Coin aquisition of the week.......

[copper123 1,273]

I love the way its called a 1/4 p when its a 1/4 d  shows what the slabbing companies know

[Paulus 1,879]

Another (very) recent acquisition

[Coinery 804]

On 9/26/2023 at 7:40 PM, Paulus said:

Hey Stu!

3 focus areas still for me:

• Milled silver types, preferably early milled
• Charles I halfcrowns, different Spink numbers
• 18th C Conder tokens

BTW, your camera gave up the ghost in the end after many many pics, bought another of the same second hand

Oh, no, sorry to hear that! I’m just thinking about buying another one again, it depresses me to be taking rubbish coin pictures on my iPhone. 
What was the lens, I forget now? Cost more than the camera did IIRC?

[Paulus 1,879]

5 hours ago, Coinery said:

Oh, no, sorry to hear that! I’m just thinking about buying another one again, it depresses me to be taking rubbish coin pictures on my iPhone. 
What was the lens, I forget now? Cost more than the camera did IIRC?

I've still got and use the lens, I just bought a body ... it's a Canon Ultrasonic (what can that mean?) Macro EF 100mm 1:2.8 USM 

[Fubar 63]

2 hours ago, Paulus said:

I've still got and use the lens, I just bought a body ... it's a Canon Ultrasonic (what can that mean?) Macro EF 100mm 1:2.8 USM 

It has a piezo electric motor. The USM stands for UltraSonic Motor. Very fast with a quick settling time.

[Peckris 2 1,911]

Can anyone think of another date where a denomination was struck with two different monarchs on, like 1820 halfcrowns?

[Rob 2,865]

1649 shilling, 1714 guinea, 1727 shilling & 1937 take your pick if you accept that the Ed. VIII denominations were adopted, but overtaken by events.

If you include patterns then the number of dates increases, eg, 1830 & 1837 sovereigns

Edited September 28 by Rob

[ozjohn 488]

My latest coin 1913 half crown. While not perfect nevertheless a pretty reasonable coin for this date

[Paulus 1,879]

1698 sixpence plumes

[Coinery 804]

Wow that’s super-special, Paulus, amazing! 

[Paulus 1,879]

Doubt that I'll be upgrading this crown ...

[Paulus 1,879]

If only the obverse on this crown had as much eye appeal as the reverse ...

[Silverlocks 78]

1916 Florin EF or thereabouts with much of the original finish still intact.

Edited Monday at 02:56 AM by Silverlocks

[copper123 1,273]

On 9/28/2023 at 10:48 PM, Peckris 2 said:

Can anyone think of another date where a denomination was struck with two different monarchs on, like 1820 halfcrowns?

recently the 2023 britannia in silver

[Peckris 2 1,911]

2 hours ago, copper123 said:

recently the 2023 britannia in silver

there's a reason this site is called predecimal

[copper123 1,273]

2 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

there's a reason this site is called predecimal

It is a coin and you can spend it though it would be silly to - really its a bullion coin though to me these coins are lovely pieces of art as well with their designs taking over from the old crown coin in about the year 2000 imo

[Paulus 1,879]

York Mint halfcrown type 5

[Peckris 2 1,911]

2 hours ago, copper123 said:

It is a coin and you can spend it though it would be silly to - really its a bullion coin though to me these coins are lovely pieces of art as well with their designs taking over from the old crown coin in about the year 2000 imo

I should have been more specific - I meant currency issues only.

[Nonmortuus 795]

I have started to work through the pile in the corner to get some pictures done.

This is virtually black in hand, Rob checked it over for me and indicated it was likely lightly cleaned in the past. A unfortunate error on my part but it still is pleasing in hand.

[Nonmortuus 795]

This was courtesy of Paulus, the bag marks are no where near as visible in hand. I am more than happy with it.

[Nonmortuus 795]

This completed my Jubilee head date run, although 1 or 2 of the dates could do with an upgrade in the future.

[Nonmortuus 795]

I already have this date but just loved the toning....

[Paulus 1,879]

Another acquisition from earlier this year. Quite superb to me, if it was English then well,,,

Edited 4 hours ago by Paulus