One of my favourite ship portraits on this 1796 halfpenny token from Portsea in Hampshire. Could also qualify under "Flags" "Horses" and even...
Far and away the scarcest of the modern British £2 coins. Two versions were produced of these Royal Mint Trial coins in 1994: the slightly more...
British £2 coins from the 2002 Commonwealth Games - 4 different flags for England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. (The Northern Ireland one...
I have seen a great many of these over here in the UK - and as someone else has pointed out, they have been restriking them constantly. (I heard...
The seal matrix in the bottom picture looks interesting too - what is the pattern? (I have a friend who is a serious collector of those things...)...
Helmet or Halberd are quite likely. I am pretty sure this is a Richmond Type 2 Farthing because of the Colon stops. Price and scarcity as before.
Neither of those are the mint mark - they are part of the standard design. The mintmark appears just before the word Caro on the crown side, but...
Yes it is a Charles I farthing from Britain. I think it is "Richmond" type, but within that there are numerous minor variations. Dates between...
Hi, UK grading on this would probably be vg. Without any letters by the lighthouse it is the common variety, and in this condition worth no more...
A couple of months ago I spent GBP 350 (about USD 500) on a single British Penny (1849 - the last one I needed for my date run). I didn't get...
Hi There, Not much to get excited about I fear. My speciality is British, so I can tell you the 1923 Halfcrown is 0.500 Silver and would go at...
Most Coin collectors find Medallions interesting too, so hopefully I am not to far off topic posting this! Historical Medallion - membership...
Nice idea! A couple I have used before here in the UK: London Coins - http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/ Dix Noonan and Webb - http://www.dnw.co.uk/...
I am no expert, but as no one else has responded - here is my twopennies worth! If you are looking for Whitman style folders - pre marked for...
Seems to translate as "A sign of the eternal salvation of the coins of the world". See...
1702 Vigo British Shilling In October 1702 the British Navy in association with the Dutch attacked a Spanish Silver treasure fleet, defended by...
It seems to me that we all celebrate the big ones more than the tiddlers - but often the tiniest coins have the most interesting history. Here are...
There is of course a bigger issue looming even than Europe. If we don't find a way of controlling world population very soon, mother nature will...
Hi Goldmark, Lots to say! Telegraph is definitely on the right wing by the way. I agree with all you say. It has got to the stage where we trust...
No - I was not unduly agitated! Our politicians leave me pretty aggravated at all times - regardless of their political colour. (We seem to lack...
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