Very nice coin, but I think you need to adjust the lighting on your photos. These are copper coins but you wouldn't know from the colour in your pix
I hit the Post button before I had finished writing. I was trying to say that the O or C can't be the assayer's mark because there was no assayer...
As my Scottish grandfather used to say, "I hae me doots" (I have my doubts) about this 8 reales. I have no personal experience of coins from...
******ing spelling checker! I wrote 'fineness' and forgot to check the checker before I posted
The weight is wierd. 8 reales come in at 27.4 grams, 4 reales half that at 13.73 and the fondness should be .93055
Jlass
Hi Glass Even if you don't read Spanish, I would recommend that you buy Casa de Moneda de Madrid by Glen Murray. This is the history of the...
Los dos escudos me parecen genuinos. El peso oficial, en gramos, es 6.7661 gms, oro de 20 quilates (.849, redondeando) y lleva las iniciales de...
I may be wrong, I am not an expert on NZ coinage or die varieties, and while it is difficult to be certain from a photo, I would nevertheless...
In my old edition of British Commonwealth Coins, (1971), the section on New Zealand notes that there are at least 200 die varieties, caused by...
The coins are the property of Spain. Where they will end up however is another matter. In the municipal museum, in Alicante, Valencia or Madrid?...
For what it's worth, here are my thoughts on these coins. The first coin is a 4 maravedis which has been officially counterstamped to raise its...
Kin la Belle, as the locals used to call it when I was there in the 1970s. I picked up some very good artefacts at very reasonable prices, but no...
One minor correction: metal detecting is not illegal in Spain. There is one national law (Ley de Patrimonio Historico) which forbids metal...
Can't be bad - once you have separated the wheat from the chaff, you can probably sell the rest in a flea market for a minimum of 5 or 10$ each.
Paddy, I could be wrong, but I think that your 1881 H may turn out to be one of the rarest bun-head pennies. According to my Spinks, there are...
The coinage of this territory which officially became a British Protectorate in 1888 (when Britain took over the North Borneo Chartered Company)...
The 1951 6d is not a rare date, with a mintage of 1.8 million pieces, compared for example with the 1942 6d with 360,000. My handbook of British...
Since Belgium did not exist as a nation in 1807 they were hardly likely to mint one cent coins with that date.
Yes! The last six are definitely Portuguese cetils from the reign. of Alfonso V. There are a number of varieties but they all consist in a castle...
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