Yes Aethelred and many of the other Saxon Kings paid "Danegelt" to the vikings in an effort to control their pillaging. Gradually the vikings...
I agree. I hope to find out more about what is missing now all the relevant departments are back at work. I will publish here anything I can find.
Those must be halfpennies as no pennies were struck until 1797, and they are substantially larger. Worth looking at them closely because many...
1972 Penny was produced in sets only - you will see it occasionally on the net, but it is always as a result of being broken out from a set. It is...
In your paragraph on what you have, I assume you are talking about Halfpennies of farthings? In Copper/Bronze/Tin: The Regal Penny starts GIII...
I am entirely with you on that! I lived for 2 years in Hong Kong in the 1980s and got so used to haggling for everything, it would seem unusual...
Looks good to me too - a very nice example. Anything under GBP300 would be a bargain. Looks to be a genuine seller too - realistic range of...
... Or you could look at it the other way round. Ebay, and other online means of selling, now represent a very large proportion of the whole...
Yes - looks to be moneyer Aelfnoth of London. Mint seems to be down as "OLUND" instead of "LUNDO" - can't see any notes in North suggesting this...
I hope this is not deemed "over the edge". Well known medal from the first world war - struck originally by the Germans to justify the sinking of...
Let's not open up the gun laws debate - suffice to say that it is not possible to have a pistol of any sort over here legally. The only people who...
A collector not far from me here was robbed on 21st December. Coins, Stamps and other valuables were taken. Report is here:...
I know you were joking, but it is not too funny here at the moment. A collector living only a few miles from me experienced that on the 21st...
Struggling. The obverse reminds me a lot of the "Cumberland Jack" gaming tokens made in England in the mid 19th Century - they lampooned the...
I wouldn't want to call that one without having it in hand. If I really wanted to bid on it I would base my decision as much on the feedback and...
I go along with most of what has been said already. I am both a collector and a part time dealer, so I see the haggle from both sides: 1....
To stick up for Medoraman - both Palembang and Plembang are merely attempts to put a local name into our alphabet - neither is more or less...
I don't do US coins generally, but I have turned up a number of these in the last few years here in the UK. (Mostly lost in bags of mixed coinage...
Advice I have given before - an advert in the local paper. You can pick up bucket loads of assorted coinage and spend hours sorting out the wheat...
Cons like this exist everywhere - who would know that "Real Leather" is a proprietary name for a form of artificial Leather substitute? In my...
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