Paulus Posted August 11, 2018 Posted August 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Peckris 2 said: That's Birmingham Cathedral IIRC? Yes, according to Wiki "St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham in 1905" Quote
Peckris 2 Posted August 11, 2018 Posted August 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Paulus said: Yes, according to Wiki "St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham in 1905" It's actually very nice inside, but it's not what you'd call a cathedral exactly, not for England's second city especially when you consider Liverpool's two. Quote
Paulus Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Here's another Kempson's Birmingham Buildings halfpenny Conder token. 2 Quote
Paulus Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 8 hours ago, DrLarry said: could anyone help me verify Warwickshire 297 Free School old front taken down in 1794 ...dalton and Hammer list it as edge COVENTRY whereas others are listed as COVENTRY TOKEN edge is this an error in the book I have quite an old edition the reprinted 1967 edition ...I guess it is an error but would like to check I only have D&H as a reference, if of any use or relevance, this Birmingham Kempson token is correctly documented by D&H as having an edge inscription of "COVENTRY TOKEN" 1 Quote
Rob Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 23 hours ago, DrLarry said: could anyone help me verify Warwickshire 297 Free School old front taken down in 1794 ...dalton and Hammer list it as edge COVENTRY whereas others are listed as COVENTRY TOKEN edge is this an error in the book I have quite an old edition the reprinted 1967 edition ...I guess it is an error but would like to check 14 hours ago, Paulus said: I only have D&H as a reference, if of any use or relevance, this Birmingham Kempson token is correctly documented by D&H as having an edge inscription of "COVENTRY TOKEN" 18 minutes ago, DrLarry said: OK great thanks I will put up a picture of the token in a bit ...thanks for the help my DH is old My D&H is the 1967 reprint and gives the edge of 297 as Coventry as you would expect, but then so does 300 whilst others are plain edge. Is there any reason to suggest that D&H is wrong? Listing a different edge reading is not in itself wrong, or does your token read Coventry Token? The one Paul has illustrated is Warwickshire 148 which is Coventry Token, but again there is a plain edge version - 148a. Quote
Rob Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 OK, so an error in the reference, unless there are known examples without TOKEN. The same might apply to 300. Quote
Rob Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Just now, DrLarry said: I just happened to notice in the correction that another one had been listed as Coventry and should have read "Coventry Token" so thought perhaps the same may have happened to the 297 listed without the Token Typos do happen. Peck has a couple too. Quote
Paulus Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Here's one of my Coventry ones, Edge: COVENTRY TOKEN. D&H 295 2 Quote
Rob Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 I doubt there would be corrections, as most reprints are just an exercise in making the material available for a long out of print book. What Chris did with Freeman by adding varieties was the exception, not the norm. Most reprints are making the most of a gap in the market. Quote
will1976 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 The two listed in the 1990 edition are 297 with edge reading Coventry and 297a which is plain. There is no mention of any 'Coventry token' edge for 297 in the corrigenda section of the book Quote
will1976 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 A little more info for you from 'The building Medalets of Kempson and Skidmore' by R. C. Bell page 36/7 ''D&H War.297'' (then gives a description of the token followed by) ''The building was originally a hospital founded at the beginning of the reign of Henry II. At the dissolution of the monasteries John Hales purchased the chapel and converted it into a free school.'' Unfortunately it gives no information on edge varieties 1 Quote
Paulus Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 The height of fashion in 1794 Norwich. The items on the obverse are a ladies' fur muff and tippet 3 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 23 hours ago, Paulus said: The height of fashion in 1794 Norwich. The items on the obverse are a ladies' fur muff and tippet Fur muff...? Oh I see. There's a nice kinky boot on the reverse. 1 Quote
Paulus Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 7 hours ago, Peckris 2 said: Fur muff...? Oh I see. There's a nice kinky boot on the reverse. I'm waiting for a kinky comment from @Peter, it is from East Anglia after all! 1 Quote
will1976 Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 My latest group of unofficial farthings collected over the past 6 weeks Quote
will1976 Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 I really like the design on this one and its a nice example, near unc on the reverse the obverse about ef 2 Quote
Paulus Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 New-ish upgrade to my George III halfpenny example 3 Quote
mrbadexample Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 Isle of Man Atlas halfpenny, Pridmore 59. 1 Quote
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