Citizen H

Following on from a recent post that was about Rupees, I revisited my hoard of Empire Coins and thought this would be worthy of a share, a Victorian 1886 Canadian 5 Cents that has a date No' 8 below the main date No' ...how did this happen ?

these two have faults, the 3 pence would be easy to dismiss until I took a closure look. on the obverse, the bust looks corroded or so I thought taking a closure look at the letters the "A's seem deformed, the area by the front of the nose looks corroded ? I undersatned to coin is rubbed but thought i was worth looking into, 🤔 The 2 Pence has cracks going to the right hand of the top of the crown, also at the 3 o'clock ... I do like a fault. 👍

I'm still finding interesting Empire coinage as I sift through..... these I had but not ventured near in over 35 years, now I have a page that covers different monarchs, dates and country's.... I do like the colonial use coins as well, 👍

aha, yes theres this one as well that I found awhile ago,

very interesting information / knowledge 👍

surfaced today amongst a mixed bag of foreign and 1950's British coin, glad I did take some time otherwise it would be on its way to the charity shop, so for your consideration a 1892. Victorian and Ganga Singh 1 Rupee, It was minted by the princely state of Bikanir under the British Rule. .917 Silver, Weight 11.45 g

Hello and welcome, die no's are additional interest for me, I understand that the following coins also have Die No's.... Welcome to the rabbit hole.👍 Coins that have die numbers include: Halfpenny (1862): Die numbers are found to the left of the lighthouse on the reverse. Penny (1863): Die numbers are below the date on the reverse. Sixpence (1864-1879): Die numbers are just above the date on the reverse. Shilling (1864-1879): Die numbers are just above the date on the reverse. Florin (1864-1878): Die numbers are on the obverse near Victoria’s bust. Half Sovereign (1863-1880): Die numbers are on the reverse under the wreath. Sovereign (1863-1874): Die numbers are on the reverse under the wreath. These die numbers were inscribed on coins issued by the Royal Mint for circulation in the UK and its possessions between 1863 and 1880

"W&P, which adds to its uniqueness and can not find another example. " 😀 awww well there you go, knowing there's others is reassuring to know and that its not bogus, given enough time I guess the merchants name will become apparent, Many thanks for this its useful to know, 👍

Today I found this George IV Shilling 1826 has W&P stamped on it, I have the understanding this was done by company's as a way of advertisement its tidy job so I will be keeping it.👍

Sorry I cant help, However..... interesting find....I will be waiting for the others to chip in with assistance 👍

Wow, thats impressive , I thought the Light house was odd compared to what few I have, and Penny's are not my thing....this will be a keep, and many Many thanks for the heads up its be an experience 👍🙏🏻

I have others.... 😕

a 1887 Victorian Penny.... as you may know.. I'm not really a fan of Copper Penny's , however they did over the years end up in the box I'm working through, this one although a common date seem to be quite a clean one, dare I venture to mention possibly uncirculated?? opinion's welcome...👍 being a Coronation date I can imagine loads are around in VGC being kept as a "Ooooooooooh this will be worth loads in years to come!?!" so not expecting a huge value on it..... 🤔

Hello and Many thanks... it is a shame that its rubbed, it was the triangle lead me to Ireland the solid long cross took me to thinking Edward I, I can make out CIVI but I'm still way off with the shape of the fonts but its a learning curve 👍

another sift through and I've not had a Hammered coin shared for awhile.... with a triangle shape I'm thinking Ireland coin, solid long cross its weight is 0.3 grms 11mm diameter by chance could this be a Irish Farthing of Edward I 🤔

"off with her head..." or so to speak 🤣 its a £25 scrap so not so bad. 👍

its to deep to be just a scratch, the additional silver near the edge is bled into the dots surrounding.. I can see about better photos but for now this is the I can manage. 👍

Awesome find, 👍😀

I guess we all come across these... for me its an interest brought on by the unique individuality of damaged to coins that pass through the mint more so than high grade coins .... show me the carnage!!! This 1887 Half Crown (mint casualty )looks like its been hit with an axe.....? above the letter C you can see the blob of silver that happened during the mint process, How ? open to opinions , and Please do show your casualty's

ah...! 🤔 it was a surf of the Google Trajan brought up "Reverse: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC. Arabia shelf on the left, carrying branch and cinnamon sticks, at your camel feet" it didn't make much sense to me but hey, who am I to over think these things 🤷🏻‍♂️, Stuart and Paddy have been of great help to me as always, incorrectly its been referred to as a Denarius almost everywhere, Numista (many thanks Stuart) has been a great help, they have it as a Uncertain Arabian Roman city... Script in Greek....as recognised by Paddy, from the year 112. it seem to be quite high as a rarity and Silver, Its very useful to learn these things and write all this down so I can put this away and rediscover without fear of thinking what the Heck is that?? Greatly indebted to you all, so once again many thanks 🙏🏻

a bit of looking around armed with the Trajan name....Ive found it turns out to be a Trajan Denarius, 110 A.D. on the reverse Arabia Shelf waving a branch and carrying cinnamon sticks, Camel to the left. still looking around but 110 A.D. wow! 😲 many thanks all for the imput i'd never been able to found this out with out the help 🙏🏻👍

these 2 that I've found would have been boot fairs ages ago (pre computer's) basic knowledge really and just found old coins an interest which was a side interest as I was really hunting WW1 Cap Badges and Medals... I'm still sifting through boxes bags & Cuboards ..... when will it end? 😟 Ive few more interesting Victorian etc to add to the forum, Paddy once again many thanks for your input I can now continue looking into my Trajan... once again I'm indebted to you.🙏🏻

during a bit of absence I've had some down time to continue with the boxes of eclectic coins that I've hoarded over the many years, I could post photos everything however rubbed Victorian silver duplicates in low condition are now easier to identified so I wont become a time waster. However..... Randomly I happened upon this which I believe to be a denarius.... Googles chucking up all manner of what it may be.....however nothing has matched completely.... Lord only knows where it came from and how much it cost.... As always any suggestions are greatly appreciated...... 👍