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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1348029, member: 5682&quot;]First, let me welcome you to the world of 18th century British coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I don&#039;t collect coins, I do &quot;accumulate&quot; them to aid in my studies of 18th century Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is amazing to think those two coins (1749 Farthing (1/4D) and 1747 halfpence (1/2D), if I&#039;m not mistaken) were minted just a few years after Bonnie Prince Charlie&#039;s romantic, but silly and fruitless uprising (known as the &quot;forty-five&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It may be surprising, but the price the dealer sold them for was fair.</p><p><br /></p><p>People are always amazed that early milled British coinage is so cheap. Your coins are no exception.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not worth getting them slabbed since at least one might get a &quot;details only&quot; grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy the coins. Use them as a tool to learn more about the fascinating history that most people (and tragically, the British themselves) don&#039;t know about.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a better feel of the era, rent the movie &quot;Tom Jones:&quot; &quot;Henry Fielding&#039;s classic novel charts the rise of a charming orphan who&#039;s raised among the well-bred and blossoms into a handsome womanizer. But he ultimately meets his match upon falling for a beautiful heiress.&quot; (from Netflix).</p><p><br /></p><p>Most importantly, enjoy them. They are a real piece of history.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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