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Quite an impressive first post, to say the least.

It's not entirely bad, but there is certainly wear on the king's hair/beard/brow/cheek/tash/ear and on the lion's body/tail/feet and also on parts of the crown.

Hadrian Ӕ Tetradrachm of Alexandria Dated Year 20. AD 135-136 Obv: AYT KAIC TRAIA ADRIANOC CEB clockwise from top right, laureate head left. Rev: Date LK (year 20) to left of Nilus sitting left, holding reed and cornucopiae, crocodile beneath him. Emmett 1016

Finding good graded coins has been good of late, another box of coins processed and this 1915 Shilling George V although heavily tarnished its quite a good grade, the lions nose seems a bit rubbed, but the rest seems un touched, vast improvement on the one I already had.... 👍🙏

handsome coin

The UK £sd may have been accepted but they started coining their own dollar in 1865 with cent coins and going to 50 cents in silver and 2 dollars in gold. I do find the 50 cent coin to have a very beautiful portrait of Victoria. I have too many desires and not enough money, but a type set of Newfoundland coins (one of each denomination & monarch) would be a terribly fun set to get.

Looks to me like an Indian issue, perhaps of the Portuguese colonial types. Plenty of similarities looking at a quick Google search.

found some more Shilling Die numbered dates....👍

Canada officially went decimal beginning in 1858 with the first crown issued coinage. It was primarily due to the proximity to the United States and a lot of US coinage circulating in Canada. However, Newfoundland was a separate British possession and still traded in £sd until the 1880s when they also went decimal. Newfoundland had it's own unique coinage and paper money right up until it became a Canadian province in 1949.

Its all greek to me

No, from sol or solidus. The livre had 240 deniers (pennies) or 20 sou (sol) to the Livre (Livre tournois) or pound of silver which should sound slightly familiar around here 😉

Thank you. The seller classed it as a 5b etc but it never ever looked right to me. I will try and narrow it down now, thanks for your help

Awesome, Edward III, pleased that was correct, its a real challenge with these Edwards. the heads up with the Annulet has given me additional info to look into. this info has already lead to..... CIVI TAS DVNE LMIE Translation: City of Durham, so that was right although the rest was rubbed away. Many thanks is been a great help, 🙏

The o between S and R is an annulet, which I believe makes it an Edward III third or Florin coinage penny of 1344-51. Not really my area of expertise though so I can't be more specific.

It's not class 5; the portrait looks more like class 7 to me. I'm pretty sure that the reverse legend is IOAN ON CAN.T so it couldn't be class 5 anyway. Slevin's Short Cross Legends has a 7b2 with that exact reverse legend, but the A in CANT looks more like 7a (pointed) than 7b (vertical sides) than that example. Bizarrely placed reverse pellet stops are very common in classes 7a3 and 7b, so without a better ID of the portrait I can't be sure on the class, but the portrait looks more like a 7b to me, so it may be a 7b1/7a3 mule. Oh and Henry III, not John. Anyone else fancy a go?

Missing shield and rock seat, too ₤₤₤!

I wonder what Linda would make of this one. Perhaps missing waves......and lighthouse!!

My example of seems to measure about 33 mm.

... and it turns out the lines were some kind of glue/varnish residue. Same coin after an acetone bath:

Yeah, I'll merge it with the previous post...

It's allowed but it would make far more senses to add to your previous post to save this kind of confusion.

Largely, but I've added details, measurements, and further context from my research into the coin, so its not quite the same. If posting more than one post on a single topic matter isn't allowed I apologise - I wasn't aware

Yes. And yes too for authenticity, I believe...

Is this not the same subject matter as here:

I purchased this 1745 George II LIMA half crown on eBay for £170 and have been looking into its authenticity. The coin measures 33.24mm on the 12 to 6 axis and 34.54mm on the 9 to 3 axis, meaning a slightly oval flan. Thickness is 1.98mm and weight is 14.94 grams. I recently measured a second LIMA half crown in person, which measures almost identically (33.50mm from 12 to 6 and 34.32mm from 9 to 3) suggesting the oval may be a characteristic of this type (?). Under loupe examination, the reverse fields show what appears to be a genuine aged surface, with scarred pitting, micro abrasions, and contact marks across the surface. Edge inscription is legible throughout and doesn’t show any clear evidence of fillings or any seams. I don't have access to a silver tester, but I am fairly certain it is silver. The main discussion points I've had are the sharpness and the relief, particularly of the reverse, along with the slight reddish coloration (though I think my photos overstate this) and overall large-ish and oval diameter. I’m happy to provide any additional photos or closeups. Authentic or not, what do you guys think?