Another popular branch of British coin collecting is the Maundy coins and sets. Here is one I just found in my spares box: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is the biggest "coin-like" thing I have - bronze plaque after one by Edward Wyon from the mid 19th century. Approx 175mm 7 Inches in...
Thanks for this @BRandM . Yes, the John Howard would be considered a Conder token as I understand it. It is listed in the new Withers book under...
Yes but watch for fakes! Only 196000 made but they come up occasionally. My one weighs 27.3g and they should be 28.125g so it is a "copy" although...
Some new ones picked up today: [ATTACH] 1893 Victoria Crown - these are remarkably common in the UK and make only a little over melt. They had...
Picked up these three today: [ATTACH] 18th Century token from Bath in England celebrating John Howard FRS who was a famous prison reformer at the...
My main collecting area is British standard coinage but I cannot resist an attractive Crown size coin from around the world. I don't even mind the...
Still doing my sorting and came across these two that neatly illustrated some of the points I was pontificating about before: [ATTACH]This one is...
I am currently re-checking my own collection - updating grades and lists to make sure I know which ones I still need. I came across this rather...
One of the things I like about British coin collecting is that there is more than enough scope without having to get into endless minute...
Thanks for the query @BRandM . I don't know for sure when they were issued - generally the Co-op tokens are undated and I can find nothing on the...
Another one for @Cheshire Cat - A Pidcock Exhibition token from the 1790s. Both this and the Cornish one are currently on Ebay. [ATTACH]
For you then @Cheshire Cat [ATTACH]
Yes definitely George IV. Compare this Crown from around the same time: [ATTACH] If he were alive today he would be in trouble for his sexual...
This, by the way, is my oldest actually British coin (as opposed to Romano-British): [ATTACH] Athelwulf penny - he reigned in Wessex from 839 to...
I picked up a pile of these tokens today at a local auction. The Co-op in the UK is a socially aware society that in the early days helped out...
.. and just to clarify, from around 1662 all milled (machine made) coins were dated, but there are many dated coins before that in Britain. I...
Yes - but until the 20th century International trading was not usually done on the basis of foreign exchange but on bullion value, so marked...
Ah yes - denominations are much more complicated! Over the centuries we have had dozens of different sizes of coins, many of them short lived and...
You are right to some extent. Very early hammered coins have no means of dating accurately, although some indication can be got from the...
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