The designer is on the right of the exergue and is Roty. On the left it reads "A.DESAIDE ED." On the Obverse the designer is written "O.ROTY" and...
Yes - I did quite a bit of research and found the reverse in lots of places on the net, but never paired with the Marianne obverse. Hence I still...
Since we seem to be onto French medals again, here are a couple I have posted before. Sorry my photographic skills are not great. (More to the...
I am glad you have it nailed down now. Not heard of pocket piecing before as a way of cleaning coins! For something as damaged and valueless as...
I don't have any books on the jetons so I have to rely online. The legend is pretty much unreadable, so that doesn't help. I did see a similar one...
The bust fits best with the 1806/1807 issues. It is fairly close to the 1799 issue, but that does not have a straight line under Britannia to...
You are right and I am wrong. I went by the appearance rather than checking the dimensions. It is in the range of a Halfpenny, but the weight is...
I believe it is a George II Farthing. The date I think is actually 1739 with the 3 over 5 (a recognised variant). The down stroke of the 9 often...
Forgive me if this has been posted somewhere here already, but I just found this link on a UK Coin forum. Interesting but depressing to see how...
Picked up this today - I assume it is a Jetton but I do not have the book so I don't know which one. [ATTACH]
That is very useful reading and it sounds as if we should be reporting the seller in the original posting to Ebay everytime he lists until he...
I'm not great on US grading but if that coin counts as MS66 I've got a bridge I can sell you! :happy:
A bit like this? This is one of my spares at the moment. [ATTACH]
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