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Is there a link? I don't know your Ebay ID and I am struggling to find what you have listed.
Thanks
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Just ordered a couple for my collection - thanks for the link Rob.
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On 4/29/2023 at 7:37 PM, DrLarry said:The Royal mint should lose that Royal title and be re-branded as The Mint
... or even "The London Mint" or any of the others turning out scrap metal to the masses...
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Certainly looks Ptolemaic to me. This reference page may help:
http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html
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A belated reply. I can't help with Col Leigh, however the coin is not at all scarce. A couple of years ago I bought a job lot at an auction of over 100 of these early Indian sub-continent coins for very little money. I suspect in the modern age of metal detectors they are turning up in huge numbers in India. They were low value when they were made and have remained that way!
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Fortunately I do not desperately need the money. It is more a case of moving on the custodianship of these little pieces of history rather than leaving them to moulder in a box. When I eventually pop my clogs I suspect my relatives will give little attention to the collection and simply bung the lot into a local clearance auction. Some lucky dealer will get a windfall, or worse some shyster will melt the silver down for scrap!
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Thanks for the tip. I am already selling off my low value "stock" - I used to deal a bit - through a local auction house. If I do decide to sell the main collection, it will probably be in a lot of private transactions/small auction lots spread over several years.
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10 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:If you decide to sell please send me a PM
OK - will do. At present I am stuck at a cross roads - do I sell the lot and cash in, or do I continue collecting. Rob's list of shillings has a couple that would fill gaps for me, so I am tempted to get them....
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Now even my vu has got deja.
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That is awful news! Does anyone know who the victims were - or what was taken? That way we can keep an eye out for any that appear on the market.
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3 minutes ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said:I'll add images when forum software allow me to do so.
I think the software will let you load more images immediately if you do a refresh of the screen - using the F5 key or the refresh button at the top. Or else come out of the thread and back in should do it. (The software is not clearing the fact that you have already loaded an image and thinks you are trying to load another image alongside your first.)
This has worked for me in the past.
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I seem to remember @AardHawk did a lot of work in this area - maybe you could work with him/her? They have not been on since October last, but may be still around.
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I have seen this many times before - the plastic used for the packaging on these early £5 coins discoloured very easily and more end up looking gold than not. If you break it out of the package you will find it is still white metal inside.
Same happens with many of the early Isle of Man Crowns.
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I don't usually get into errors of this sort, but I can confirm it is not mentioned in my 2018 Spink. No idea when it dropped out.
I also checked my copy of ESC - 6th edition 2015 - and it is not mentioned there as far as I can see. Not sure if it was just regarded as die-fill and so not worthy of a separate mention?
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11 hours ago, secret santa said:I wonder if there's a market for them, tapping into the nostalgia/curiosity ?
On my market stall, I have occasionally sold one or two to collectors of these things, but as yet the maximum they will give is.... £1!
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As well as the mismatched date/reverse, the portrait of the queen is unreasonably blurry and the rim looks too wide and uneven. How does the edge look?
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7 hours ago, mrbadexample said:Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2019-7-283
Might this have been found on the Isle of Wight?
... and in July 2019! Well spotted.
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Personally I prefer it repaired. A split coin, as well as unattractive, is difficult to store without the pieces constantly slipping. With coins of this age I am happy to have a decent example clearly displaying the monarch's name, and to have it at an affordable price when so many are now out of my reach.
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Just had this back from the auction house - over night response, which was brilliant.
Link to the Portable Antiquities website showing the report on its find and authenticity:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/966481
... so repaired but genuine.
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Bramah - English Regal Copper Coins
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Sorry - got it now!