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Diaconis

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  1. 24 minutes ago, Rob said:

    Most of Science-Kenneth's coins seem to have had similar 'treatment'. 😎

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1723-GEORGE-I-Shilling-In-Superb-UNC-condition-really-needs-to-be-seen/233620251762?hash=item3664da2472:g:pQIAAOSwrHNe59YG

    Such a shame, if genuine as there are some nice examples in there.

     


  2. 18 hours ago, Rob said:

    The only thing I've heard of was the Henry I coins requiring to be snicked to be current. Coins were current as long as the inner circle was intact. Where are we talking about. England, Scotland, Denmark?

    I hadn't heard of Henry's snicking episode before, thanks. It brought this interesting article to my attention.

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-all-the-moneyers-who-were-in-england-should-be-mutilated.290165/

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  3. 2 hours ago, Rob said:

    The only thing I've heard of was the Henry I coins requiring to be snicked to be current. Coins were current as long as the inner circle was intact. Where are we talking about. England, Scotland, Denmark?

    Set in Denmark Rob, Elsinore castle in the 1600’s, around the same time it was written.  Good question, I hadn’t thought that maybe Shakespeare could have been referring to a Danish law at that time. Then again, the term appears to be colloquial, ‘cracked in the ring’, more for use before a contemporary,  English speaking, audience who would have been conversant with the term. I’ll continue to delve.

    thx


  4. I was watching Larry’s portrayal of Hamlet last night and my ears did prick up, yea verily.

    Hamlet, 2.2.428-429: "a piece of uncurrent gold, be not cracked within the ring"

    A piece of uncurrent gold: a gold coin that is not legal tender, i.e,  cracked within the ring: Apparently, if a coin had a crack from the edge into the circle surrounding the monarchs head (was "cracked within the ring") it was "uncurrent," i.e, not legal tender. 

    Is this mentioned in any numismatic reference books, cracked coin not being legal tender? This seems plausible as one does encounter more cracked silver than gold.

    What sayest thees or thous?

     


  5. 8 hours ago, Rob said:

    Not sure why anyone would copy these. A mintage of 15 million will price them only a bit over melt at best. Krause lists them at $18 for MS63, which surely wouldn't be worth copying. The 1969 is noted in Krause as frequently found altered (presumably the shape of the 9), but the total mintage here is a million.

    Agree, does seem a strange choice of coin to copy though there are differences with Wayne’s coin don’t you think?

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