Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042-1066 and canonised 1161) small flan penny of Frome. [ATTACH] St. Michael spearing the dragon. Edward IV half...
Thanks. The Langport was a bargain in a Kunker sale 10 years ago, less than VF price for the mint and it extended the opening period for the mint...
All unique. I'll stick to the ancients section time bracket. Edward the Confessor Trefoil/Quatrefoil penny of Winchcombe [ATTACH] William II...
Just won this in last week's Cope sale in Zurich. Looking forward to its arrival :) A Chester Declaration issue halfcrown. [ATTACH]
Natural. I don't like coins that have been dipped to make them bright and shiny, nor those that have been AT'd, frequently with garish results....
Hi. I have an old ticket with a coin which refers to a dealer from Ohio, Charles Wolfe - see below. All makes sense apart from XXXIV which could...
The beauty of provenance is that it is a one way ticket, or in a worst case, means nothing for added value. No provenance has ever reduced a...
1762 quarter guinea. The ideal denomination for completionists, with only 2 currency years (1718 & 1762) plus a 1764 pattern. [ATTACH]
It might be a key date from a mintage viewpoint, but once the total struck is known to be limited, someone will hoard them. 1925 is a key date...
An engraver's plaster for a pattern one pound coin. Diameter 175mm, 17mm thick. This will date to c.1983 when the one pound coin was introduced....
Billon stater of the Coriosolites. [ATTACH]
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I concur. That coin is in the grey area where you have to make a decision whether to melt or not, because as a collectable item there would be...
And a few Maundy sets of mine. A 2004 full distribution. 78 pence in the form of 7 full sets plus 2 x 4d. Also included a 2004 £5 and 50p coins...
It looks ok to me and in a reasonable grade, so what makes you question its authenticity? These aren't something you normally see copies of, in...
FWIW, Mass 1952, which is a die match for your coin weighs 1.34g. Unfortunately, his collection only had 4 coins of Elis in class VIIa3. However,...
Serious Maundy collectors are fairly thin on the ground with most collectors being happy with an example or two. So when they come to sell, the...
Just a farthing and a couple of halfpennies for me. First up, a 1773 farthing with obverse 2. [ATTACH] A 1773 with the first 7 over 1 and the 3...
It's possible, but equally unlikely, as they will have tried many different elemental compositions. As Graham said when I queried the above,...
Could have been struck in the 1980s for the same reason as per the conversation I had with Graham Dyer regarding the item below, which is struck...
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