These are about all I have left now - a few copper odds that I never really got round to identifying properly. If you know more, please let me...
I had a large collection of Indian coinage a few years back - sadly all that is left now are pictures, but here are some of them for your...
Thanks Christian - that helps a lot. Looks like I would need pretty deep pockets to expand into this area - I will just hope one drops into my lap.
Plain as a pikestaff! First picture is of Apollo's head, and the second of a horse. Joking aside - those are what these two designs are said to...
Hi Christian - do you have any more than this? Was it relating to a specific event? My German is not good, so I am not sure what message it was...
Surely these two should be in the list? [ATTACH][ATTACH] Victorian Gothic Crown 1847, William an Mary Crown 1692
Sounds dodgy to me. With all the other issues, I would have to conclude a fake. It may be that the fakers were producing a lot of blanks for...
... When you make sure you don't have a wife, so you don't run into this situation in the first place!
Very true, and it is wise to be careful with your opinions even when you are provably right. In my early days of collecting I found a small coin...
... When the only fantasy dreams left to you are where you find the impossibly rare coin in a junk box in a flea market. (I usually wake up in a...
Using International (as opposed to US) grading it would probably be vg or aF. Good points are the complete flan and legend, bad points are the...
As you say, so many fakes of these around that the usual starting point is to assume it is one. To my eye, yours does not look obviously wrong,...
Yes - appears to be Second Issue Shilling with Martlet mint mark. Number 2555 in the Spink catalague with Bust type 3C. Dating around 1560/1. Not...
This is a commemorative medallion form the UK - celebrates the marriage on March 10th 1863 of The Prince of Wales (then known as Albert, but...
Thanks for that - I am glad you like it. As with many I have it is much better in hand than the scan would suggest. One day I must get sorted out...
Yours is better than mine! [ATTACH]
... Whenever somebody puts a coin on the table at the Bridge Club you check it out for date and type, ... When all your friends save any new...
Not much to add to what has already been said. I buy and sell world coins all the time, and researching each one is part of the fun, and often...
Have you got a copy of Krause? I am looking at page 712 of my 2009 edition, and the Egyptian 1917 2 Piastre is there under KM# 317.1 and 317.2 -...
Based on this size it is Egypt and a 2 piastre coin from the British Occupation period around 1916/1917 - Krause 317.1 or 317.2. Without clearer...
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