PaddyB, I slightly disagree with you description of the Harold in that it was intentionally cut in half then sustained some edge damage. I would...
Good point GDJSMP. I'm surprised there isn't already a standard set of definitions such that everyone's talking the same language to improve...
Following on from my previous post about cut coins and fragments, at what point would you consider that a coin has become a fragment. I have...
Spark 1951, thanks for your comment. As you say, identification is key and it sometimes requires quite a bit of detective work to get a result....
They are all English with the earliest being an 11th century King Cnut through to A 16th century Henry 8th.
I often find the remains of coins that have been damaged or deliberately cut in the plough soil while metal detecting. I enjoy finding and adding...
I found this sceat many years ago and tried reading the runes on it. The result was EPA. I assume that was the name of the king on the obverse....
Barry Sherlock is a goldsmith from Torquay whose coin restorations are second to none.
Beautiful coins Dafydd. Strangely enough on first looking at the photo of the 3 coins together, my eyes were drawn to the middle one mainly...
These 2 were found fairly close to each other. One is black, the other quite shiny.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very nice coin John.
Dafydd, thanks for the background to the pomegranate mark. It would never have crossed my mind that a mintmark could have such religious...
I doubt that the scratches are anything to do with cleaning and more to do with being scrubbed over by earth and stones when ploughing took place.
I believe that the condition is as found and follows a quick rinse under the tap. I'm amazed that it survived in this condition for hundreds of...
A detecting colleague recently found this lovely looking Mary groat and he would like to know whether it would grade as very fine or even better....
Thanks for all of your comments. It seems that some hoards can add a little bit of kudos that collectors are willing to pay extra for.
As they are still in the Treasure process there is a possibility that they will be claimed by the state and be purchased by a museum for an amount...
A fellow detectorist recently came across the rusted remains of an old shattered safe while metal detecting. When searching the area around the...
About 6 years ago members of my local metal detecting club found a small hoard of predominantly Henry 8th coins here in Somerset. Following...
Thanks for that. I thought that if it moved it would have been double struck on both sides but what you suggest makes complete sense. It's my...
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