Sheencrofter

Thanks for that Peck. Any idea what it would be worth?

Hi, I have this coin which I believe is Roman. I have been told it is Constantine the Great and also it may be commemorative coin of his. I would be grateful for any comments. Sorry about the quality of the pic.

Thanks for that. I've been wondering about it for quite a while.

Hi, I have a Spink book and against a silver crown it says " George and Dragon date in ex. die axis " followed by 2 arrows pointing up. I have also seen where one arrow is pointing up and one pointing down. Can anyone tell me what all this means? Many thanks.

I've just bought an Hibernia coin with a few spots of the green stuff and at the moment its resting in a plastic tub with rain water and a few grains of Bicarbonate of Soda disolved in it. I got the idea from the address below when i was trawling google for a few ideas how to remove it. I should add that was before I had the sense to look on this forum http://reviews.ebay.com/How-to-Remove-Verdigris-From-Coins?ugid=10000000017991989

Being still fairly new to the hobby there are still many things I need to know. And some of them I'm sure are very basic.But without asking questions, I guess you never learn. In my Spinks book it shows in the penny section abreviations such as 1854 OT DEF 1854 PT 1855 OT Proof FDC I have looked in the abreviation section of the book but can find nothing there to explain these. Any suggestions would be helpful, both to me, and i am sure, many more newbies. Many thanks.

Thanks for that Declan. I shall look into it.

First off, I have to thank all of you for your help. Where would we newbies be if it wasn’t for collectors like you. I get the distinct impression that I will need good quality coins before I can even half understand the different obverses and reverses in the 1860 – 1882 batch. Also I wonder if Freeman gives more detail for these obverses & reverses than I see in Spinks Coins of England. And if so, is Freeman much more expensive? Accumulator, I really like your collection and it has given me a lot of inspiration. Gary, thanks very much for taking the trouble to post the pic on the leaves and colon.Seeing that made it all start making sense to me. Also I will PM you re your coin as soon as I can. Many thanks to everyone. Sheen

Hi, I have a chance of buying this Victorian 1862 penny and wonder if it is one of the valuable ones. I see there are 3 different obverses for the 1862, but I can't work out which one this is and wonder if anyone can help. Many thanks.

Many thanks for that Accumulator. Very informative. I've taken a look at my Obverse 3 and see what you mean. And yes, Declan. I do always pick on the hard stuff.I really don't know why. Life could be so much easier if I realised beforehand.

I'm new to this forum and still fairly new to collecting. I have the Spinks 2012 Coins of England book and have a queery about the Victorian pennies. On pages 465 to 471 which show pictures of obverses and reverses I'm a bit confused. Firstly it states on Obverse 2 there are 15 leaves and 4 berries. Can someone tell me where these berries are? Secondly it states there is L.C.WYON, who I believe is the engraver, raised lower on base of bust. This I cannot see. Can anyone help please?

Thanks to all for the info. I have this out on another forum elsewhere and it does now seem as though it is a George III halfpenny that has been punched by the Robinsons as a form of token or advertising. It seems, for anyone interested in tokens, there is a good book by Dr Gregory Brunk who is somewhat of an expert on the subject. I have yet to find the name of the book, but when I do, I will post it on here. Although I collect and deal mainly in coins, after finding the history on this one, I think I will start looking into tokens and Jetons as well.

This is my first topic since joining this site so I hope it looks ok. I bought this token yesterday and it is of interest to me because I used to live near Oxford many years ago. On the obverse it reads Robinson Cutler Oxford, England. Also there is a picture of who I believe to be George III and it does have III above his head. There is a faint Britania on the reverse but there is no date on the token. The token weighs 17'2 grams and measures 35 mm. So far I have managed to do the following research. Sarah Robinson born 1791 Shop at 46 Cornmarket, Oxford. Shown re index a below as being in shop from 1939-1946 1841 census - No. 46 is occupied by the cutler Sarah Robinson (50) and John (25), Jane (20), Sarah (15), and Jemima (13) index a http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/cornmarket/west/45_46.html If anyone has anymore info on this token I would be really interested to hear from them.