Hm, it might have been another year but someone posted some stats from the Royal Mint for five pound production one year and there was an...
How do you know? In other denominations there are die varieties where the crown can touch or not touch the rim.
Above the plants under the sun, under the plants under the ship and under the year by the looks it. Oh wait is the FM under the plants under the...
I'm not sure how up to date the J F Campbell site is but Stevens and Weir published a book a few years ago that listed 50 or so different...
I got my copy - shipped from Sweden. Are there any varieties in after the reign of Queen Victoria? I don't know of any.
Are they all the same mint? I would have thought they would all be the same more or less, but in the photos it looks like the thickness isn't...
English Silver Coins by Peter Davies is also good and I think goes into more detail with varieties.
Is that the official packaging?
I have a few though none photographed. Personally I collect only the modern ones - no early milled or prior.
I think the only dual denomination coin I have is an early New Zealand 10c piece which also has the denomination ONE SHILLING.
Somewhere I have a reproduction of a Roman coin that featured the Colosseum though I don't remember the exact story of it. I bought it in Rome...
I agree that it is the best depiction of Britannia. I think there was an article in Coin Monthly some years ago about how the mint master's...
This is what I do - I'm not sure if the mintages of the coins in the series in question are known but for sales of niche coins, ebay and what I...
Once again I am sad that there is no decent reference book on Franklin Mint coins. Nice find anyway - I am only interested in their Cook Islands...
PayPal - it's usually the lowest common denominator. I've used credit card too but I normally buy from smaller sellers who don't offer credit card.
I vaguely remember that there were plans for a 1500-1600 Krause (might have been partially written) but it was never published. You'll have to go...
Also agreed - I've seen speculation elsewhere that drilling a small hole in a forming crack will help delay the crack but I'd say most or all of...
Understood - I thought it odd that the Nova Scotia government would call officially issued coins 'token'. The only other one I can think of off...
Interesting, I didn't realise the One Penny Token of Nova Scotia was government issued. Nice design.
Ouch - never heard that one before but telling if true.
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