HistoricCoinage

Truth is, we'll likely never know the story of this but almost definitely some sort of marketing effort given the style of the stamp. The surname has strong Cornish roots, but only 'famous' merchant of that era is William Hearne Pellow, head of a mercantile firm in Liverpool. Here are some details from an archive: https://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/kirkdalecemetery2.html

Not a medieval coin I've ever seen before...

Looks to me like an Indian issue, perhaps of the Portuguese colonial types. Plenty of similarities looking at a quick Google search.

Try logging in on a different browser (or using incognito mode in Chrome, others have in private browsing too). This should allow you to see if it's a site issue or not (and hopefully allow you to reply!).

Top pop!

Was immediately drawn to the image in a museum recently and noted the mismatch with the text 😄 Mind you, they had a few coin hoards on display though! Lewes Castle, for anyone interested.

Looks like an Edward I or II farthing to me, of the later classes (e.g. 10).

Read this in just a few days while travelling, would recommend as a light read: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462484/a-history-of-britain-in-ten-enemies-by-deary-terry/9781804994979

Looks a little suspicious to me... https://ebay.us/m/N6Cgr8

Just back from WA, the jacarandas are absolutely spectacular this time of year!

These almost always appear at 12 O'clock on the obverse, before the monarch's name. 🙂 Without literature to hand, looks like a Treaty period groat without French titles. Dating to between 1361-9.

Interesting one, as looks to have an error in the mint reading where the LON and DON have been swapped: DON LON IEN SIS instead of LON DON IEN SIS. Looks to be Edward I, class 3d.

Paddy is correct - it's also an annulet issue. This is denoted by the small rings by the neck and between two of the trefoils in the centre of the reverse.

It looks like one of the Spanish/Portuguese medieval billon types to me - see this as an example.

If helpful, it's also not allowing externally-hosted images so will likely be something to do with firewall or CDN (perhaps GoCreations use Cloudflare, etc.).

Oof, I've not been back for some years!

I grew up near the village of Englefield Green and so you've made me find something new about it! I had never heard of this chap. As for the medallions, he was president of the Society of Antiquaries of London until 1817 so perhaps these were for his retirement? He had a keen interest in ancient Greek and Roman history. Worth an email to archives@sal.org.uk perhaps.

Still lurking in the hammered section, admiring people's new additions every couple of weeks 🙂 Spending more time on my own website and at auction houses & museums these days. Also tried my hand at mudlarking, so not all bad! Get to take photos like these:

Spink have been asked by a collector whose coins are in this auction whether images will be provided. They've not had a response...

My first thought was a smuggler's box. Often seen some with snuff inside.

A family friend has a Shih Tzu / Maltese mix. I can't but help think it'd be a great brand name for a laxative.

I've found it increasingly hard to do so on Android lately (assuming you aren't searching but wanting to view all coins within Hammered). The best way I've found is to scroll on the landing page to a section that's recommended for me - e.g. today was "Tudor hammered coins recommended for you". I can then filter out of it to get to all hammered. See below, tapping on 'Category' to go up a level. Alternatively you can always use your Safari/Chrome and request desktop sites I guess?

Pocket change?

I often get asked how hammered coins were made (beyond the 'hammered' bit), so put together a quick, light-hearted step-by-step guide. Thought it might be handy for those new to the field. Step 4 is by far my favourite.

Hmm, should work now.