I'm aware that the 1888 silver threepence shown above is a less common coin because only 518000 were minted that year. Normally around 3 million...
As a collector of BU coins you probably wouldn't appreciate having grey looking silver or green coloured copper coins in your collection.
Bardolph, thank you for giving us your interesting perspective on collecting. As I have said in some of my other posts, I have a collection but I...
I have found lots of the .500 silver coins dating from 1920-47. Here is a photo of some of them. These are all sixpences.[ATTACH]
Many detectorists, including myself, often find coins that date to Victorian or more recent times. Generally we consider such coins to be...
Thanks to all for your kind comments. Lovely coin panzerman and one that I have never seen or ever likely to see in the flesh. But never say never...
That was exactly what I said when I saw it. Unfortunately I don't have a photo of the reverse. It was found at Eastwood Manor Farm. The quality of...
Lordmarcovan, here is a photo of the Edward 6th sixpence I mentioned earlier that was found on a farm in East Harptree.[ATTACH]
I've also found a Marcus Aurelius sestertius but Celtic is still on my wishlist. However, I do enjoy finding interesting artifacts like this rare...
There ought to have been roman finds there, especially with Colchester being nearby. On that topic, here is a small group of roman silver coins...
What area did you detect in the UK during your visit? Most of my detecting has taken place close to places I have lived in since 1988. From...
Some real beauties there Lordmarcovan. Strangely, I spent Sunday morning detecting near East Harptree but didn't find much of interest, although...
Yes, it's a lovely site to detect on. Apart from the 36 hammered coins/fragments I've found along with the odd artifact including silver cufflinks...
Thanks for your reply Panzer man and the coin in the photo is gorgeous. I totally agree that when additional coins appear on the scene they...
Thank you The Eidolon and Scottishmoney for your replies and the photos of your cut coins. Being a Scot myself, who was born in Glasgow but now...
Good point Heavymetal. However, it doesn't resemble the versions made by Lauer which look like the original milled coins. My example is very thin...
Mr Numismatist, good call. I weighed 8 coins separately and all came in around 1.3-1.4g but the suspect coin weighed 0.9g. As you say it may be...
I don't understand why the detail on these 2 examples are convex rather than concave like the first. All 3 coins were issued in consecutive years...
I found the silver 3d below while metal detecting about 30 years ago. I am hoping that someone can tell me why the detail on the coin is concave...
This is more like what I think is a fragment. The centre portion of a Cnut pointed helmet type where the whole of the outer has gone.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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