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Nice curiosity! What size is it? Difficult to see what denomination of Queen Anne coin has been used. I think we would need to see pics of the edge and hinge (if any) to guess how to open it. It may just be a push fit that has become too tight, or there may have been a catch on the opposite edge to the ring. I have also seen things where the ring mount itself can be pulled or twisted to unlock the box. Some tobacco boxes just required squeezing in a particular direction. Could be almost anything!

Sadly l think this cartoon would now be banned in USA as they have turned antifa into a formal organisation and smeared it with bad actors from a fake splinter group

Honestly l'm hoping the opposite: the world gets fed up with authoritarian dictators and decides to take the opposite exit from turnstile of democracy, toward Monarchy and empires instead. The authoritarian serves himself, a cult of personality upheld by thugs and fake death threats he authorised himself. The Monarch serves under God and is virtuous. We already have a very good one who gives excellent speeches, he has brains and virtue. He beats most politicians.

I trust you already know that reacting to the "woke brigade" is part of the same coin being er ... how to continue the analogy ... pushed into circulation. It's ironic that you're buying into the scene while acknowledging the scene. [Not a serious criticism, just observing, you're quite an intelligent guy] Pootin doesn't need to cross seas, when everyone can be pushed down rabbit holes in social media echo chambers, opposing factions that won't debate each other. In comes a firebrand politician. He gets exposed for fraud ... but not jailed. His followers are actual sexoffenders omigosh. But ... yet .... nothing happens, their popularity increases. Then the biggie: the firebrand himself gets arrested for something repugnant. Photo of him with angry face becomes iconic. And ... yet ... he's teflon, he gets out of it, and eventually becomes PM, his useless thugs now becoming serving politicians. No need for Pootin to invade, he can create satellite states. This is just the old Soviet system of repression., gulags. Bring a crackpot dictator out of nowhere, make him win via huge cash injections. Dictator then employs brutes with frankly criminal physiognomy, boney faces with cruel eyes. They are perfect for unquestioningly doing ugly work for the dictator. I mean, separating parents from kids and putting each family member into forced labour or just shooting them dead and selling so seized spoils on the black market. To keep the scheme going, the thugs themselves are of course soon summoned to the Lubyanka house for a quick debriefing, and shot in the neck while being led to the Komissar's office. That's why thugs are encouraged, they're scum and the dictator knows it, he just needs someone disposable and he absolutely does dispose of these lackeys in short order. It's a system with a high turnover, high body count, too much upheaval for any meaningful dissent to gain a foothold. So that's why there are extreme pootin lovin authoritarians in politics now and they draw on people stuck in social media rabbit holes, the lackeys on social media are the useful idiots needed to take this thing forward. It's not a faux pas when one of them gets shamed for horrible posts or sex offences. It's actually a recruiting drive. They want the sickos to come out of the woodwork because their whole scene is ugly and so needs crappy scumbags.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Junior-History-Tudors-Stuarts/dp/0199181217 I believe this was the one l had at home when l was young, l think it was a giveaway from my local primary school. Profusely illustrated. Sadly l can't find page images online so l can't be sure but the date of 1981 fits the bill.

Thanks Jerry. That makes a lot of sense. I have not studied die cracks much, a lot to learn.

Hi I have what looks like a coin box/fob made with 1711 Queen Ann coins. Can anyone one tell me anything about this please, and how would I open it? thank you!

Definitely a die crack. As metal is lost from the sides of the crack the flaw on the coin becomes steadily wider until the die breaks or is withdrawn from use. Jerry

Not my statement, just quoting the vendor’s description, he/AI couldn’t even call her Britannia. Yes, I’m sure ‘Britannia’ has classical origins. Maybe this medallion of Commodus was an influence, it celebrates action in Britain.

Are you sure britannia is a british lady? I strongly suspect she was made up by the romans who would be very unlikely to put a local near naked woman of ancient british origins on one of their coins

I have just got this 1879 penny and I noticed a connecting spar on the O of ONE. I first thought it was a die crack, but it seems too wide for that. Any ideas?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127945382130?_skw=1696&itmmeta=01KWV68AKFNDSWCKKGPY94SJ64&hash=item1dca2398f2:g:iPYAAeSw35RqQGXn&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAAwGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDovThOToFz2ZFPxugPA9XSFNn8ZGWTRKC3MuiLJB2vvvikM48JUeNQ5533R99qzPdpkTJiede8k08e1bKo7QPHnPdYirkor3VFy0FOX2Qdv22cpy62ndLBOphkklDDLEyhg7Dorvm0zathn1pNWUCTsodDHQA6DNvLqugFfUYUWRm5YRDRZiZddbZrVpucvMHW9MCW66Ze6LEzfoQ8w6lGoPt4ne1QgIBCoh6HWU%2FLyw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6aqoebmZw

That one has been ended by the seller last night. I wonder if in reaction to a tip off that it is a fake or because some mug bought it?

Thanks guys, very informative 🙂

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It's a bit confusing as the so-called 'single line' actually isn't - it's double but the lines are so close together it appears single, unless you view it through a magnifier

On the plus side, a lot of the flan issues were ironed out during the decimal patterns by using various metal mixes and flan thicknesses. The presence of almost consistent flan lamination for certain varieties suggests an attempt to standardise minting conditions, more importantly on a series which didn't circulate. The engraving wasn't particularly divergent from the normal currency issues, but the minor fiddling with mixes and also presumably striking forces for the mixes will have helped immensely in arriving at the ideal.

Rev

And here a penny of Berwick, class Blunt 4a, Withers 5a, pellet on breast and unusual crescent shaped hair. Slightly unusual portrait, any thoughts? Jerry

And the reverse;

Here are a couple of pennies from the Minster Auction Stu references elsewhere. The first I think is a class 2, though I am unsure which. It has particularly long side fleurs, wedge shaped contraction marks and reversed ‘N’s and I think that the ‘N’ in ‘DNS’ is double barred.

Thanks! Some of these I've seen before and some are new to me. Interesting lots. And somewhat silly prices but , .. happy for the vendor!

Got the date wrong too. It's an 1862

Your picture is too blurred for comment but here are my own pictures from my website: Single exergue with waves almost touching the line and double exergue with waves clear of the line.

Oh, and this penny apparently has “the profile of a British lady “ on the reverse. Don’t you just love A.I. ! Jerry