Pretty much all white people of European descent are descended from William the Conqueror. In fact, it is mathematically improbable that you...
According to Spink (2011), the most common English William the Conqueror coin catalogues at £250 in fine (google currency convertor to work out...
If anything, palladium is underpriced, not only is Russia expected to run out of Palladium stocks later this year, but Norlisk Nickel, the biggest...
Pretty lousy thing to do when you have a wife and kid, especially just before Christmas...
Obverse inscription roughly translates as 'Augustus Caesar the Divine, Father of the Country'. The Reverse refers to Caius and Lucius Caesar,...
When Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936, most of the coins in his name that had been prepared for 1937 were scrapped and are stupidly rare, if...
Well, 100 points does leave more scope for a precise grade, I suppose. Although I'm not a big fan of slabs and numbered grading systems TBH,...
It used to be a common practice up until the First World War to create love tokens by etching the initials of the couple onto a coin...
That was a reference to the monarch's title as 'King of All the Britains' rather than the country itself. That legend was also present on...
And even then, you couldn't be 100%. Having said that, I don't see anything to give cause for concern from the photo...
This might be your lucky day: http://24carat.co.uk/silverbritannias.html
The reason for the price drop may be to do with VAT. Silver (unlike gold) comes with a 17.5% tax to UK residents, which isn't applicable in the...
Most gold products are exempt from VAT in the EU, and in the case of Britain legal tender gold coins such as Sovereigns and Britannias are exempt...
I don't know, it sounds too good to be true. Palladium usually sells for quite a hefty premium over spot in my experience...
Interesting that the '£' symbol is used on the bag of money there. A reference to London being considered the world's financial centre at the time?
Looks genuine to me. I've seen many a genuine gold coin looking that rough from having been mounted and polished to bits. It should be worth...
I collect and I invest. Coins I am interested in I will pay over slightly over the odds for. For investment, I prefer to buy coins I have no...
From what I understand, no one really knows what they were called and the term 'follis' (as with the antoninianus) is a name made up by later...
I am puzzled by the fabled existance of the Diocletian Denarius. Apparently, this was the last denarius ever minted (although some say the...
I would recommend the Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins. I am not aware of the existance of a British 'Greysheet' (we don't use one) but...
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