I think Mat's coin is the Double Florin KM#763. My Krause has USD 37.50 in Fine. (They seem to be quite common in Granny's drawers.) These coins...
Nice Gothic florin! I have examples for most dates except the two scarcest (1854 and 1862) but few are much better than Fine. Once you appreciate...
I have been out of commission but I am back at last. Here is my favourite British Commonwealth coin - the 1903 Straits Settlements trade dollar....
This one not so much for the colour of the toning, but that is has any at all after over 240 years![ATTACH]
I came across this one in my collection while checking for upgrades - I thought the rainbow toning (even more pronounced in hand) was rather...
This is my one - Moneyer is Aelfstan and then it reads "on Pincs" which means Winchester.[ATTACH]
Probably never going to get this one completely nailed down. Certainly Cnut "Quatrefoil" Penny. Bust is probably London style, but this could mean...
With your handle and picture you must be UK based? Whereabouts?
At 2.8cm it is definitely just a commemorative type medallion - I wanted to check as the style is reminiscent of some of the officially issued...
Nice medal - obviously for Victoria's diamond Jubilee in 1897. Looks very well designed and struck. What is it's diameter? Does it have anything...
I think commemorative medallions are a great diversion from coins - many have great designs, and they are often a lot cheaper to acquire than...
I would say this is a commemorative medallion, rather than a coin or token. At this stage it was illegal to make tokens for use in lieu of money,...
I always like the line from a genuine Latin text: "Caesar adsum iam forte, Pompeii aderat" usually read by school boys as "Caesar had some jam for...
I wouldn't say an understanding of Latin was essential to coin collecting, but often useful - not so much for the Roman coins as the European ones...
Hi Jesse, Fair and reasonable comments. Most British collectors, particularly of the more modern stuff, would use the Spinks "Coins of England...
I do agree - and I am always glad to see people diversifying. My main point was to challenge the assumption made by the OP that just because he...
I would agree - there are a great many British coin collectors over here, and stacks of books about coins going back over centuries. (I have a...
I have been away from this forum for some months - partly because I invested most of my spare capital in these 3 coins, and it has taken me this...
I still would not want to say "copy" or "fake" without handling it. Also, bear in mind it is a Threepence not a Shilling - so much smaller. I...
Looks to be OK although difficult to be sure without handling it. If you have a local jewellers with a "gun" they can confirm the silver content -...
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