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    https://www.spink.com/auction.aspx?id=3011 Adams 3011.pdf
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    I won seven bronze penny lots , pretty much those I wanted, the expensive ones at low to mid estimate but the cheaper ones mostly above estimate. Very content overall, will post details in due course. Apologies if I outbid any forum member. Jerry
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    interesting question .. it is the genoese gateway ... there are many theories about it .. My preferite is that it is a symbolic rappresentation of the city of Genoa itself . The medieval name of the city was infact IANUA that in latin means door or gateway. Genoa at the time was probably the most important mediterranean commercial port and the majority of goods destined to the today North Italy , Swiss and South Germany passed through it, so it was a sort of geteway to the central Europe. This Construction can be found on the first and almost all the genoese coins struck from the 1139 to the 1638 , including also many of the coins struck in his colonies. The gateway became a sign of quality and for that reason it was maintened for a quite long period, but was reproduced on many coins of others country in slightly different ways as for example on the Crusaders states coins. Here some examples of genoese coins reproducing the gateway
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    Bear in mind the following estimate was based at a specific point in time when I looked at prices and subsequently will have changed. The current copper price is $2.2522 per lb. The current exchange rate is GBP1 = USD1.2891. There are 453.592 grams per lb and the nominal weight of an Irish 2p is 7.12g. Therefore the intrinsic value at current spot prices is £0.02742. Old Irish currency can still be exchanged for Euros by the Central Bank in Ireland. £1 Irish = Euros 1.269738. GBP1 = Euros 1.14254. 2 Irish pence would therefore be worth Euros 0.0253948, or GBP 0.0222266 assuming no currency conversion costs. Melting it is therefore a no brainer, being at a premium of over 20% to the amount receivable should you travel to Dublin and pay it in. If it was uncirculated with full lustre, it might retail at up to a quid, but there isn't much demand.
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    Tony Clayton is as good and up to date as any. But most price guides are limited in that they do not include all the different varieties, and take a more broad brush approach.
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    "tower mint " sounds like a made up name in order to fool consumers into thinking they are buying official royal mint products "London mint office" used the same evil trick more recently
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    Good luck Mike you will have to let us know if you got any
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    I'm going to leave you a free run - free from me at least - on the DNW sixpences. There is nothing there that is a must buy for me and I need to husband my funds for one of the upcoming Heritage auctions. As the DNW sixpence offerings go, The 1821 looks nice but I bought one at the last DNW sale. The 1831 also looks nice. The 1675/4 is a nice coin. A bit nicer than my own but not 500 pounds nicer. The other Charles II sixpences are good but not great. The George II, 1750 also looks nice. I shall be watching what it goes for as I have a similar one. I also like the 1829 but the 1852, 1853 and 1856 look like they have some contact marks, the 1855 has a die clash and a scratch on the reverse and I don't like the look of the 1885. If there is one sixpence I would bid on then it is probably the Commonwealth 1649. Lovely coin.
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    Still looking for a Golden Horse Cart.Would be an upgrade on my Silver one.
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    Two cracking coins Gents,pity the monyers lost their way for a few centuries.





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