eddyks Coin Diary.

I got this today...very nice.

Slight fingerprint on the back though...but ok.

 

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I realy like the Britania collection :thumb: , the designs are great just need the 1st one to bring my collection of them up to date, even bought a colorized one

De Orc :kewl:

 

I like it Beautiful coin. When I get deliveries from Great Britain they are always a treat as I collect the stamps as well

Take Care
Ben

 

Man, Britania 's have some of the best designs. I have a complete type set of all of the designs, and am going for a complete date set eventually.

I wish they would do something similar with the ASE's, retire the walker design and create a new liberty design every year or two.

Please note that i LOVE the walker design, one of my all time favorites. It is getting a little long in the tooth though

as an aside, the main reason i am getting the anniversary ASE set is for the "Reverse proof"... it looks just like the Britanias!

 

The letter I got the britannia in today...has 16 stamps on it. 11 of them different.

I too collect stamps, but only really off the envelopes I get my coins in.

I've never bought a stamp.

I have a little baggy with about 30 stamps in it, and some on first day coin covers.


I have a 1999 total eclipse coin folder, with 12 stamps on it I think, 4 of them stamped on Aug 11th 1999, the day of the total eclipse.



Anyone notice the proof Britannias has low mintages, the 2001 I got today has a mintage of 15,000 according to the certificate.

According to Chard the 2005 proof britannia has a tiny mintage of only 2,500 :eat:

 

I found an 1561 Elizabeth I silver sixpence in a junk shop the other day, great condition, the guy there said he dug it up himself.
I got it for a fantastic £18
Very clear portrait and date.

An old hammered german one...I will need you lot to identify it for me some time.

I also got a big bronze roman one, also needs identifying.

I've lost the net at home thought for a few weeks.

 

Here is the elizabeth I sixpence?

or is it a penny....they all look the same to me.

 

Eddy,the sixpence was about the size of a US nickel and the penny is US quarter size..easy to tell if you know that.It looks to me to be a 6p.The pennies I own do not have the Tudor rose behind her portrait.Here is another 1561 sixpence for comparison.

 

It's a penny...tis bigger than a nickel, and pretty much spot on quarter size.

Thanks for the help.

 

Sorry eddy,I edited my post and got my sizes wrong.A penny from Elizabeth is the size of a Dime (or a wee bit smaller) and a sixpence is the same as a Quarter.You have a sixpence for sure.
Here's mine and the orange container it's in is for US Quarters.

 

Good good.


For some reason I'd rather it have been a sixpence than a penny.

 

I got 2 more coins today, CBA to take pics and upload them...but here's what I got...


1999 silver Maple leaf with the Rabbit Privy Mark.

The year I was born (1987) being the year of the rabbit.


And this the 2007 Kookaburra coin.

 

I got this today for £2.50, which I assume is good?

It looks more worn in the webcam pic than it does in real life, also the image is reversed.

George III 1818 Crown, which I would grade at VF-20

 

that 1905 1/2 looks very nice
And it is a better date

 

Like the 2007 Kookaburra coin there, thanks for sharing.

 

Since my last update I have gotten...

Numerous East Carribean state coins...Inc. my first 'square' coins.

My first GOLD Coin a 1996 double sovereign.

And today in change I got an Isle of Man 20 pence coin with a picture of a monk I assume writing something with the heading 'Rushen Abbey'

 

Ive had my eye on this one lately, what do you guys think....lol.

 

Idk Indianhead...I wouldn't go over 4 million....looks like it might of been cleaned

 

A few days ago I got back from 2 months in the USA, back with me I bought a few coins.

a...

1934 Buffalo Nickel VF - $2.50

1907 Indian Head Cent XF - $7

1920 Standing Liverty Quarter AU - $100



I spent most of my time in Reno, and filled up another state quarter set with quarters from the slot machines.


The 1920 quarter is actually the 2nd one I bought...the 1st one I bought was a 1929 XF version.
But I lost it

 

As mentioned above...


Replacement Walking Liberty Quarter 1920
$118



Original 1929-S
1929-S with a mintage of 1.764million has the 6th lowest mintage of the 33 different types of standing liberty quarters.
$16

After the post I made above I recieved an email from a friend of mine in the USA, he had found my coin 2 weeks after I had left. It was behind the microwave he said.
Anyhoo, he sent it to me in the post.
It was amazing being reunited with it again, I hadn't of lost it I would never have bought the 1920 one.



1934 Buffalo Nickel D - $2.50
1907 Indian Head Cent (cleaned?) - $7



No idea what this is actually (roman silver)....recently found.


2008 1oz Kookaburra
$26