Coins with fractional and mixed number denominations

I think someone else already did this one, but...

 

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Just in from Roma Auctions/ won it yesterday.

EL Myshemihekte (1/24 Stater) ND (600-550BC)
obv: forepart of Tuna
rev: Quadripartite Incuse square
Ionia/ uncertain City State

 

A 1773 halfpenny struck on a spread flan. Base metal coins of this period were struck on a flywheel press without a collar, so the eventual diameter was a combination of force used and how soft the metal was. An interesting aside on this coin is the old ink writing. Basing House was a Royalist supporter's residence and was involved in 3 sieges during the Civil War, with the last one in Oct. 1645 terminal. It's possible this coin was in the collection of a numismatist who was also researching Charles I coinage. The presence of random inkmarks to both sides suggests it may have been under a piece of blotting paper for a while.

 

1942 South Africa half penny

 

Hildesheim 1601 1/24 Thaler

 

Salzburg 1669 1/4 Thaler

 

Hispania
Visigothic Kingdom
Suintila 621-31 AD
Barbi Mint
AV Tremissis ND

 

An angel was valued at 6 shillings and 8 pence. That's 1/2 a merk (used for accounting) or 1/3 of a pound

 

Thats a nice coin. I have none.....yet.

 

It's quite a good grade, but the obverse is horribly rusted and the flan is a bit small, though good weight. The reason I have it is because it marks the crossover point in the type between cross pommee lance head and crosslet lance head. The coins chronologically before this did not have the horizontal lines protruding beyond the balls, and after this lose the three balls which are replaced by a small cross on each cross arm, hence the term cross crosslet. It's just the one die that exhibits this feature. I think there's five known.

 

I had my target on that MS-64 Henry VIII Angel/ but she went very high. A UK "EF" Angel would be nice/ their EF is way nicer then slabbed 64.

 

Your detailed knowledge is as impressive as always !

 

Denmark, 1852, Frederick VII, ½ Rigsbankskilling
Or 1/192 Rigsbankdaler, if you prefer.

 

Hammered coins and slabbing don't mix well. There seems to be a predominantly American desire to give everything an absolute number - and you can't with hammered because there are just too many variables. Double striking happens more often than not. Sometimes the detail is on flan, at others not. Sometimes you get flat areas on an otherwise well struck up coin. When all this goes into a slab you often find the number tail wags the dog. A Charles I shilling in Goldberg made $1200 because it was in a 62 slab. Over here it would have been in the trays at £100-150 max because it wasn't a particularly good example of a typically poorly struck issue. Basically, you are just as well off raw as slabbed, with the added bonus of it usually being cheaper. Buying raw is no different to buying the coin and not the slab.

Maybe there is a bit more gold to come from the Chris Comber collection in Baldwins St. James's if you want anything of Elizabeth I. He was the right collector for the material you want.

 

Thank you.

Better add to the fractional thread. An Edward VI half sovereign.

 

And something more mundane - a 1956 farthing (quarter of a penny). The last year of issue and demonetised in 1960.

 

1853 GB farthing, a pair of them. Which one should I keep?

 

And arguable piece but was legal tender in Canada at $4.86 2/3 so I say it counts

 

I almost forgot about this one. 1855 Netherland Indies AR 1/20 gulden

 

It looks like both are WW raised (there is also a WW incuse) on the truncation, so keep the top one. There's less detail on the bust but the surfaces are much nicer. If you want a better one, it won't cost much as they are common.