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  1. Rob
    And finally a Godless Florin. It has gone now because of the rim nick and other marks, but ticked the pretty box.
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    Cromwell shilling
  3. Rob
    A pleasing OH shilling.
  4. Rob
    1805 silver pattern halfpenny. This was harder to find than I expected.
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    1966 Foley pattern crown
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    Frome Selwood one shilling token
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    1848 florin pattern with ONE DIME reverse.
  8. Rob
    1888 double florin
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    1807 silver proof halfpenny
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    P1372 silver proof 1806 halfpenny
  11. Rob
    1820 shilling
  12. Rob
    How do you get rid of this stupid /url at the end of the picture?
  13. Rob
    I see 9 cars. 2 old, 7 new, and presumably all very expensive to buy. I like the concept of a steam powered car though.
  14. Rob
    Christ. That's a job and a half. (sic) you don't have to reply.
  15. Rob
    It might imply there will be some VIPs for interested parties. Is there going to be any big celebration in Belgium?
  16. Rob
    An awful lot of silver gets dipped and the earlier the coin the more it tones and the more likely it is to get dipped. A vicious circle. Personally I think cleaning or dipping to excess should be made a hanging offence. If people don't like toning, then walk away and leave the coins to someone who will appreciate the aesthetics. The toning will obviously reflect the surroundings and general environment. 1787 shilling below.
  17. Rob
    Colin got it from Peter Viola, who in turn got it from Spink. It was listed in the Circular in 1992 and was previously in Spink sale 16 lot 824. The vendor in 1981 probably got it from Baldwins as it doesn't appear to have surfaced in an auction prior to that.
  18. Rob
    Oui.
  19. Rob
    It's a pair struck on a Charles II halfpenny. It's the piece in footnote 2 on p.155 of Peck.
  20. Rob
    Not sure about that. Show me a 1689 in EF and I reckon I'll faint with a rush of blood to the head. Not EF, but you do get 2 for the price of 1.
  21. Rob
    It's coin that usually it isn't worth illustrating in hi-res. It would have to be a really good one (like top row 1 & 4) to pay much over a couple hundred. It is also competing with the cross patonce and T marks plus mules.
  22. Rob
    Wide colon and OT but it looks cleaned. Maybe partially retoned, but it is too reflective in the fields as well as on the relief detail to be original colour. The top of the rim also looks similarly bright.
  23. Rob
    No, that would be the stem of a pomegranate. If you look at the first issue mark, the second issue mark minus the 'C' bit is not wildly different. As a new mark made with a new punch it would never be identical to the previous pomegranante. The bottom two images are the obverse and reverse of the same coin. One has a base, the other not, so given the otherwise general agreement of the shapes, one is clearly a later stage of the other.
  24. Rob
    A lot of hammered coins have quite sharp letters which are certainly not flat on top. The first mark is virtually as struck with no. 4 not far behind.
  25. Rob
    I'll have to look for one in a catalogue. I don't have a 1st coinage pomegranate marked coin. This is one of only two examples in the DNW archive. The other is Fair (6/9/1995 lot 286)
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