Thanks for the information. I find it admirable for its quality and style, but it is not really for me, so I will probably sell it on.
I picked up this one the other day - I understand it is Swiss, dated 1835 and celebrates the early preachers of the Protestant religion. Measures...
I nearly forgot I had this one: British Commonwealth Shilling from 1653: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I picked up this today with the other coins I have posted in New Acquisitions. To save me trawling through Krause, can anyone tel me where it...
Been shopping again - just as well I no longer have a wife to nag me about it! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very nice coin! I grade on UK standards and that would get Good Fine to about Very Fine I think - there are a few digs in the fields and the edge...
I am selling off some of my spare Pennies and Halfpennies - see:...
I picked up this one on Tuesday - I don't know a great deal about it except that it is from Koblenz in Germany, 1921, and made in iron - so feel...
Been doing some buying this weekend: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1905 Half Crown - for anyone who collects British Silver this is the key date. [ATTACH]...
They are rather fun! Although legal tender in the UK they were mainly made for use in Malta, which was a colony in the 19th century. 12 different...
Some upgrades for my farthings and fractionals today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I picked up this one a week or so ago at a local auction. Not as good as the above, but definitely not cleaned! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I was only being provocative to get a few more responses! They would have to be a hell of a lot worse for me to melt them. Although they are not...
So melt them?
Krause just says "Copper" - does not give a purity! :-)
Can you please give me your views on these two? (I collect mainly British coins so I am uncomfortable giving firm opinions on US coinage.) My...
Russian 5 Kopek 1767 EM (Ekaterinburg) from rule of Catherine II. Not sure of value - my Krause gives it $5-10 but that was before the Russians...
I know you do! I was referring more to the Lithuanian bit - they are the oldest I have with Western style dates on, and you said before you have...
This one arrived today - an upgrade for my Penny collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If we are still going when we get to the 1540s and 1530s I will have a few to post then!
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