of info to absorb, and I hope you have enjoyed the intellectual challenge? I will pass all the above onto Karen...
Hi Doug - Thanks for that, that is brilliant and just the sort of info I was after! My coin indeed has the dish shaped effect of being cast, and I...
It is similar to the Indian Rupee, but the design is closer to the genuine Gothic Crown - see below. But there are lots of copies around, and the...
3:1 to Hadrian at the moment! Anyone help me with the date? $50 seems quite a lot to me! I will probably let her have it cheaper than that as it...
Hi Bing - Looks like you might be right! The chap who told me Hadrian was so certain I never questioned it. Still interested to know the date and...
I am sure this will be a quick one for all you Ancient adepts out there. I picked up this in a job lot a few weeks back. I am told it is a Hadrian...
Certainly a modern copy of the Gothic Crown. Looks a lot like:...
No one is entirely sure where the term Bob for a shilling came from. I did a quick google search and came up with this: "The origin of the word...
OK - I thought I would extract an "Evolution of the Bob" series from my collection. By the way - the word in this context is both singular and...
Yes - the ones I still need are all tricky dates with very low mintages. Many are threepences because a lot of dates were issued in low numbers,...
Back to real coinage (British! :)) - I have an example of all coinage issued for circulation, all denominations, back to 1864 - and it has taken...
More news on Richard III: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21427369 Over here he has often been referred to as "Richard the...
Interesting Question. I collect only British coins, and so I am limited by the years in which no British coins were made at all. On that basis...
OK - here are some more from the group of halfcrowns - a nice spread of different bust and reverse designs. [ATTACH][ATTACH] 1689 William and...
A few more notes on these before I go out for the evening: The 1703 Sixpence with the portrait of Queen Anne, and the word Vigo beneath. This...
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