I think commemorative medallions are a great diversion from coins - many have great designs, and they are often a lot cheaper to acquire than...
I would say this is a commemorative medallion, rather than a coin or token. At this stage it was illegal to make tokens for use in lieu of money,...
I always like the line from a genuine Latin text: "Caesar adsum iam forte, Pompeii aderat" usually read by school boys as "Caesar had some jam for...
I wouldn't say an understanding of Latin was essential to coin collecting, but often useful - not so much for the Roman coins as the European ones...
Hi Jesse, Fair and reasonable comments. Most British collectors, particularly of the more modern stuff, would use the Spinks "Coins of England...
I do agree - and I am always glad to see people diversifying. My main point was to challenge the assumption made by the OP that just because he...
I would agree - there are a great many British coin collectors over here, and stacks of books about coins going back over centuries. (I have a...
I have been away from this forum for some months - partly because I invested most of my spare capital in these 3 coins, and it has taken me this...
I still would not want to say "copy" or "fake" without handling it. Also, bear in mind it is a Threepence not a Shilling - so much smaller. I...
Looks to be OK although difficult to be sure without handling it. If you have a local jewellers with a "gun" they can confirm the silver content -...
I do not do Scottish coins very often, so usually the Coincraft book is enough. For English I tend to start with Spinks to get me into the right...
Thanks for that. I use the Coincraft book from 1999 - less thorough, but easier to read and slightly more up to date.
I am not certain if they were made with this in mind, but it certainly became standard practice to break penny coins into halves and quarters to...
I picked up this at auction today - a bit of a tangent for me, but it is so handsome I could not resist! [ATTACH] Second Issue Penny of Alexander...
How ancient is ancient? Does William the Conqueror count? [ATTACH]
I want! I want! :-)
Not particularly unusual, but I find these always create a great deal of interest. Counter-marked British Dollar coin from around the 1790s. At...
Yes - I have recently expanded into the Saxon era, and I do find the coins particularly attractive. Aethelred II and Cnut are certainly the...
Good question! Technically we don't see any British Monarch referred to as Emperor/Empress until Queen Victoria in 1876, however there is no doubt...
This brings my collection of Saxon Kings up to four in total - here are the other 3. It may take me a while to complete this set! [ATTACH]...
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