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  1. Michael-Roo
    Hi Clive. Not round (as you can see) so: 11mm wide diameter. 9mm narrow diameter. My digi scales have a graduation of 0.1g. It reads 0.3g!
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    I have an 1870 wide date penny. This is the Michael Gouby reverse C. Thirteen teeth from the centre of the 1 to the centre of the 0 (His normal width date being 12 teeth. Narrow width date 11 teeth). How scarce is mine compared with the normal variety? Also: Spink list 1870 as obv. 6 rev.G. The accompanying notes state obv.6 always displays a prominent flaw on the top stop of the colon after D at the end of the legend. Mine doesn't seem to have this flaw. Any thoughts?
  3. Michael-Roo
    Thank you Geordie. The other possibility (?) is Spink 1912A. I see that one does display smaller annulets. What do you think?
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    I've tried to get a sharper photo of the obverse (attached). Difficult to get a sharp image of such a tiny coin….
  5. Michael-Roo
    Amulets? My apologies. Annulets….
  6. Michael-Roo
    Images attached. Amulets in the obverse field either side of the bust? May help to pin it down.
  7. Michael-Roo
    Thanks again for the information Clive. No. Not a job lot. I buy hammered now and then. Not my main area of interest, but I do feel they serve as nice contrast to all the copper and tin. I ave a tiny hammered farthing which needs identifying. I'll post after writing this.
  8. Michael-Roo
    Here's a nice one…. George V and Queen Mary's visit to Bidston Mill, Wirral, in March 1914 (not far from us). Crown sized medal in copper. Strong EF. Good to have the original ribbon still attached.
  9. Michael-Roo
    Thank you! Anything rare or interesting included?
  10. Michael-Roo
    Here are the two without sceptres. Thanks again.
  11. Michael-Roo
    Hi all. I have four Henry III pennies. I'm rubbish at reading the reverses of these. Can you tell me which mints/moneyers they are? Two with sceptre attached here. Two without sceptres to follow. Thank you!
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    Another found in change many years ago…. Normal in all respects, apart from the tiny 'R4' deeply punched into the obverse field. Any ideas?
  13. Michael-Roo
    13.3g
  14. Michael-Roo
    I found this in my loose change around 25 years ago and its been sitting in my oddments box ever since. Strangely formed and curved smooth edge. Post mint tampering?
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    Regarding R&L Coins of Blackpool: I found this article in an August 1967 copy of Coin Monthly I have. The past is another country….. Page two to follow
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    Here's a close up of the reverse…...
  18. Michael-Roo
    With my thanks to Mr. Wayne G Sayles of Gainesville: Copper 1 is a modern fake of an Alexander the Great type. Copper 2 is a Seleukid bronze of Antiochus VIII 121-96 BC The silver is a Roman Republican denarius. Numa Pompilius and Ancus Marcius 88 BC.
  19. Michael-Roo
    1694 halfpenny with unbarred A's in Britannia. Near VF for type. Nice to find in this condition. 4 of date high over exergue too.
  20. Michael-Roo
    Much appreciated. Thank you. Here's another you all may find interesting. Charles I half groat. mm R in circle. The condition isn't great but, as you'll clearly see, the king's name is entered as 'arolvs'. There isn't an empty area where one would expect to find the letter C. Arolvs fills the available space.
  21. Michael-Roo
    Thanks both. Hi Rob. I have the coin in front of me now. I must confess, I don't see any evidence of double striking in the obverse field. Also: would multiple strikes result in Iacobus being entered twice yet leaving all other parts of the inscription as normal?
  22. Michael-Roo
    Hello all. Your thoughts on this coin would be most welcome. A James I shilling, mm lis. The king's name looks to have been entered twice. Not simply double struck, but at two distinct positions at the beginning of the legend. I know it is not uncommon to find hammered coins which display 'blundered' legends, but this error is something entirely different? All other parts of both obverse and reverse legends are as they should be. Any ideas concerning rarity value? Cheers.
  23. Michael-Roo
    There is indeed something below that exergue line. Unfortunately, even under high magnification, I can't for the life of me work out what it might be. I was hoping the obverse conjoined busts might be something which would give a clue to its identity. Clearly pre Roman. The tall head gear sported by the rider of the two horses on the reverse might also be something to consider. I guess best thing would be to show it to a few people in the Classics and Archaeology dept. of our Uni.
  24. Michael-Roo
    PS: The flan (silver coin) is noticeably thick for its 17mm size. Its also worth noting how the bust in the foreground is somewhat smaller than that behind.
  25. Michael-Roo
    You're quite right. Obviously not a 'W'. Apologies for my sloppy Greek. Its the silver coin I find most intriguing. I've owned this for 30 years or so, and yet still its the one which I've never been able to place.
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