wlewisiii

First, welcome! I've been interested by coins my whole life - there would be an "International" party at the local uni and many of the students would give away coins from their home countries. I have lots of things in my db that I put "gift" into the list for the price! Many of those coins are in my collection to this day. I got serious about 2 years ago and I've got a thing for shillings. That can be ... interesting ... as an American but I've got coins from 1663 to 1970 and am enjoying filling the blanks. I hope you have fun here as I've found this place brilliant.

I did include the two 87's but planned to look at my copy of ESC when I get home from work to learn if there were other variations I didn't know about Now I know what to check on!

While I can understand being worried about fakes, the wreath I am considering is from a UK seller with 100%/22286 transactions and accepts returns. Price is consistent with what I see on londoncoins. Seems about the best I can do from this side of the pond.

Thanks! I did do a bit of snooping around and find I could get all 5 double florins in AUNC/UNC for less than the more expensive one. But a good auction house is even better

Yeah, nothing even close to those prices at www.londoncoins.co.uk unless you get even higher up the food chain Hmm. Might just be better to look for something different. Could be a good time to finish/upgrade the double florins

For me in the midwestern US, auction houses are ... difficult... at best. Both do have best offer listed. I know there is a web site with current auction results tabulated, I'll have to look see.

I have some money coming sometime in the next two weeks that I plan to use mostly for coins. Two I have been considering are these 1692 & 1693 William and Mary shillings. As these would be two of the most expensive coins I've seriously considered, I thought I would ask what people here think. Both are from ebay & photos are from the ads. The first is this 1692. Asking price is £325/$440.73 The other is this 1693. The asking price for this one is USD $795/£585 Thoughts? Quality seems fine, especially the second, but I don't have enough experience at this end to be sure the price is good. I'm looking at a 1927 "Wreath" Crown but I know that pricing better for a "modern" AUNC coin. This is a classic "horse of a different color" (colour? heh) Thank you for any advice.

I decided to order it today from your link because of this post Now I just need the other one and I'll have two really nice references!

Yup. Saw a seller the other day with a Rare! Silver! 1953 coronation crown for £669.66/$895. I told him in case it was innocent but it's still there.

Ok, that would work, just let me know how you want to be paid for since I'm overseas

I would very much like to get a paper copy of this since the ebook is Kindle rather than something more useful like PDF. I have no trust for Amazon. Will there be another printing of this book? Thanks! William

My EF 1887 Jubilee was £17 By comparison my EF 1887 Young Head (they made both that year) was £33. Melt is currently £8.55.

I'm more amused by what is allegedly a bronze penny having a fineness of .5 🤣

I enjoy having huge silver coins in my pocket so I added a new one to my “pocket coins” today: a 1971 S proof Eisenhower 40% silver one dollar. It looks fun alongside my 1935 Peace Dollar and 1935 Rocking Horse Crown from the UK. My son was “Oooh! Shiny!” and, yeah, proof coins are cool that way. To protect them I do keep them in encapsulated so that they don’t get scruffed and dinged in my pocket like other circulation coins. Fun stuff

Yup. The Irish shilling is a very cool coin and I was quite pleased to get the 1990 silver proof 5p.