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And some shillings ..an early Easter egg. 😄

1908 Freeman 164a e,bay find , rare in this grade much better than nearly all finds out there

Ironic that a post titled ‘quiet’ has become the busiest post on the forum right now! 🤷‍♂️

Gotta love the large pennies from early in the reign of Victoria:

This on the other hand, was personally touched by the king, having been handed to a participant at a royal Touching Ceremony. The Touch was thought, due to the belief that kings were god's representatives on earth (see Divine Right) to be able to cure a number of illnesses, similar to a saint's intercession. The major one was scrofula, an unpleasant but rarely fatal disease that not infrequently went into remission. The habit appears to have dated from Edward the Confessor and the Stuarts were the last to practice the habit. Initially the Royal Touch was the main purpose of the ceremony but soon a small payment was added to charitably support the sufferer. From the reign of Edward IV a gold angel was the accepted form this took. An appropriate piece, given the presence of an angel on one side of the coin and the ship of state on the other. Additionally the value of the coin 6/4d was the accepted payment for a doctor at the time. Angels were officially pierced and the monarch then threaded them onto a length of white silk ribbon, before hanging the coin around the neck of a sufferer. One of the most famous was Dr Samuel Johnson who received his from Queen Anne, the last monarch to Touch. Johnson's touchpiece is now displayed in the British Museum. This is another example I was very pleased to be able to find for my collection. S. 2684A Portcullis privy mark ( 11 Jul 1633 - 27 Jun 1634)

Medals

The first two are jetons (small medallions, assumed to have been thrown into the crowds) in celebration of Charles and Henrietta Maria's wedding. They had two wedding ceremonies, due to religious differences. The first was in France (Henrietta Maria was the daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici) and Duke Claude of Chevreuse stood as proxy for Charles. A second was held in Canterbury. The jetons were designed by Pierre Regnier. The one with the ribbon is also by Regnier and was assumed to be a variant of the marriage medallion. However I am certain that, though similar, the crown on the obverse represents their coronation rather than marriage. This is supported by the date on the first two being 1625 (the marriage was in May of that year) but the coronation was in February 1626 and this is the year given on the 'crown' version. This type is considerably rarer than the first two and I was very pleased to pick that one up! In case it helps, trays sizes are 45mm (larger) and 35mm (smaller). Medals were produced throughout Charles' reign (including posthumously). Badges (the oval ones) are generally thought to date from the middle of the reign. As with the shillings, Charles starts the reign wearing a ruff. This gives way to a lace collar, with increasing amounts of armour added to his bust as the years go by!

The F44 slender 3 penny - The seller contacted me separately afterwards asking me to verify the coin - he withdrew it earlier after realising what it might be. I asked him what he's going to do with it but he didn't reveal his plans.

Badges.

I'll agree with Paddy. Let's have a gander at a few of your medals. And some Tower shillings please. Every day is a school day and I'm willing to learn. And if it awakens some latent desire amongst the masses, all the better.

I thought these two coins would be good examples of what Rob was saying . Here's a really clear example of a die clash image being transferred onto the reverse side , Note how sharp the outline of the queens head is right around Britannia . But on the George v coin below which shows extreme ghosting, the outline is softer and is formed by a slight depression forming the outline of the kings head, caused as Rob say's by the flow of metal .

I concur. Die clash results in a sharp reverse image. see below where Victoria's chin and nose leads up from the knee, and the bun is seen behind Britannia's right shoulder. Ghosting by contrast is due to the relief being too high for the amount of metal available to fill the gaps. If the available metal goes towards the obverse, the effect is seen clearly on the reverse which has more blank areas in the field, though can also result in a weak portrait compared to the reverse detail. For another example of ghosting, see the William I PAXS penny in the Norman thread where the high relief of the King's arm at the base of the obverse results in a weak legend from 6 - 9 o'clock on the reverse.

This is a die clash. Basically it stems from a flaw in the design of George V's coinage. The king's head was quite large in profile and of high enough relief to mean that when the coins were struck, the metal of the blank would be pulled into the obverse side more than the reverse, leaving a ghost impression of the obverse on the reverse. The dies have thus clashed, it's also known as ghosting. It's very evident on all George V coinage from 1911-1927, it occurs on all denominations from Sovereign down to farthing. They solved the issue by making George V's head smaller from 1927 onwards.

I don't know if I speak for others, but I would love to see your medals! Like many others here, I pick them up occasionally when there are no affordable coins I need available and I find their designs and history very interesting,

I've been buying far more medals than coins of late, which I suspect are not of much interest to members here. And the coins I have are all Tower shillings of Charles I, so again, outside most people's scope. Don't want to be the cause of people's eyes glazing over! 😄

Doesn't seem to affect the collectors of vinyl, cassettes, and now CDs ! The lack of an object in everyday use can actually spur collectors.

Coin prices have gone bananas somewhat. Very strong indeed. Probably more a reflection of the falling purchasing power of out fiat currency.

"Rear coins", my arse! Never a truer word spoken, ironically!💩 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335864676756?itmmeta=01JPFXGTJTN1RG45Y420E50A97&hash=item4e33184194:g:z6YAAeSw3gRn1tFb&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4MHg7L1Zz0LA5DYYmRTS30mrq7ZxPzDEwuz8dTR9vNwPjzLW%2FuMX5XltgQFtpMHHmnRKnKSwHS2EHGaBuZZTzeAyo7vBCaNXWE7rC0eUs1a3UAPqSfoxMXUhGYBRxRctI1SzZkz%2F87wmmn7PLVuqilJL2Hnpyum2FXPyagkamcmyk19tRXQ1uYhivX%2F%2BQ5MpVwJR4wrVH884T3OqmdtYRy%2FMBYuL99oc2ot7nkkIQkglog9iV0i6hktsrzfkuOT9Vj8D4SESULXQdPk7VyUd5VA36awsPuW0yS638Fe%2BmT45|tkp%3ABFBMyKnD_bNl

Big piece of British bronze from the Birmingham Workhouse - quite possibly the largest numismatic object struck for actual circulation by Matthew Boulton's steam powered machinery - this weighs almost 2.5 ounces.

...my mate told me that I needed a boy to help me in the workshop, but so far I can't see any advantages....

Well the one on the left has two circles of lettering on reverse, and is either a groat or halfgroat, probably the latter given its size though it is quite clipped. London mint and probably Edward III. The pellets between the letters of TAS are interesting. The other looks to me a penny of Edward I/II, bifoliate crown. But I’ll leave more detail to others better informed. Jerry

a cross between a shitzu and a jack russell is acctually called jackshit