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<p>[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 2906865, member: 40017"]Some new ones picked up today:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]701296[/ATTACH] </p><p>1893 Victoria Crown - these are remarkably common in the UK and make only a little over melt. They had two edges in each year corresponding with the complete years Victoria reigned, so this one shows LVI for 56 years on the throne. (There is a LVII for this year as well.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]701299[/ATTACH] </p><p>1937 George VI Crown - I think the coat of arms on the reverse of this is one of the nicest designs.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]701300[/ATTACH] </p><p>Late 18th Century John Howard FRS token from Bath in England. John Howard was a famous prison reformer who died in 1790 I believe. The legend on the reverse reads "Remember the debtors in goal" which is a misspelling as it should read "Gaol" - the English spelling of the American "Jail".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 2906865, member: 40017"]Some new ones picked up today: [ATTACH=full]701296[/ATTACH] 1893 Victoria Crown - these are remarkably common in the UK and make only a little over melt. They had two edges in each year corresponding with the complete years Victoria reigned, so this one shows LVI for 56 years on the throne. (There is a LVII for this year as well.) [ATTACH=full]701299[/ATTACH] 1937 George VI Crown - I think the coat of arms on the reverse of this is one of the nicest designs. [ATTACH=full]701300[/ATTACH] Late 18th Century John Howard FRS token from Bath in England. John Howard was a famous prison reformer who died in 1790 I believe. The legend on the reverse reads "Remember the debtors in goal" which is a misspelling as it should read "Gaol" - the English spelling of the American "Jail".[/QUOTE]
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