Emperor Oli

The obverse looks as you described...

Off the top of my head the most obvious answer would be that it is a different crown. In India, George V was Emperor whereas in the other countries listed, he was a King. Having two crowns (one for being Emperor, one for being King) would account for the missing pearls.

King's Lynn still exists and is highlighted on the map below

1668 is Charles II, but there were no farthings struck in that year. Like you, I have just looked in Spink and Coincraft but found no reference which leads me to believe that it is a provincial token. I understand 18th century provincial tokens to be "Conders" but I don't know if this term applies to 17th century ones. It's definitely not official. Is it milled or hammered? Register and post a picture, that would help.

Wyon's is beautiful, the 2005 one looks computer rendered.

I saw that a while ago on CU and thought what an accomplishment it was

Are you sure you still want one, Geoff?

60 miles give or take. You could come when (not if) they start a Manchester Coin Fair.

Linkypoo I don't know how much those are worth so I couldn't comment!

Sylvester is male

This is the last one. All of them display the globe thing as on the brooch. As said earlier, I think they're brazilian, can anybody help?

The overstruck circle on the first picture (rev or obv?!) seems to be struck over the same globe-like thing on the above brooch. I can't see a date on this one

The first has been made into a brooch, the reverse is dated 1814, and looks like it has been overstruck on another coin. I'll upload the othersin subsequent posts. I have a feeling that they're Brazilian, probably because of the "B" in the middle of the brooch.

I'm flummoxed with that. I got a Clerk's test paper from the Bank of England with questions like that and I could do about three of the twenty questions. If I find it I'll type it out and post it here...

NOT WESTMINSTER! Oh you've opened a can of worms here!

Look on the front page of predeciml, there's a banner.

I was looking forward to hearing Chris' voice over the internet radio, but with the show starting at 3:30, I will miss it! I get home at about 4:35! Is there any way to record it?

The Post Office may do them, but I imagine the RM will do what they have done before - £5 for £5 (a loose coin not in a folder). These are £5, not crowns by the way.

Hi there, I'm one of the people Chris is talking about!

I agree, but my cited example of the coronation anniversary seems to be the style of our time, at least in the Mint's eyes. I just hope they don't do anything akin to that ever again.

Found on Lawrence Chard's website: We discovered in October 2004, that the new 2005 design will be a re-worked and stylised* version of the traditional St George & Dragon design which has been used on sovereigns, with a few breaks, since 1817. The silver crown issued in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee of George V featured a stylised deco version of St. George and the dragon, which is sometimes called the "rocking horse crown". Although we were not around when it was issued, we can guess that it was not universally popular when it was issued, and opinion is still divided about its artistic and aesthetic merits. The Isle of Man also produce sovereigns with a St. George and dragon design, or a Viking and dragon, these seem to be popular. *oh dear God no. The last time I heard stylised was with the 2003 Coronation anniversary £5

Signed ages ago, number 90.

Hotmail has been boosted now so I've got 250MB of space to fill :S

My mum banks with them and has had no trouble with the website.

Firstly, you'll need to tell us what they are, a description. Then you will need to grade them fairly accurately. Then we can value them. Alternatively, take a shortcut and register, then you will be able to post pictures of them.