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I am pleased to discover how scarce the Farthing is too! I have this one in my collection. No idea when or where I picked it up.

This is the Nicholson example, was later in the Pywell-Phillips Spink sale Oct 2018.

Both types of farthing are pretty rare as well , your coin above is just superb , suitable for basil nicholsons collection

These two have had me wondering for months, both being rubbed I cant even make out who the crown is.... any suggestion? Many thanks "H"

Agreed. It is the Anchor mm which is class IIId in the Spink guide. Auction houses are not always correct with their identifications. When i was researching my type IIIa groat i was looking at old sales. I was frequently finding type IIa coins listed as type IIIa & IIIb , the Pansy mintmark was also frequently mistaken for the Cinquefoil mintmark. Edit added information. On the older documents on groats of Henry VII type IIId did not exist. It jumped from IIIc to IV. Its possible the auction has just used the old classification where type IIId was included as IIIc. I am not sure when they created the type IIId class but on older 1960s documents it was not present. That could also be the reason it was listed as IIIc.

Hello all. I recently purchased this Henry VII groat very cheaply in auction. It was listed as class IIIc, which I believe to be incorrect. The mintmark is quite clearly an anchor (inverted on obv., upright on rev.) which could only mean then that it is a class IIId (S.2199A). This difference is very slight so I wanted to get a second opinion to make sure I didn't miss or overlook anything. Thanks for any help. Merry Christmas.

As I wrote in an earlier post - Regarding pennies, an addition not incorporated into the 1985 edition: Page 31, number 80A (1875 8+H with H below date) - can we assume that this coin does not exist ? Some of the changes/additions were incorporated in the 1985 edition but at least one (the one above) was not. I have only checked the comments on pennies.

I actually have the 1970 edition - I wonder if those errors were corrected in later printings? I bought mine new and I don't remember seeing that insert.

Hello All, I have been researching the historical weight standards underlying coin issue for about 30 years. I have become concerned about what seems to be a rapidly decline in understanding of the subject in general. I joined this group specifically in the hope of informed discussion of the History of Troy weight here. For starters then – the 1351 gold noble of Edward III is widely quoted as 120 Troy grains By modern standards that ought to be 7.776g Actual coins seem to bear this out – for instance this one is stated as 7.75g https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=395895 The variation seem to me trivial – well within what we would assume to be the toleration (the “remedy at the shear”). Alternatively, if the Troy weight standard has changed since 1351, it is not by very much. I therefore conclude that the Troy weight standard already existed in 1351, and was used to regulate coin weight. I wonder if anyone differs? Robert Tye

For scrap value yes

I have a 69 that i bought at the brum fair in december for £5 nice clear date as well

Well you know what they say , QUALITY ALWAYS SELLS !

Road kill. The mind boggles .

These have to be money-laundering pieces…what a genius way to make a living!

Get in quick for this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187859014593?itmmeta=01KCWD3RSPGS13XT0BRGS6G0P9&hash=item2bbd4513c1:g:jDsAAeSwnv1pRbEi&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fvsd0HwSoi3YVy3fEVKmzOU8EzcZuz8p%2FWljDDMPKaHkCqMoBVOUyU20uY%2Fk16edJXx5F6RDVCUVj8YBpZ0bcKH4TvJgCIt53fO1P%2BB7p7IPC3zyoGCpItoclwOlycCLt6syNuMKQL398SvgN%2FRbMQ5CT6ipDKzZzuKktdX4sH%2B8qBURpxXSMEif7ItzhiHxh%2FixUe1Ps9LJIKs31ia1sUwLyxkzevXuUrmv51nI5KQUj9qzfXRVg2jy%2BvtCqCJgBBXqOe%2Bv5PwAVO1oJdvZ50|tkp%3ABk9SR4aNj43nZg

Many Thanks, its a nice grade, I have a younger relation who's kinda interested in some Ive shown, passing on to him some of the nicer pennies may inspire him to show more of an interest, once again, many thanks "H"👍

Its OK, the 1947 had a mintage of 52 Million though and common in high grade, selling for about £10 each.

...I still dont recall where these pennies came from, ... this one was in a Bank Bag with others and it struck me that its quite a high grade...🤔 prior to chucking in with the scrap, though better to ask if its of interest and leaning towards the side of keeping the darn things? all and any input welcome. 👍

Can anyone in the know drop a message to this seller. They are having none of it that it's a King John class 5 coin of Lvkas at Winchester mint who only struck class 5b - 5c at that mint. Telling me it's been verified by 3 different independent experts including Neil at Baldwins. Saying it has no sceptre to me. I've highlighted it has and pointed out what a cross pommee is but they are adamant it is what they are claiming it is because Neil sold them it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406494749946 Good luck. Have fun

Russian 10 Kopeks, Alexander I, 1823 Silver .868 mm. St Peterburg initialled ПД - Pavel Danilov Pavel Danilov was a mint master at the Saint Petersburg Mint during the reign of Alexander I in the early 19th century. He is known for his work on the 1823 silver rouble 👍

The manuscript of the poem he wrote was sold at Noonans. https://www.noonans.co.uk/archive/lot-archive/results/131481/

If i can dig anything more up about him i will do. Be interesting to see if i can find out what year's he was in the service as you can then research the unit and find out where they got put on active service and what place's they fought in. I love this sort of stuff myself , i was able to research my grandads naval history off his WW1 naval logbook and find out about ships he was on that got sunk while he was aboard them. I never got to meet him as he died in 1935 when my dad was 3 so we never really knew much about him. It was fascinating and i was able to fill in some blanks for my dad about his father's family history before he passed away in 2019.

I absolutely love this! If you were ever able to bring this man’s life any more alive, do start a thread, I’d follow it like a novel. What a story, and so intimately connected through that coin!

Or bone meal fertilizer. I think he was okay. I found this out about him.. William Grant fought as a Sergeant in Captain John Warren’s company of the 92nd Highlanders at Waterloo. He was shortly afterwards promoted to Sergeant-Major and, on 5 November 1819, he was appointed Adjutant with the rank of Ensign. He did not live to claim a Peninsula Medal. I'd probably need a paid Ancestry account to get any more information. Not sure what year they started awarding peninsula medals .

lets hope he never ended up as a pair of falsies