HistoricCoinage

Wait 'til you see how they sell hammereds Chris! I've been campaigning against them for many months as they scam newbies to the hammered market.

My thoughts are that someone, perhaps a schoolboy or a lover, put the initials of a partner or himself on the coin for the novelty factor. I have sold many cartwheel pennies which have had initials stamped onto them and found out that it was the initials of a market trader, it could have been some form of advertising for his clients. Either way this is definitely post-mint.

The two letters on the obverse look like a standard countermark to me, i.e. someone's initials have been put on it after it left the mint.

A jeton is a token or a counter, very common and found all over Europe.

Have any pictures? As for your collection, it's up to you. You could sell it, keep it, continue collecting etc... Cheers, Clive.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...sid=p2759.l1259 Oh!! If it's stamped WRL then it must be genuine...

Top right is an Angel/Half-angel weight and the one in the middle of the top row looks like a Noble/Ryal etc... weight, I'm interested in these and have several already. Most were shipped in from the low countries. Kindest Regards, Clive.

You have a coin of Henry's Posthumous coinage, it looks like a halfgroat of tower mint. My guess is Spink 2410. Kindest Regards, Clive.

I always find that quoting the price that they'll have to pay at the post office helps, usually £1.24 for 1st Recorded. Always makes them feel guilty!

Welcome to the forum Gooner. Your coin is one of 10,535 issued and if in absolutely perfect condition, FDC, Spink suggests £750. Kindest Regards, Clive.

Your question has been answered, saw your email before this post!

If your unclipped coin is considerably less than 2.3 cm in diameter then you have yourself a halfgroat, I'd guess that yu've found a groat as they're more common. Cheers, Clive.

I bought two coins from the States and the guy sent it to my PO Box too, but Parcel Force sent me a letter asking me to pick it up or arrange redelivery, not bad! Free redelivery too!! I mainly deal with people in the UK, but US, Australia, France, Belgium, Canada and Germany are frequent customers/sellers to me. I haven't had any major problems with international transactions apart from one to Saudi Arabia... As with Royal Mail, I have quite a few problems with them but I always get my compensation so it's not too bad. I agree with Richard, you can pick up some very rare coins from international sellers as they often cannot ID the coin exactly, it's usually only to a denomination and a monarch so I can pick up a bargain in regards to mint, class, moneyer etc... Cheers, Clive.

According to the Royal Mint website they did: As for the £2, I'll have to look around for you. Kindest Regards, Clive.

A large-scale publicity campaign took place in the weeks before decimalisation day, which included a song by Max Bygraves called "Decimalisation". I wasn't old enough to remember that though!

Thought as much!

My 2003 Spink does not go up to that... Do you mean the Spink of the Channel Islands, Scotland etc...? Clive.

Classic!!

Gotta love hammereds!

The mintmark is a Martlet, this signifies that it is of the Second issue, therefore of 1560-1 and so either Spink 2555 or 2555A but the portrait is too worn for me to tell. Kindest Regards, Clive.

I think that you might have made Chris' day... Not quite my cup of tea, or milk in this case... sorry you had no listed interests and iwas guessing u had quite a few coin pics!! thanku all the same Oh right, Not a problem

I think that you might have made Chris' day... Not quite my cup of tea, or milk in this case...

Sounds like an ordinary 1970s/80s New Half Penny. Fairly common coins. Cheers, Clive.

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