Welcome Helon! Glad to see another Brit on this forum. Yes, we do get to see some wonderful Victoriana here. Not all are regular coins - here is...
Great - thanks for the update. I see quite a few of these in the UK but have always lacked a reference for them - I will keep an eye out for that...
Thanks Bill in Burl for posting those! Very useful. They came through as pages 1 and 2 posted twice each - were there actually pages 3 and 4 as...
I can't really comment on the Spinks grading - I haven't seen many others! I would agree with you on VG. In the UK many would describe it as aF...
Ah but it does. For milled coins in my 2011 edition it is on pages 323 to 325. If that doesn't match yours, look in the middle of the Charles II...
I have PM'ed you - did you get that message?
The only excuse for breaking it out would be if the coin spins in its mount and so is not soldered directly to the silver dish. If this were the...
There is a quite a variety in sizes and weights in the William III crown. Here are 3 from my collection - the first 1695 measures 42mm, the second...
Thanks johnyb, that sounds pretty good! Would you give my coin VF? Would you use Verdicare on it to reduce the evidence of verdigris?
That sounds fair. I am in the UK so GBP 4 to 8. Amen!
That's rather what I suspected! So a fair price for mine at market would be....?
Yes - my 2011 edition of Krause gives $20 in Fine, $150 in VF, which seems a lot for a 20th Century Penny. My query, probably for someone who...
I picked up the attached Australian Penny a few weeks ago. When I look in Krause it implies that the 1920 with no dots above or below the scrolls...
Thanks for the tag! I think I would also go with Henry VII - far less ornamentation in the ribbon around the bust. Not sure about S2207 though -...
Just for the hell of it - here are the other main coins I picked up today - a nice set of Victoria Jubilee silver coins. The Crown is 1888 and the...
Todays pickups at my local flea market: 1888 Britannia Groat (Fourpence) issued for use in British Guinea. Henry VI (1422-1430) Half Groat S1836...
The US is probably the biggest coin collecting market in the world. Most of the next tier are Western or European nations including the UK,...
This one is the first major upgrade to my own collection for quite a while! Mary I Groat, S2492 mm Pomegranate ~1553. These things are very...
Just another thought - get off the auction treadmill! As you have discovered it gets frustrating and unfulfilling as you get to the higher value...
All printed guides are out of date as soon as they are printed, and at their best are only as good as the effort they put in. Use Krause, but...
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