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Not ebay, but Etsy this time. The vendor, on Coin Community Forum, is asking for confirmation of type and price: https://www.etsy.com/listing/488276578/1888-victoria-jubilee-bust-type-wide Possibly should have asked before listing it.
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OK, you're doing well. I'm guessing that the other side of the medal is a bust of Prince Albert facing left. It's an interesting piece in that most of the medals were issued for the opening of the Exchange rather than the first stone. Even so, in this condition, the price tops out at around £15.
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There are quite a few varieties from 7 mm up to 55 mm diameter. Size and weight are going to be a great help whiile you figure out the pictures
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View from my window in Hemel Hempsted five years ago.
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Chris, are you talking about the Royal Mail numismatic First Day covers? If so, very few of them have much collectable value.
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They're in my local Lidl next thursday @ £12.99
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I'm on a few forums with Augsberger, I'll fire off a message tomorrow. I'm not sure if he's still working in China, but if he is it may take a few days to get an answer.
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Not all vasilopita have Greek lettering. Very few in fact. The British Sov. was and still is a popular motif for these coins and they were usually produced with an impossible date such as 1907 on a bust of George V.
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Here are a few more:
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I think you may have a Vasilopita coin. Its a Greek/Balkan tradition similar to putting a silver coin in a Christrmas pud. http://vasilopita.com/story.html
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But if you actually want to use them to carry coins, you've got to put 28 mm of foam on top of the trays to prevent everything falling out.
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Thanks Jerry, tentatively ID'd as Constantine II.
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I think this may be Domitian
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That's very nice Debbie, and reasonable. If I weren't so overstocked I would have had that.
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Best web site
bagerap replied to Stephen ward's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
For world coins, particularly China, Japan: http://www.coincommunity.com/ World coins, particularly Indian and Islamic: http://www.worldofcoins.eu/ -
Pieces like this don't circulate. Either a collector or a bank pulls them out fairly quickly. There is also too much overall wear for a "pocket piece". I wouldn't be comfortable putting it in my shop.
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There is a small discrepancy here. The engraving is not contemporaneous. Kitchener died in June 1916 and this coin has seen some heavy circulation before being engraved. There are three groups of likely collectors for items such as this: Boer War, WWI and engraved coins. I think they would all be a little wary of this one. Debbie's valuation is, I think, about 25% above the market.
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The one with the large hole is not a coin but a Rechenpfennig, originally used on counting frames like a European abacus until the Arabs kindly gave us the mathematical concept of zero. Later on they were used as card counters and were often based on real coins but yours is too far gone to recognise. It looks to be by Christof Lauer of Nuremberg so, early to mid C19th.
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From what I remember, if you buy the hardback of this book, it comes with a DVD also.
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You know what we want. Pictures!!! Having said that, it does sound as though it could be Shagreen. What amazes most people is how soft and tactile sharkskin can be.
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Island of Sumatra. Interesting piece, Scott. Not a coin but a token.The country names, dates and denominations are all fictitious. Singapore traders had them made in Birmingham for the same reason that English traders did; a shortage of small copper coinage.. I know of 15-18 varieties. There may be more. Your example is, sadly, one of the most commonly faked. I'd need to see it in hand, but I don't fancy its chances.
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1860 Bronzed Proof Penny - Photos
bagerap replied to cathrine's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Cathrine, I don't have the experience of most of the other members. However, I am a dealer in medals and very many of those from this period remain in pristine condition. If this coin were a medal, I'd return it as not as described. I am more than familiar with this portrait and there is an irregularity around the top of the neck I do not like which, coupled with the termination of the left hand ribbon make this a no from me. -
Thank you for your opinions, I wouldn't imagine that exposure to light could do such a thing. It surely can. I once made the mistake of leaving two proof shillings in capsules near a south facing window for two weeks. One overlapped the other by a small margin, and when I came back from holiday there was a clearly defined area of tarnish.
