1922 coin ???

[Nonmortuus 848]

35 minutes ago, Nordle11 said:

One of the nicest coins in my collection I bought from a chap in France who says that, at the time (in 1909) his grandad went to the bank and changed up for various denominations, then wrapped a few mint examples in silk(?) pouches and tucked them away. The penny I bought from him was one of those hidden away since that day, and it's a true stunner.

I guess even coins in collections are prone being moved around, touched, breathed on etc..

If it is the guy I am thinking of I have a few nice ones off him as well

[Nordle11 564]

Just now, Nonmortuus said:

If it is the guy I am thinking of I have a few nice ones off him as well

From France?  

[1949threepence 3,366]

22 minutes ago, Rob said:

You mean like this one? http://www.petitioncrown.com/Queen_Anne_1705_Crown.html

Nice coin, but I think there might have been a little, shall we say, "journalistic licence" for want of a better phrase, exercised in the writing of that article, simply to embroider the story. Bit like the gold piece supposedly given to the kid to play with, which we talked about a few days ago.    

[Nonmortuus 848]

2 minutes ago, Nordle11 said:

From France?  

Yes

[Nordle11 564]

3 minutes ago, Nonmortuus said:

Yes

Yep, one and the same. Good guy too, he accidentally sent my coin to someone else (who had also bought something) but went out his way to make sure he got it back and then offered it back to me after refunding for the initial mix up. Was very glad he did too  

[Rob 3,000]

12 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:

Nice coin, but I think there might have been a little, shall we say, "journalistic licence" for want of a better phrase, exercised in the writing of that article, simply to embroider the story. Bit like the gold piece supposedly given to the kid to play with, which we talked about a few days ago.    

Possibly, we'll never know, but the paper is right and the coin is mint state, so if not genuine, then someone has gone to the trouble of wrecking a newspaper from 1705 just to wrap it in.

Christmas present?