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Add them all, I'm up for a laugh - once it stops raining I'll go outside again and wont be seen for another {however long}.

If it is as you say, the obvious candidate would be Gilpatrick at Pembroke, the mint being written, PAN or PAIN. Have you tried searching the EMC database at the Fitzwilliam? If it was found by a detectorist it should be recorded with the PAS and the details will be uploaded to the corpus. An auction would not necessarily be recorded there unless found under the treasure rules. Where did you get it?

Here is a photo of the obverse, the portrait has some double striking but it is clear enough to see the main details:

aaaaaah, the bagged coins have now been looked at, keeping quite a few that I dont have dates for etc, the bags contain Half Crowns, One Florins, Shillings and a Victorian Crown (ex mount) I have a box of keeps that contains ... duplicates, flaws, and other in to good condition to part with.....I will show the one florin that's a roman numeral date, its completely rubbed so its impossible to date.... the half crowns are duplicates and circulated....I will add some photos of these. 👍

Hi is it possible to see the obverse ...

Hi, I recently bought a rare Henry I Double Inscription Type Penny, which I am very happy with, but I have been unable to identify the mint and moneyer of the coin. I think I can make out 'PA...N...ATR' on the reverse, but I am not sure. I have uploaded a photo of the reverse of the coin, so any help anyone can give would be much appreciated. Thanks

Its worth looking for the varieties in the Vickies as that can add a little to the sale price. I'm no expert on the others, although I'm sure any grade of 1905 shilling would be rewarding in itself. Note that the 1887 shilling (I believe based on guesstimated size from the image) looks to be a 1+b, tricky to find and would make someone a good gap filler. Can't really see enough of the other vickies to identify them.

Plus if you get into some type of silver coins - I have a thing for shillings especially - there are English Silver Coinage since 1649 by Maurice Bull British Silver Coins since 1816 by Peter J Davies The Identification of British 20th Century Silver Coin Varieties Paperback by David Groom that you can add to your library as well. I find them and my 2025 edition of Coins of England to be great references.

You can also get this year's Standard Catalogue of British Coins, otherwise known as Coins of England (COE) 2026, the title now owned by Sovereign Rarities, but before that Spink and before that Seaby's to avoid confusion down the line. All or any could could be used depending on the age of the person writing. It comes out every year in 2 parts and you need the decimal section (the cheaper one) which is £25(?) this year. The bigger volume covers British Celtic coins through to 1970 when we changed from imperial to metric money on 15th February 1971 (the other D-Day). Less informative volumes and therefore cheaper year books can be bought from Chris (Collectors Coins) here, or Token Publishing (Coin Yearbook), or Coin Market Values. None agree on prices, but given no two coins are the same, it is no surprise,

Yes that's the guy .

Today I looked back through them that remained of Grandads coins (photo Attached), I recall there was a Topic of the cost of silver... it was mentioned that at the announcement that coins would be Half Silver caused people to hoard solid silver coins pre 1920's .....thinking on this I now think this may have been my Grandfathers thought....as none of the coins are in great condition and no serious though has gone into his hoard... the 3 pence dates were random and 7 x of the same date??!?! yeah he had a Stash / Hoard on the go, Looking skyward "God Bless you Fella!" I've sifted through and will keep them that are acceptable, the scrap ones can be sold and fund decent examples to fill in gaps.... I think this is the road to be taking.

Dr Larry of 'lions and lambs' fame?

Thanks to Chris my old page is now available at https://www.predecimal.com/GIII/

Yes as paddy said Play money. Made by Lauer. https://en.numista.com/311988?__cf_chl_tk=SkFhvm769DxgmHJNvQicb7RXHlVjQnK2fiMqA1ccGFw-1770787339-1.0.1.1-2955O2W6AK5Em8WqxPzo5Ya6D5aQdzCpREogYaEPDyg There used to be someone on here year's ago who collected it but i forget his name. Think he was a Dr. Stu.

Thanks, just noticed it says "imitation"

Generally referred to as "Toy Money". Produced in the late 19th century for play and education purposes.

Here is the reverse, had to zoom in to make it under 500 kb

Any ideas what this is? It's size is in-between 1.5d and 2d Thanks

Of course the fish tail could simply be damage? The lettering of the coin is pretty distinctive, however, so finding the monarch should be quite doable!

The darker coin looks to have the Edward II crown of class 11 as imaged (and all credit to the amazing book Rob credited above for this). The other one is too time consuming for me to look into (I don’t have a lot of free time at the moment), though the serpentine/fish-tail S is probably a good launch pad for you to start from. Good luck 👍

So LSD is pre jimmi hendrix?

Hi folks, I picked this 1913 freeman 177 up today. On close inspection, it appears to have significant offset doubling on the portrait. No signs of double strike on the legend. Any thoughts on how this could have happened, and does anyone else have or has seen a similar example?

Again, I can only recommend Galata's excellent tome on the pennies of the Edwards. Real research has been done there. All Paul and Bente's writing is of the highest quality by a pair who know their stuff, and as references will struggle to be equalled. Go for it. Splash the cash. You won't regret it. Incidentally, I also have a set of North, vols. 1 & 2, both new. £40 per volume or £70 the pair pus postage. PM me if interested. Thanks.

A repeat revisiting of this topic...... I am able to confirm they weigh 1.2 grms each, By chance can the Edward be Identified on the coins, I'm trying to deal with ones that are outstanding before progressing.... Many Thanks "H"

now thats interesting, I did do a search and counted the other lower star shape as leaves with berries, making the 4 either side hence why I thought aha this is the 27 count...The numista I previously took a look at https://en.numista.com/24095 and this Numista only mentioned 28,27 & 25....many thanks for pointing this out 👍