The US is probably the biggest coin collecting market in the world. Most of the next tier are Western or European nations including the UK,...
This one is the first major upgrade to my own collection for quite a while! Mary I Groat, S2492 mm Pomegranate ~1553. These things are very...
Just another thought - get off the auction treadmill! As you have discovered it gets frustrating and unfulfilling as you get to the higher value...
All printed guides are out of date as soon as they are printed, and at their best are only as good as the effort they put in. Use Krause, but...
For anyone still interested in this I have managed to sort out the words over the Monkey's head. The transliteration is roughly: "Such Bolo Pura...
Except that the puck is in reverse and so has been made from a finished medal impressed on it, not the original dies? IMHO.
Yes 1844 is not a particularly difficult date. The scarcest are 1852 and 1853 (the latter is the one I still need!). There are quite a few...
Yes I think they are monkeys. I think the comment is the British rule was like being ruled by monkeys. The one with the scales looks like he is...
I posted this coin in Exonumia a few days ago - Indian Temple token loosely based on the Half Anna of the Bombay presidency 1834. I think it is...
A couple of lovely pick ups at the market today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] On the left - Henry VIII Half Groat S2343, Second coinage (1526 to 1544),...
Well what do you make of this one? I assume it is a pastiche of an East India Company Half Anna - but does anyone know any more? Absolutely...
I am already afraid! Afraid that I am addicted to this hobby - I have been building my British collection now for 15 years and my enthusiasm to...
Yes - a very interesting period. Here is a Charles I halfcrown from that time - not as good or as scarce as the pound but still nice. [ATTACH]
Thanks! Not really my area but it looks like a tourist copy to me. I think they took some licence with the use of the "re-strike" term. "Replica"...
I think you are going to have to upload some better pictures - I can't even begin to work out what these are from that pic!
Hi LuLu11 - welcome to coin talk! It would be a good idea to go to the "Introductions" forum by clicking on "Forums" at the top of the page....
Wow - I had no idea they had got so pricey! I see some on Amazon at present for £180 for the two. I picked mine up at a coin club auction a few...
Yes I got the same answers out of Krause. I rather hope, with the Indian interest in their old coins, it is worth a little more now!
That's briliant! Thanks for that - I will look it up.
I bought this on the off chance that it was British, but as far as I can see it is not. Any ideas? It is very small and is white metal, presumably...
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