Let's See Your Copper Coins, Tokens, Or Medals!

[hazelman 44]

OK OK my pictures do not compare with those ive soon - but i will get there one day

[Paulus 1,954]

It's a journey Hazelman, hang in there! Please take all the advice on here, it saves a lot of time and money!

[hazelman 44]

And thats why i love this forum - not only is there enormous expertise but most of you seem to genuinely uplift us minnows

[damian1986 142]

Of the four purchases I made at the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) show in Orlando, three of them were copper. For the one token (in the 2nd post below) I have provided two different types of pictures to show the color.

Only just saw this one. Very nice Brandon. I saw that these sell for quite a lot even in VF. And I've only been able to find 3 that don't show much flattening to St. George. MS64 seems generous? But I wonder if that's because nearly all of them show weakness / wear to the horseman and the dragon's scales.

Mine is below. Clearly worn but initially I thought not a bad example in the grand scheme of things. Do these come up a lot at the US coin fairs?

[brg5658 111]

Recently picked up this lovely Scottish token. The detail is absolutely splendid in hand. I'm posting larger pics for this one to show off the fine workmanship...sorry about the scuffs on the plastic holder.

1797 Ayrshire Halfpenny Token, NGC MS64BN

Edited February 5, 2015 by brg5658

[davidrj 194]

A scarce little medieval copper came in today's post

Ferdinand I of Aragon as King of Naples, Bronze cavallo, 1472 - 1488

obverse FERRANDVS REX radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right

reverse EQVITAS RE G NI, horse prancing right, rosette above, T flanked by a rossete on each side in exergue; eagle mintmark for Aquila

Edited February 5, 2015 by davidrj

[scott 142]

how many legs does that horse have?

[davidrj 194]

how many legs does that horse have?

4! The squiggles between the front legs are an eagle if you look closely

[Coinery 1,010]

how many legs does that horse have?

4! The squiggles between the front legs are an eagle if you look closely

Ah, an eagle! Yes, of course!

Lovely to find ANY medieval copper in an uncorroded state! Very nice!

[scott 142]

a nice lump of french bronze.

[Peckris 579]

a nice lump of french bronze.

That's nice! Very nice. Beautiful design.

[Charlie 8]

a nice lump of french bronze.

That's nice! Very nice. Beautiful design.

Very nice indeed!

[Cristatus 3]

Hi here is one of my favourite coins in my collection. The 1841 proof penny is much rarer than the 1839 proof. See Michael Coins website for Michael Gouby's comments on the relative rarity and the fact that they appeared in 1839 proof sets and it is assumed this is because the 1839 die became worn. The coin is graded PR66 by PCGS. I always find getting good images through slabs very difficult, any apparent marks are on the slab not the coin

[azda 978]

It really f**@#^g annoys me when sellers don't describe thumbprints. The spotting i can live with ?

[scott 142]

well if you don't want it....

[damian1986 142]

Very common, a nice bit of copper.

[goomolique 3]

Very nice.

[azda 978]

Won these today at DNW. D&H 3 one in silver is uniface amd the other is in copper. Dundee, Angus, my home town

[damian1986 142]

Won these today at DNW. D&H 3 one in silver is uniface amd the other is in copper. Dundee, Angus, my home town

I like how a lot of the Scottish tokens show the city arms. Nice uniface piece!!

Is the reverse making reference to any particular figure?? From the death covered mountains of Scotia he come. What a legend.

There was a Richard I penny, class IVa that is Ex. W. J. Conte that I missed. It got bid up to near £500 so too much anyway for me. I missed out on an Henry III penny 1b at London (again!). They raised the estimate this time around and it wasn't as good as the last and I was being way too tight-fisted in my pre-bids --

But actually I don't think it was a very good sale on the whole. Anyone agree?

Edited February 11, 2015 by damian1986

[Rob 3,106]

Won these today at DNW. D&H 3 one in silver is uniface amd the other is in copper. Dundee, Angus, my home town

I like how a lot of the Scottish tokens show the city arms. Nice uniface piece!!

Is the reverse making reference to any particular figure?? From the death covered mountains of Scotia he come. What a legend.

There was a Richard I penny, class IVa that is Ex. W. J. Conte that I missed. It got bid up to near £500 so too much anyway for me. I missed out on an Henry III penny 1b at London (again!). They raised the estimate this time around and it wasn't as good as the last and I was being way too tight-fisted in my pre-bids --

But actually I don't think it was a very good sale on the whole. Anyone agree?

That was the one I came second on. As a Richard I it was very good, but when a bid of 460 is nearly 600 with the juice and postage then, well, they aren't that rare and the obverse was slightly double struck. Never mind, another will come along. Apart from that, I was underwhelmed with the offerings.

[damian1986 142]

Won these today at DNW. D&H 3 one in silver is uniface amd the other is in copper. Dundee, Angus, my home town

I like how a lot of the Scottish tokens show the city arms. Nice uniface piece!!

Is the reverse making reference to any particular figure?? From the death covered mountains of Scotia he come. What a legend.

There was a Richard I penny, class IVa that is Ex. W. J. Conte that I missed. It got bid up to near £500 so too much anyway for me. I missed out on an Henry III penny 1b at London (again!). They raised the estimate this time around and it wasn't as good as the last and I was being way too tight-fisted in my pre-bids --

But actually I don't think it was a very good sale on the whole. Anyone agree?

That was the one I came second on. As a Richard I it was very good, but when a bid of 460 is nearly 600 with the juice and postage then, well, they aren't that rare and the obverse was slightly double struck. Never mind, another will come along. Apart from that, I was underwhelmed with the offerings.

I thought it would do pretty well that one Rob. The last DNW sale wasn't very good either but a couple of the early pennies were very aggressively bid up.

[azda 978]

DNW are trying To do 1 sale a month and The March sale already over 400 Coins listed. As Regards To the Tokens i won amd the REV figure i'm not really sure who or if it's referencing some Scottish figure, i bought them due to Dundee being my home city, PROBABLY paid too much for them but they have a quirky die problem on the arm where it seems detached

[Peter 615]

I was born and grew up in Bury St Eds

We have moved out to the sticks but I still hanker after Bury minted coins.

[Cristatus 3]

Here is an unusual item. If made by Taylor as I think it was is was probably during the 1860s to 1880s when he is known to have been re-striking many coins from the dies he acquired when the SOHO mint contents were auctioned off. The inscription is not quite correct, see my other post under heading Taylor. Has anyone seen one before, I have 2 and am aware of a third?

Clearly this is badly worn from years of polishing but as a collector of SOHO and Taylor it is of interest to me.

[damian1986 142]

DNW are trying To do 1 sale a month and The March sale already over 400 Coins listed. As Regards To the Tokens i won amd the REV figure i'm not really sure who or if it's referencing some Scottish figure, i bought them due to Dundee being my home city, PROBABLY paid too much for them but they have a quirky die problem on the arm where it seems detached

If you look at the upcoming auctions at DNW, March, June, September, November, December (!) - you'll see that they're not accepting consignments for any of them.

Whether that's because we're outside of the window for each sale or because they have that much already consigned in advance...???