Coinery

A nice little snippet someone shared with me - married women of the period would not wear their hair down in public!

Historians please! Can anyone tell me anything at all about this Victorian photo? Period re clothing, status, scenario that she might be photographed in the first place? Guess at her age? Anything at all! I've managed to find out the photographer Augustus Lafosse was born in 1839 and died aged 88, so a very big window. Was she a vicar's daughter, maybe a missionary? What status? Wealthy? Middle-class? Apparently most people could afford to have a set of CDVs made, so she doesn't necessarily have to be wealthy? What's your thoughts?

Nothing recordable with my Luddite set-up! Good old fashioned push the aerial in the back of the tele stuff for me, with an occasional tweak of the mast outside!

Brilliant stories! I so very much mean to metal detect one day! Detectorists are back on bbc4 for a new series tomorrow at 10pm ? Everyone I've spoken to thinks that's crap timing, but I finish work around 9pm tomorrow, with a 30 minute drive home...perfect timing I say! ?

Sadly they are all very much cleaned, Craigy! Edit: but if you love them, who cares!

Hell, you've gotta get some books Gaz...you need to know this stuff, given the amount of material you have! ?

Brilliant, Peter! What an epitaph "He sold his house to buy a coin he had to have!" Proper! ?

Hey, Gaz, c'mon, let's have your posts in the Hammered section, let's keep that area alive. It's good for Chris and good for the Hammered community as a whole! ?

To inspire 10 people PA is a wonderful philosophy, and says a great deal about the man. I never had any contact with him, but can clearly see that he'll be missed. My sincere condolences to any and all that his passing affects. Go gently into the good night, Sir!

John is one of our visitors who pops in every now and again when he's got something to plug or sell! I think it was a verdigris removal product last time? ?

A couple of scratches in the field but, for the money spent, I'm rather pleased with it to be honest! Happy days, Pete!

I've only been looking at the 97s because I sniped a £28 1897 penny off eBay the other day as part of my new exploration into Victorian coinage. Just a little play, but it could get serious, you never know!

Possibly, but aesthetically unpleasant, which has rejected many a coin in the early days!

Interesting, CGS 78! I had coins returned for lesser sins 8-10 years ago.

Give up! Will try again later!

Totally agree it looks fine! It was a spontaneous post, ahead of actually getting the chance to dig around a bit myself. So, from the wonderful Withers' Galata Guide, in which I believe you have been duly credited, Dave, I give you below (because it won't let me add it here) class 3b. I love this series.

Got to give it to you Zoo, 10/10 for effort!

Ha, Paulus, I really loved that coin. Yes, the weak centres, but very pretty! Your photography hasn't done the coin justice for once! Rob had the best of my Liz bell halfgroats! Same but struck up centres!

Many thanks, chaps! Not my kind of grade, but caught my eye as being unusual, so always worth a quick discussion on here.

Don't you think the hair/crown and bust look wrong though? i'll get the Rev up, it's a York coin!

Frustrating stuff!

Told me the image was too big in the first post! Obviously much smaller 30 seconds later? ?