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Latest addition. I've struggled in the past to find a decent portrait on Richards coins. Class 4a Moneyer Willelm at London mint Struck roughly c.1194 - 1199 Ad.

Now your asking complicated questions lol. Because its crap , less than 12 months old and i bought it off Alibongo. ?

I love how people have suddenly started going through their lofts *really thoroughly*. Honestly, I wouldn't be able to find the Titanic in mine, let alone a solitary gold coin!

Well, it looks like it should be gold - a 5 Pounds.

The telltale on these particular forgeries (Northumberland shillings fall into the same category, and other 'infamous' coins too) is that they have been expertly minted from a die created from an genuine original. They fool experts but put two of them side by side and the truth becomes clear - you see, every single facet of the original has been reproduced which means not only the main elements of the design, but scratches and flaws too. These are like fingerprints - they identify an individual coin from its peers and if there's suddenly several examples all identical, you can guarantee that someone has been up to no good.

George IV sovereign. 8gr One of my better milled coins. shame about the tiny scratch on the kings face. any ideas what grade this would be ? Thanks for any help.

Fantastic sunset just now.

The one on the left is from the same reverse die as the coin above, not sure about the obverse though it looks a pretty good match. There is more than one punch in use for a given character and the design is entered by hand as seen by the legend alignment. I can't see a problem with it.

Superb coin with a fantastic portrait of king Richard great find!

I try and steer away from those cheap coins

just a heads up for all the penny collectors here. no Freeman number for this one Penny

I see that lovely metal detecting find sold for £133.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victoria-Silver-Crown-1847-Metal-Detector-Find/222747356768?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

Nice coin. Dickie 1 on acid?

You’re right about that portrait! Well done, Sir! ?

LOL!!

He must have use his metal detector , in a Chinese takeaway.

Nice varied collection there. Sadly your two most valuable UK coins are the half sovereign and the sovereign from your earlier posts! Row A number 6 is as 1995 GB £2 coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Details here, also for your 1989 Bill of Rights coins: http://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/single-metal-two-pound-coins-1986-1996/ Of the rest, the 1910 Farthing is probably the scarcest/most collectable. The silver probably isn't worth anything more than scrap value, but your threepence C7 is nice and pretty. If you didn't already know, anything before 1920 is 92.5% silver and anything from 1920 to 1946 is 50% silver. After that, there is no silver in the coins. A2-A5 are crowns, face value 25p rather than £5 sadly and aren't worth much/any more than face value (£1 each absolute tops). The 1912 H penny is interesting but pretty common in that condition and perhaps worth £1 on eBay? Can't help you with A1 or B3 but I'm sure someone else might. Thanks for sharing, I like them anyway! Edit: 1892 Farthings are also quite scarce, so that one might be worth about a fiver. Your 1900 Crown is perhaps worth £25 and the 1887 perhaps £50-£75? To give you some idea of values, this is quite a good resource and quite easy to navigate. Prices are what you might expect to pay from a dealer rather than what you might be able to sell it for, but it's a useful guide: http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/values/index.html

very nice

Another one for the blog. 1722 Farthing. One of my kids. Just found it mixed in with some 1ps and 2ps on my mantle.

Why Does an Alarm bell ring when I see this. What is with the curly 7's and the oval 0 and the funny serifs on the N's? I take it that is a 1707 sixpence supposed metal detecting find. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metal-Detecting-Find-Coin-SILVER/263379664237 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Loft-Find-Coin-GOLD/263380611044

There were also a handful of trial pieces struck in silver. The allexpress jobs are probably intended for plating. No doubt ebayers will soon be finding examples of this one in a grandparent's attic.

'not much of a freebie if only half the dealers there - one even bought his coins but had no price list so I was stuck staring at coins i could not buy - might as well have gone to a museum' At the large fairs there isn't enough time to look at every table, so the larger space combined with less to look at made the whole day more relaxing - nobody elbowing their way in and shunting people sideways. Also, less is more, as a surfeit of choice usually results in prevarication with most potential customers continually drifting from one table to the next and never making their mind up. Fewer things available tempts people to spend longer considering the options, and usually brings a positive result. I always do better at the smaller ones. Nearly a hundred dealers only gives people a few minutes per table at the most to look at what is on offer, and if they stop to buy, that gives even less time to look at the rest.

http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collection/collection-highlights/coins/the-una-and-the-lion-five-pound-piece/index.html http://worldnumismaticnews.com/2017/10/04/una-and-the-lion-coin-sells-for-nearly-12-million-dollars/ https://taxfreegold.co.uk/victoriaunaandthelionreplicaset.html

Spot on. I put my spare house keys in a safe place about 3 years ago. So safe I've forgotten were I put them. Thankfully I've not needed them.....yet! I am sure I've done the same with other now long forgotten items. I blame the 90s ?

Was how I found my 1934 missing waves Penny That was just awesome AEF cost me £2 .