1934 Wreath Crown Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Any year, era, monarch..... Here are some of my favourites. Henry VI Qtr Noble MS60 Edited May 26, 2016 by 1934 Wreath Crown Quote
scottishmoney Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 Edward III Noble from the brief Treaty Period in the 1360s when England and France were at peace and Edward III was not claiming the French throne, thus no French titles on the coin. One I have owned a few years and will likely enjoy only shortly longer as these treasures will be sacrificed to pay for the ankle biters college fund. 2 Quote
1934 Wreath Crown Posted May 31, 2016 Author Posted May 31, 2016 14 hours ago, scottishmoney said: Edward III Noble from the brief Treaty Period in the 1360s when England and France were at peace and Edward III was not claiming the French throne, thus no French titles on the coin. One I have owned a few years and will likely enjoy only shortly longer as these treasures will be sacrificed to pay for the ankle biters college fund. Absolutely fabulous. Would love to take that off your hands when you feel you need to pass it on to someone who appreciates it. For the right price of course..... Quote
mhcoins Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 15 hours ago, scottishmoney said: Edward III Noble from the brief Treaty Period in the 1360s when England and France were at peace and Edward III was not claiming the French throne, thus no French titles on the coin. One I have owned a few years and will likely enjoy only shortly longer as these treasures will be sacrificed to pay for the ankle biters college fund. Me too, very nice example indeed. Quote
Rob Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 1762 Quarter Guinea. Struck from a rusted obverse die. 1 Quote
1934 Wreath Crown Posted June 4, 2016 Author Posted June 4, 2016 An early young head. Nice. I've always favoured this shield-back to the spade guineas. Quote
PWA 1967 Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 9 hours ago, Rob said: 1762 Quarter Guinea. Struck from a rusted obverse die. Sorry for what may be a daft question. How do you tell the obverse die was rusty ?. Pete. Quote
Rob Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said: Sorry for what may be a daft question. How do you tell the obverse die was rusty ?. Pete. You get raised bumps from the surfaces rusting and the degraded metal falling off the surface as it powders. A more extreme example is this Henry VII angel http:// Quote
PWA 1967 Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Thank you Rob its a lot more obvious on the second picture. Quote
Rob Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 My only concession to pennies in this metal. P2149. http:// 1 Quote
scottishmoney Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Money and coinage in it's many iterations changed oft during the reign of James VI, this is a noble from 1588, by then the coin in use in England had long evolved into a new denomination with a portrait of the monarch whilst in Scotland the archaic remained. To further complicate matters there were multiple coins referred to as a noble - issued in the same year! The other, smaller, noble was tariffed at 75/- whilst this larger example tariffed at 146/8 - it was strictly a one year type and is very rare. 1 Quote
Paulus Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Never seen one of those before - very interesting - but not surprising as I don't collect Scottish coins! 146/8 - as in 146 shillings and 8 pence? What a weird denomination, I expect there must be a reason! What was the conversion rate of Scottish shillings to English? Quote
scottishmoney Posted June 9, 2016 Posted June 9, 2016 On 6/7/2016 at 4:24 PM, Paulus said: Never seen one of those before - very interesting - but not surprising as I don't collect Scottish coins! 146/8 - as in 146 shillings and 8 pence? What a weird denomination, I expect there must be a reason! What was the conversion rate of Scottish shillings to English? It equaled 11 Merks, a unit of accounting in Scotland - with all the recoining going on at the time it was quickly obsolete and whilst not many were minted in the first place the most of them were melted down. Quote
azda Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Not mine, but thought it was so well struck I had to add it here Quote
Matteo95 Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Elizabeth II , the sovereign of my year of birth , 1995 . 1 Quote
Richard2 Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 (edited) One I'm very happy with as I found it myself metal detecting. I had to have it straightened by a jeweller as it was badly bent. few little scrapes on the reverse but I can live with that. Henry VI Half Noble, Annulet issue Edited June 13, 2016 by Richard2 2 Quote
Nordle11 Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 What a nice find Richard. Thanks for sharing.. although it did make me a little jealous Quote
seuk Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 My first counterfeit 1808 third-guinea. Now I have 11 different contemporary counterfeit third-guineas dating between 1797-1808 and know of another four variations. Unfortunately the counterfeit gold coins are also wanted by some collectors of gaming tokens so there're more competition in this field than with the silver counterfeits This one however only cost me £11 Quote
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