Certainly a modern copy of the Gothic Crown. Looks a lot like:...
No one is entirely sure where the term Bob for a shilling came from. I did a quick google search and came up with this: "The origin of the word...
OK - I thought I would extract an "Evolution of the Bob" series from my collection. By the way - the word in this context is both singular and...
Yes - the ones I still need are all tricky dates with very low mintages. Many are threepences because a lot of dates were issued in low numbers,...
Back to real coinage (British! :)) - I have an example of all coinage issued for circulation, all denominations, back to 1864 - and it has taken...
More news on Richard III: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21427369 Over here he has often been referred to as "Richard the...
Interesting Question. I collect only British coins, and so I am limited by the years in which no British coins were made at all. On that basis...
OK - here are some more from the group of halfcrowns - a nice spread of different bust and reverse designs. [ATTACH][ATTACH] 1689 William and...
A few more notes on these before I go out for the evening: The 1703 Sixpence with the portrait of Queen Anne, and the word Vigo beneath. This...
A few minutes to spare, so a bit more info on another one of this lot - the Fourpence in the bottom right corner. So called "undated" fourpence...
They came from a contact I made through the Bridge club. It has taken me months of negotiating to agree terms as they belonged to his deceased...
An interesting question! To be honest I do not know if Britain's traditional distrust of the French played a part - maybe someone else can...
Sort of - described in the books as "2 over inverted 2" and no more or less common than the straight version.
Yes - but that is a coincidence. You get the same cypher on the Crown - which is 60 pennies. Here is my 1692 Crown with the same cypher - and yet...
I don't think I want to answer any of those questions! :angelic2:
I would love to spend more time telling everyone much more about these coins, and I hope to add to this thread with just this info as I can....
Hi Christian, I am glad you enjoy! The Roman Digits are the denomination of the coin in pennies, so you have a sixpence and a fourpence...
Forgive me if this is gloating, but I simply have to share some of the coins I picked up over the weekend! I don't need help with identification,...
A simple question with a complicated answer! One answer is to tell you what a dealer would pay you - gold value, currently about £254 for a...
As far as I can see in 1861 there were none of the style from the original post made outside of London. Later, from about 1871 this pattern was...
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