I don't know the history but the chemistry is fairly obvious. Zinc is a metal but exists as many compounds in common rocks and minerals, including...
Thanks for that - that helps enormously. Yes looking at the coin at an angle through a loupe the Delta is fairly clear.
Bump... This is the last of the 3 ancients I posted without a better Identification - anyone able to help me with this one? Thanks,
Bump... Thank you for the ID on C and D - anyone able to help me with A and B? I am sure I have seen A before but I can't read the writing......
Last one - from my friend's batch. This is small and the only reason I suggest Judaea is that there was a scrap of paper with that written on it....
Continuing on the quest of identifying this batch of coins for a friend, can anyone put me right on this one? It looks to be a Celtic Bronze,...
I am trying to help a friend identify a number of coins he bought as part of an "ancients" collection. I have succeeded with most of the Roman...
A friend bought a collection of mostly Roman coins, with which I have been helping him with identification. These were in there - I suspect Indian...
That certainly seems to be the thing! Thanks for that. Anyone any idea how scarce/common these are? I can find none on Ebay past or present.
I picked up this amongst a bunch of modern Austrian coins. Can anyone tell me more about it? It is dated 1963 and commemorates events of 1642. I...
These came to me in the market today. Not often you see one Wreath Crown so 6 at once is extraordinary. I am pretty confident they are all right...
I don't usually go for these modern Silver Proof coins, but I have to say the reverse of this one is very well designed. Crown Size St Helena 20p...
Looks good to me. Relevant section of the rules of the thread, posted by @Curtisimo who I guess has the final say: "4. The coin should be datable...
This certainly doesn't count as a "real" coin as far as I am concerned, but it fits the "non-round" requirement and I happened to find myself in...
That coin might be not too bad under all that grunge. It is acceptable to clean ancient coins with care - nothing abrasive but a soak in Acetone...
Thanks @Mark Metzger - I can't say it is really my area of expertise, but I believe what you have there is one of the first milled Charles II...
Yes - Isle of Man has done many of these. (Motorbikes too.) The only one I have a picture of at the moment is this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well here's an oddity for you - an Australian "Seven Pence" coin - created by some wag by insetting a Sixpence into a Penny! [ATTACH]
I concur with the view that they are probably not fake - if I had any doubts it would be on the first one, but the weight is right, so probably...
For completeness, here is the Quarter Farthing - 1/16th of a Penny and so 1/3840th of a pound! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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