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I don't believe it actually copies any specific Celtic coin, it is just done in that style, which just adds to the difficulty in calling it out as a fake.

I had forgotten about this query as I got answers on another forum. It is, sadly, a fake and apparently there are lots in a similar style on Ebay at present. I returned it to the auction house for a full refund.

Yes, a Barbarous radiate is not a fake in the usual sense of the word. It would have been made 4th or 5th century after the Roman Empire in Europe had collapsed to provide coinage for the remaining residents. I looked at your other coin but I was not able to offer any real insight.

I can't tell you who the people depicted are, but I suspect this is a "Barbarous Radiate" - that is to say a coin minted post Roman empire in loose imitation of a Roman coin.

That looks entirely possible. My book has such awful illustrations that I cannot even tell which way up the lettering should be! You need someone with access to a better reference book.

I can see that it is Alexander III first coinage, probably class 2. (I am using the Coincraft 1999 catalogue and I beleive the classes may vary from other works.) I struggle to make sense of the reverse. My best guess would be Walter at Kinghorn - working on the premise that the 3 letters 6 to 9 o'clock are KIN.

I am not greatly into this Grading Mularkey but I would say the NGC 65 is way over graded - far too much loss of detail on the bust. I would say the other two are very similar and I would choose your ungraded one over the PCGS 64.

I believe the view from the British Museum is now that no coins can be definitively assigned to Edward V (the Prince in the Tower). Previously it was believed that the halved sun and rose mintmark corresponded to this period, but now they say that there is evidence the mintmark was used by Edward IV before his death and by Richard III with the Edward legend after he had assumed the throne. I saw this in a documentary a couple of years ago.

I am frustrated by this one! I am sure I have seen the likes before, but exhaustive searches in Numista have yet to hit a match. I believe it is Eastern European, including Poland, Livonia, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Eastern Germany. The word "Moneta" meaning money is legible. I suspect the 92 or 192 signifies 1/92nd or 1/192nd of some higher denomination. Both the double headed Eagle and the Orb appear on many coins from across that area. Date probably between about 800 to 1700 AD, which is rather a long range.

Just to clarify, as Rob tried to do, it is a One Shilling coin (or 12 pence), not a 12 shilling coin.

That will fill the gap for you nicely, but do bear in mind it is a modern "fantasy" restrike as no Crowns were minted at the time.

I have this excellent little poster that gives answers to questions like this. Probably still available online somewhere. This indicates only Edmund Ironside and Lady Jane Grey as the "No coins" examples. I had an earlier version of the chart years ago, which also showed Sweyn Forkbeard as impossible, but it seems that has changed. Edward VIII is possible if you go outside the UK. British West Africa and a few of the other Commonwealth Countries issued his coins in good numbers, though without his head, only his name.

Nice enough coin and good to have in your collection. I believe this is the normal variety, Freeman 91. What you really want is the one with the narrow date, F90, which is mega scarce and would be worth several £1000s even in this condition. Richard's website suggests fewer than 15 known!

Strangely I got this F68 just last week. Spink does not rate it that highly in terms of scarcity, so I am glad to hear it is rarer than that.

Looks like a die on the point of failure to me.

Thanks @Martinminerva for the confirmation. Maybe my eyesight is improving!

And Third is this 1881, which I think is 11+J, F106:

Second I think is 1874H dies 6+H, Freeman 68:

I bought a couple of lots of Bun head pennies at auction last week because I thought I spotted varieties that I did not previously have. I have done my best to ID them using @secret santa's excellent site, but I am never confident with variety identification. Could anyone please confirm or correct me? First I think is 1874H Dies 6+G, Freeman 66. (Not scarce, but weirdly a variety I did not have>)

I picked up the first 2022 5p I've seen in change today, so maybe some of the post 2020 change is making it out at last.

I wonder why? 😁

Wow, some lovely pieces there! I would love to know more about the badges and medals, particularly the 3 medals, top row, all looking fairly similar and one with the purple ribbon?

I don't know if I speak for others, but I would love to see your medals! Like many others here, I pick them up occasionally when there are no affordable coins I need available and I find their designs and history very interesting,

That is fairly common with the new 50% silver issues. I'm sure someone with more metallurgical knowledge can explain why, but it is not a fake or unusual.

Wow, that's brilliant! Thank you. I will make notes on the ticket.