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compared to american coins you can pick up some rare uk coins at great prices, guess were kind of lucky like that.Also we dont go all fighting with each other if its ms64 or 65.

most coins are sold of the usual 7 old grading system and then you add eye apeal

 

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i realy hate searching for a picture of a crown you get all these pics of teeth up, horrible i tell ya

 

its amazing you can get a nice example of a oliver cromwell shilling so cheap.

this one going for 255 pounds, if that was a usa coin of the same rarity and condition that coin would be 250,000 usd


lovley coin

 

i always had a pre-concieved idea that queen anne would be some lovley queen.And even though the mint would have done its best to show her in a good light, shes quite ugly dont you think ?

imagine what she musta looked like face to face.first time i say a coin of her it ruined my romantic image i had of her.

 

this coin just impressed the heck out of me, such great condition on a rare date is pretty amazing

 

my favourite reverse of a qv coin, love the sovereigns from australia that used the same reverse, so much better than the ones done in lodon.No wonder they command higher value.well apart from the gothic crown of course

 

even when younger she was a horror.I bet she sat there while servants rushed around cooking her roast pig and venison.If you stuck an apple in here mouth she would look good on a spit

 

cartwheel penny

big huge coin,very nice indeed

 

Is that a crown?

(I actually want one of those, especially in that condition if it is).

I have an iffy Quarter Laurel somewhere.

 

1707 is not rare. Especially the post-Union ones like that one.

 

My favourite would be the shield reverse sovereign.

But a close second would be the reverse of the Gothic crown.

 

its realy neat ehhh

 

i love the australian sovereign reverse,better than the shield even

 

I don't like wreaths very much, or even at all to be honest. I refuse to collect Victorian sixpences or Edward VII sixpences cos they're all wreath reverse, and i just think the reverse is bland.

Shields are my thing, anything with a shield and a crown on and i'm all there. I know the shield reverse sovereign has a wreath but the shield more than makes up for it cos it adds something, it escapes the blandness.

I think the wreath reverse is my pet hate when it comes to British coins, it's up there with the Churchill crown.

 

Hmm...

 

lol yeah the churchil crown is a joke, millions of them about.i did have one that was painted though which kinda passed rubbish to just poor in desirability.

i like the wreaths i think they look good on the shillings, the australian sovereign its more that it has the wording on it that appeals to me.I think the shield back on the victorian sixpences is a little too small to have so much going on.

ive got a few shield back half soveregns which are quite nice but i feel ya need a bigger coin to do it justice.

 

Oh the shield back half sovereign, one of my favourites, gorgeous design. I had a gorgeous Jubilee one, but the young head ones are the best cos they have a fancier crown.

I was also partial to the George V shillings and sixpences with the lion on crown. Who could forget the Edward VII florin? Who could forget the Williamian and Victorian copper?

 

heres a pick of one of my half sovereign

 

he just did that on my scanner not to bad a pic realy , little closer would have een better