I understand what you are saying @Bert Gedin but my collecting focus is British coinage. I don't really have the funds to do this but I have built...
This was another of coins I picked up at a local auction on Saturday. Nice to see a really clear picture of Charles X of France for a change:...
Far easier for studying the penny varieties is this website: https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/ which has excellent photos online of most of the...
Well I have now submitted pictures to Numista. Not sure I will do NGC - the grade is not great for the serious slab collectors!
Well here is a really surprising rarity. At a local auction I had my arm twisted into buying a jar of old coins for £3 as no one else was bidding,...
I picked this up amongst a batch of older coins. As far as I can work out it is from the Franlin Mint and bears a signature "E R Grove" 1967. It...
Yes - a brilliant treatise on Penny varieties with excellent photos at: https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/
... and this one just arrived today. 1882H penny with obverse 12 and slightly scarcer reverse M. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another couple of upgrades from yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree with all that has been said - just to add the design looks very similar to many of the jettons produced by Krauwinckel in Nuremburg in the...
Just another couple of upgrades arrived in the post today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I believe the 3rd one is Egypt 10 Piastre 1972, KM# 430.
Another upgrade arrived today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for that - it helps. Sadly they tried to clean it before showing it to me!
I usually hang out on the World Coins forum but I have been brought this by a farmer here in North Devon. Apparently found by his detectorist...
Got this farthing as an upgrade today - 1855. Interesting variations - the obverse is type 2 with the WW raised on the truncation, and also has...
Yes it is a Spade guinea gaming token from the early 19th century, made of Brass. If you post it in the exonumia thread under Coin Chat someone...
Austria, 1 Thaler, 1857:[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Received a couple of nice GB upgrades today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well here is one with a sword I have not posted before - French WW1 medallion by Lasserre: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] How about Cannons or Cockerels for...
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