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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2490913, member: 42034&quot;]Normally I don&#039;t buy coins with problems, but, I&#039;ve been looking at these (the English pounds) for a while and superb ones are a bit expensive. The coin was slabbed &quot;Details&quot; due to an old cleaning but is beginning to retone. I&#039;ve never ever been able to afford a British gold pound (20 shillings) but now have at least a sterling silver one.</p><p><br /></p><p>However what I really like is the period this is from: struck by Charles I in the middle of the English Civil War. Also I&#039;m fond of larger pieces and at ~120 grams, this has to be one of the largest circulating coins ever struck by Great Britain. I need to research the history of this piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>England, Charles I, silver 20 shillings (pound), Oxford mint, 1642</b></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/England_Chas-I_Pnd_1642_Stks_both_low_600px.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For condition conscious collectors I also bought another piece, much more common but in better grade. This is the Brazilian Republic&#039;s 1st crown, issued to repay a debt to Britain which specified the debt to be paid &quot;in silver 2000 reis coins&quot;. The dept was incurred by Brazil&#039;s Empire and the new Republic had not issued any large silver coins to that point.&nbsp; Not wanting to pay in coins featuring the head of the past Emperor, they struck these solely for the debt repayment.&nbsp; Thus virtually all were exported &amp; melted.&nbsp; Unfortunate as this is one of Brazil&#039;s most attractive designs: and is of course to the past Empire&#039;s standards: .9166 fine.&nbsp; I&#039;m in Brazil, and while I do see all 3 dates of these from time to time, I just don&#039;t see very nice ones.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Brazil, Republic, 2000 reis, 1897 NGC-63</b></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Brazil/Bra_2000reis_1897_Stks_both_600px.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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