That Felipe III "diner" from Bañolas (Banyoles in Catalan) is quite a rare coin, but sadly, not worth a great deal. The last one that came up for...
There seems to be a difference of opinion here, or perhaps more acurately, a certain degree of confusion. Pellicer states that beginning in 1591...
Just to add that in his work, Casa de Moneda de Madrid, by Glen Murray, he notes that the lack of documentation from the 17th Century has made it...
The date has to be the years between 1621 and 1635 and the single year 1639, according to Pellicer's Ensayadores, Las Emisiones Monetarias...
Are you really sure that this is a proof 1944 sixpence? My Spinks does not list a proof issue for that year, and on the obverse I can see what...
I'm no expert, but it seems to me to have absolutely no wear and tear, and looks too clean...
Looks to me like an 8 reales of Felipe V, around 1704 to 1707, from a Spanish mint (i.e. not from a colonial mint).[ATTACH]
Not every Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey - the location varies each year. Over the years, the ceremony, which includes the symbolic washing...
There are four puzzling aspects to this coin: 1. The letters RRN (or possibly VRRN) on the reverse. As far as I am aware, there is no legend...
According to Glen Murray in his "Casa de Moneda de Madrid, 2014, the 2 escudos de oro of Isabel II weighed 1.677 gms, the 4 escudos 3.3354 gms and...
And the reverse[ATTACH]
1913 shilling - one of the rarer dates[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A couple of shillings which I recently purchased for only 14 euros, the 1913 in EF condition. I will send better, larger, pix tomorrow [ATTACH]
According to Gadoury, there are five variants of the Louis XIII 1643 half ecu, all minted in Paris (mintmark A, at 6 o'clock on the reverse.)...
From the Third Series, fine silver, 1551-53, with facing bust. minted in Southwark on the south bank of the Thames
"1920 8 Anna - seems to be a lot scarcer than the books suggest" The 1919 and 1920 issues of 8 annas (from Bombay) have small mintage figures:...
According to my British Commonwealth Coins, 1971, the East India Co.silver rupees from the Bengal Presidency were produced between 1793 and 1835....
The animal shown under the king's head is a fox and is the mark of of the Directeur of the Paris mint Mathieu Renard de Tasta, 1719 to 1738. The...
There were no 1866 sovereigns produced in Australia, the first ones were from the Sydney mint in 1871 and the Melbourne mint in 1872....
Whatever happened to the two messages I posted on this topic a couple of days ago?
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