I found this Henry 3rd VLC cut half yesterday while metal detecting. It doesn't appear to have a sceptre and the reverse seems to suggest that it...
A detecting friend found this coin/token yesterday but is struggling to identify it. Dated 1575, it looks similar to a Douzain of Henri 3rd but...
At last night's detecting club monthly meeting a couple of coins were on display that I'd never seen before. Both were hammered halfpennies, the...
Many detectorists, including myself, often find coins that date to Victorian or more recent times. Generally we consider such coins to be...
I found the silver 3d below while metal detecting about 30 years ago. I am hoping that someone can tell me why the detail on the coin is concave...
Following on from my previous post about cut coins and fragments, at what point would you consider that a coin has become a fragment. I have...
I often find the remains of coins that have been damaged or deliberately cut in the plough soil while metal detecting. I enjoy finding and adding...
I found this sceat many years ago and tried reading the runes on it. The result was EPA. I assume that was the name of the king on the obverse....
A detecting colleague recently found this lovely looking Mary groat and he would like to know whether it would grade as very fine or even better....
A fellow detectorist recently came across the rusted remains of an old shattered safe while metal detecting. When searching the area around the...
About 6 years ago members of my local metal detecting club found a small hoard of predominantly Henry 8th coins here in Somerset. Following...
For some strange reason the detail on the obverse of this penny I dug up appears fuzzy but the reverse image appears clear. Someone suggested that...
Recently I became aware that a William 3rd Exeter shilling dated 1696 I found while metal detecting had a 5 string harp on the reverse. Others I...
I have found several cut quarter hammered coins while metal detecting here in the UK. Are there any specialist collectors or websites for such...
Just wondering if silver tokens such as that shown would have passed as common currency in daily use? I assume that they were used alongside...
Shown below is a photo of 2 coin books I inherited from my grandparents. The first is dated 1888 and the second 1905. I was wondering how common...
Why have some hammered coins been pierced? Was it so that they could be put onto a chain or to deface them for some reason? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Finding it difficult to decide whether this is a John or Henry short cross. Help please?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I regularly use the online EMC hosted by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to record any early medieval coins I find and as a visual reference...
Found while metal detecting this 3rd issue David 2nd penny. I have been trying to find other examples to compare both condition and potential...
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