There were hundreds if not thousands of varieties of provincial copper tokens in Britain in the late 1700s and early 1800s, with a truly...
You nailed it.
These are a tiny bit bigger than a US quarter but not as big as a half dollar, as I recall. As the "gros" name indicates (it literally means...
Granted, coins this dark are not for everyone. As long as the contrast is there, though, I'm all aboard. But without the contrast? Coal black...
Clickable pix. :) [IMG] [IMG] BTW, @CircCam and @ksparrow- I still haven't quite forgiven y'all for posting that pair of CircCam Bust dollars...
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The token above is from 1794, so a few centuries removed from the Elizabethan era. Here's a sixpence from her time, though. Great Britain...
I love this particular Conder token type (D&H 15 Sussex Chichester). The obverse features "Good Queen Bess" (Elizabeth I), while the reverse...
Six or seven years ago I had this example. These are really cool coins. [IMG] [IMG]
This one had been in one of my retail watchlists for a year or so. With a little stimulus money to splurge, I said "why not?" and finally pulled...
Thanks, @CircCam! Mmm. Dark n' crusty in all the right ways, if you ask me. Common date, modest grade, but still... sweet. [IMG] Guess the...
I moved this to World Coins, just on the chance you'll get better odds of the right person seeing it.
Nope. Just sent it off as a prize in the last giveaway.
As a Gen-X-er who came of age in the 1980s, it is incumbent upon me to post this. [MEDIA]
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I am (belatedly) shipping Prize #1 (@PlanoSteve) and Prize #2 (@dchjr) today. Actually, @PlanoSteve told me to let @Johndakerftw pick and receive...
Excellent! That was an awesome prize assortment. Hats off to @Mainebill!
Cool. We'll wait for the world to return to normal and hopefully for @trogdor to rejoin us before too long. But do please remind me later, so I...
To be fair, he offered that prize up late last year, and the giveaway launch kept getting delayed (my fault, not his). So I haven't heard from...
Thank you, and the other donors as well. Y'all make these a lot better than any solo endeavour of mine would be.
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