Peck Do you have access to "English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum" by C. Wilson Peck? It has a section on proof, currency...
Not my ad but I agree with you. I just have a nice extra copy of Bell's book that I would ship for less.
If a board member was the underbidder, please PM me for your discount.
R.C. Bell has several books on different segments of the Conder token series. His text on trade tokens (Commercial Coins, 1787 to 1804) is on Ebay...
Here's a recent dealer offering for Midd 1059 "NEWTON 1159 1793 Bust Newton/Cypher. Fine, $15. AU or better, $49"
Robert Orchard issued quite a few tokens during the Conder era, many featuring (who else?) himself! According to R.C. Bell, a contemporary...
Medal vs coin grading Beautiful medals! I can't make sense of the grading tho. Can someone who's seen a lot of these comment on NGC's apparent...
Photographing an edge Just reporting the results of an exercise conducted on another board. By placing a token in the reflective cone of a...
T. Hall More on Thomas Hall (including his toucan and Mrs. Newsham) at "Victorian Taxidermy!" http://www.taxidermy4cash.com/Victorian.html...
It's possible to position proof coins to "black out" the fields (see Blu62vette's images) and highlight the devices. The 1806 penny is a 66BN...
I really appreciate it when a seller (or a collector!) takes the time to post multiple images that reveal color and reflectivity. Here's my own...
Another Canadian example [IMG]
This is the largest medal I've come across at 90mm, 9mm thick with plain edge. It appears to be gilt copper. Any idea of what reference might...
Chancellor's medal I'm all out of gold coins but here's a gold medal awarded to the top law student at Cambridge University in 1863. [IMG]
Here's a Midd 522 which seems a bit further along, Farthing. [IMG] I've seen very few examples of that Northumberland obverse without the...
A previous thread got me thinking about die states. Here's a few examples of tokens produced by cracked dies. You might have one of these...
Photography and dots Some terrific photography on those tokens Larry! When I first noticed the Bayly's "spot" posting, I thought perhaps one...
Puzzled I'm still on my first coffee but couldn't help be puzzled by a couple of HiHo's tokens. From the earlier images of Middlesex 414, I...
Thanks for the input!
I have an old ticket for this denarius that says Trajan 98-118AD denarius Laur. Head Rt. Genius stgl l. C.400; RIC-190a Any notion of its...
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