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Category Archives: Coin Collecting
New fake pound coin type? Coin forgery for fun and profit…
First post of 2011! Just when it seemed the Police had the pound coin forgers licked (or at least nicked) a possible new fake pound coin type has emerged, if not a new type it is certainly a new one … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Fake Coins
Tagged coin, coin collecting, collecting, fake, forgery, new, pound, type, £1
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Rare Carausius ‘Clasped Hands’ Denarius being offered by Dix, Noonan and Webb
Dix, Noonan and Webb are offering a very rare Carausius ‘Clasped Hands’ Denarius in their December 9th coin auction: Carausius, Argenteus, London, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. clasped hands, 4.19g/6h (cf. RIC 549; cf. Shiel 14-20). Very fine … Continue reading
New London Coins Auction catalogue, auction 131 on 5th and 6th of December
The new London Coins Auction catalogue is out. The catalogue for the auction is up to London Coins Auction usual high standard (with loads of colour photographs), as are the the offerings within. The sale catalogue contains more than 2300 … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Auctions, Coin Collecting
Tagged catalogue, coin, coin collecting, Coins, collecting, London Coins Auction
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An ancient Greek metal detecting find – coin from Thurium or Thurii
This one is still my favourite, and oldest, metal detecting find of all time. A coin minted in Thurium, a Greek city in modern day Italy, in the 4th century BC. The bull charging right is a recurring motif on … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Greek Coins, Coin Collecting, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged ancient, bull, coin, Coins, detecting, detector, find, greek, metal, Thurii, Thurium
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Queen Victoria ‘To Hanover’ gaming tokens or jettons, 1837 to 1867
A Queen Victoria ‘To Hanover’ gaming token or jetton, dated 1867. Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of these were minted between 1837 and 1867 (at least the most recent date I have seen on one of these tokens or … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged 1837, 1867, Duke of Cumberland, gaming, hanover, jettons, Queen, To Hanover, tokens, Victoria
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Cartwheel Twopence Coins, Cartwheel Penny Craziness
Probably my favourite Georgian coins, the Cartwheel pennies are a currency experiment that didn’t quite go as planned. They were created by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1797. Eight of these cartwheel twopence coins, laid … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged 1797, Admiral Gardener, Cartwheel, cartwheel penny, cartwheel two pence, Coins, Dutch East India Company, George III, goodwin sands, Handsworth, Matthew Boulton, shipwreck, Soho mint, Token, tuppence, two pence, Twopence, VOC, wreck
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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Halfpenny token, 1792
Not a metal detecting find, but still an unusual token that I thought would be worth posting. These tokens were minted to make up for shortfalls in production of low value copper coins. This one commemorates John of Gaunt. I … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Tokens
Tagged 1792, duke of lancaster, half penny, halfpenny, Iohn of Gaunt, John of Gaunt, Token
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Chris Rudd releases Celtic coin book (at long last!)
At long last – Chris Rudd, one of the worlds foremost experts on British Celtic coins, has released a book, Ancient British Coins, here’s the blurb: “Never before have so many ancient British coins been so easy to identify, so … Continue reading
Earliest Known Sighting of Halley’s Comet – Comets and Meteors on Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11255168 It seems the ancient greeks spotted Halley’s comet in 466BC. This got me thinking about ancient greek and roman coins that depict comets or meteorites (or at least appear to depict a comet or meteorite). There are more than … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, Coins, comet, greek, halleys, meteor, meteorite, Roman, Tigranes the Great
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London Coins Auction – Saturday 4th – Sunday 5th September 2010
The latest London Coins Auction‘s sale is happening this coming weekend (Saturday 4th – Sunday 5th September 2010). The catalogue for the auction is up to London Coins Auction usual high standard, as are the the offerings within. The sale … Continue reading
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Tagged Auction, coin, Coins, collecting, highlights, London
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