HistoricCoinage

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.

An example of a Mary:

It looks more like a Scottish Hardhead with the M on but yours does not have the usual lion, but a cross... It's certainly not English and I'd be inclined to go down the Continental route of French/Spanish/Portuguese, whereas the Cross motif strongly reminds me of the Crusader coins I often see: An intriguing coin... What is the diameter? Clive.

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It's either an Elizabeth I Halfgroat or Penny of the Second Issue with m.m. Cross Crosslet. I would be inclined to say Penny but it's hard to tell as many coins were clipped therefore altering the diameter. It is London mint, if you look around the shield, starting after the m.m., it reads CIVI TAS LON DON = City of London. A neat little coin! Kindest Regards, Clive.

So it was YOU that outbid me! A very nice coin that intrigued me, hence my small bid. Great photos by the way! Clive.

Good job you did....obviously a forgery,at such a low starting price Obviously!! Oh, how eBay amuses me...

Can't believe I missed it! Oh well... I was so tempted by this but had to restrain myself!!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VERY-RARE-1966-SQUAR...1QQcmdZViewItem

If it's truly Uncirculated then you might be able to get about £4 for it, but I wouldn't say that they're worth much more than £2. Clive.