Price of things in William III's reign?

[Descartes]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

[azda]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Edited June 12, 2012 by azda

[Descartes]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Hi Azda, oh yikes! I hope not :/ that'd be bad news. Here's a pic of the reverse. Apologies for the poor quality. I dont have a very good camera. D

[Danelaw]

I can tell you that in 1690, it cost a farthing to be rowed across the Thames in London.

[Coinery]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine.

However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable.

Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

[Peter]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

There are websites but cash wasn't always king and bartering was common place.

I checked a google search and it returned a 6d as having £3 buying power in 1700.

[Coinery]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine.

However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable.

Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown!

[azda]

It has some graffitti under the harp shield and under the opposite shield is an S. Looks to have some corrosion to

[Coinery]

It has some graffitti under the harp shield and under the opposite shield is an S. Looks to have some corrosion to

Sorry, should've mentioned it was a cast, base-metal, fake! Really spooky, having just asked if anyone had any images of W3 fakes, that I suddenly bump into one on The Bay! I'm going to have a very small pop at it myself!

And interestingly, whilst I can edit this post, I cannot edit the other one to note that it is a fake!

Edited June 12, 2012 by Coinery

[Peckris]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine.

However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable.

Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown!

Unlike the sixpence, that crown does look a bit dodgy. It just "feels" wrong.

As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay?

[Coinery]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine.

However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable.

Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown!

Unlike the sixpence, that crown does look a bit dodgy. It just "feels" wrong.

As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay?

Sorry, did try to edit it, it is a fake!

[Peckris]

Our posts overlapped!

As for editing, you only have around 15 minutes to edit a post, but I have a feeling that if someone else posts immediately after yours, you might even lose that?

[azda]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine.

However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable.

Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown!

I have one which is pourous on both sides, it did make alarm bells ring, weight is 29.5g give or take on my pish scales, dia is around the 40mm mark as it's not exactly round, see what you think

[Coinery]

Here's a photo of my newest sixpence.

I wonder how much a sixpence could buy you in the late 1690s. Does anybody know of any good books or websites that look at these kind of stats? What were people's wages/what did things cost in the the 1600s-1700s.

D

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me

Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine.

However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable.

Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown!

I have one which is pourous on both sides, it did make alarm bells ring, weight is 29.5g give or take on my pish scales, dia is around the 40mm mark as it's not exactly round, see what you think

What's the edge legend like?

[azda]

Just visible, OCTAVO edge

[Coinery]

Just visible, OCTAVO edge

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it!

[azda]

Just visible, OCTAVO edge

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it!

What was making me itch was just above the 2nd V in GVLIELMVS , it looks to be flaking, thats when alarm bells started ringing

[Coinery]

Just visible, OCTAVO edge

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it!

What was making me itch was just above the 2nd V in GVLIELMVS , it looks to be flaking, thats when alarm bells started ringing

Back on the phone, now, but I think it was the central reverse too that was 'uncomfortable'! See if you can stick it to the back of a speaker magnet!

I know people will go mad about this, but I wouldn't be without my silver testing acid!

I'm not recommending that this is done as a routine thing but, for those head-scratching challenges you occasionally come across, if you touch a tiny spot on the edge of a coin, especially one that you feel confident hasn't been plated, you'll get a positive reaction one way or the other in around 2 seconds!

I alway do this next to a running tap and thoroughly rinse it the second I've got the information I'm after. There is absolutely no signs left afterwards!

The great thing about the test is it only tests positive on high-grade silver, it doesn't change colour at all on silver alloys at .500.

Whilst it may seem sacrilege, there have been coins in the past that I have enjoyed an awful lot more for applying that final scientific conclusion!

[Red Riley]

As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay?

That wouldn't have cost you more than a groat where I come from. What did you do with the other tuppence?

[Peckris]

As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay?

That wouldn't have cost you more than a groat where I come from. What did you do with the other tuppence?

Oh, I'd install an actress in a house 2 miles distance, and keep her in oysters, oranges, and mead

[Peter]

As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay?

That wouldn't have cost you more than a groat where I come from. What did you do with the other tuppence?

Oh, I'd install an actress in a house 2 miles distance, and keep her in oysters, oranges, and mead

Peck

You are Charles 11 reincarnate & I claim my £5

[Peckris]

As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay?

That wouldn't have cost you more than a groat where I come from. What did you do with the other tuppence?

Oh, I'd install an actress in a house 2 miles distance, and keep her in oysters, oranges, and mead

Peck

You are Charles 11 reincarnate & I claim my £5

Sorry, you weren't dressed as Nell Gwynne. No £5 for you

[copper123]

If you are really broke you could always visit baldrick from time team , down at the docks!

[Peckris]

If you are really broke you could always visit baldrick from time team , down at the docks!

I'm afraid my name is not "Bbobbb".

[Peter]

If you are really broke you could always visit baldrick from time team , down at the docks!

I do believe he likes a good dig.