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Would that eclipse on the middle bead also be a tell tale, it’s a well-protected bead for ID, and is also on both coins? Or is this present on other dies?

And a 1875 'cannonball' from an online dealer, £11 plus £2.50 postage.

Time to show some recent acquisitions, I have had a couple of bargains in the last couple of weeks. Firstly a nice 1898 'last 8 bisects' from the last Midland coin fair, unrecognised and £35.

Hi there! The James I shilling is indeed S2654 with the mint mark actually being a worn Lis. The Charles I shilling is correct 👍

Spot on - that tiny remnant of the Order of the Garter at the bottom right of the bust confirms it.

one of the newly discovered 1889 'missing serifs', £6 on Ebay. I have looked at many 1889's, seems scarce. Now I just need an upgrade.... Jerry

Have a few, hard to find books on the Spanish coins themselves outside of Spain.

Afternoon, Got this one for sale. If anyone interested, make me an offer on DM. Cheers.

Another popular reference is British Commonwealth Coins by Remick, James, Dowle & Finn if you can find one. 3rd edition was published in 1971. I don't think you will find anything to cover the modern stuff apart from Krause due to the diarrhoeic output of modern commemoratives. You are unlikely to find cheap useful reference books as the specialist volumes are usually out of print and were never produced in great numbers anyway. A few pounds if really fortunate, but frequently tens of pounds or even hundreds.