The kids are back in school, which means I can take a day off to go back to my LCS again. I had a good visit, picking up a lot of great stuff, some of which I will show in coming days. Here are some new additions from the UK and related areas. I got great deals on these and most of these are totally new to me. What I didn't notice until I did the photos was the crack in the John Howard farthing Conder token and the initials someone stamped on the neck of the king on the 1817 shilling. Oh well.
Great pick ups. the Isle of Man is often found well worn as it was a curiosity. The William III is extra nice as it has the extra letter so 9 letters in the forename instead pf 8 so GVLIELMVS instead of the usual GVLIEMUS The engraver was John Rottier or his son James whose family had strong Jacobite (Catholic) links and he was dismissed in 1697 when a mint enquiry found him guilty of smuggling dies out of the London Tower Mint of Charles II and James II to France. In 1688 John had a muscular disease in his hands which made engraving difficult so the sons Norbert and James were appointed as engravers to assist to "keep the salary" in the family.
You are welcome @Hiddendragon , thanks for sharing such great coins. When I get a bit of time I will see if you have any other variants amongst these. Plenty of history around all of them.
