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Nice 1928 half-crown for my george V type set

Oh and I forgot to show the Chamois leather pouch it comes in; somebody obviously wanted to look after it!

I would approach CGB and Paris museum, information relating to similar items above is from both these sources, I would therefore assume they would be more familiar with what it actually is or be able to give you leads for further research.

Also on my continuous search for an UNC/BU 1999 2 pound getting closer Better than the pic . Best I have found to date . Most are chewed up

Nice lil Farthing I salvaged from the corner of a box 1879 large 9

Looks like F29, and the Britannia is much better preserved vis a vis the shield, conforming to Mikes observation. Jerry

Would anyone please be able to give me some more information on this, as I can't find anything similar online? They are actually two single sided "coins" that came in a tiny wooden case. Thanks!

Reminds me of this (I supported him at a couple of his gigs several years ago...)

You say “tiny” what is the diameter, if small these look like a tentative essai for a 5 francs in gold, all the 1815 essais for 5 francs silver submitted by Michaud and others are betwwen 37 and 38mm according to VG no essais for a 5 franc in gold are listed for Louis xviii, these first minted for Napoleon iii in 1855 I would definitely contact CGB, I’ve found them very helpful in the past

Welcome to the Forum btw Looks like your Monday is getting the week off to a very interesting start. Do keep us informed!

The associated shells and bags are probably as supplied originally. The museum pieces are lead splashes which was commonly used as a metal for test pieces to see what the impression looks like before the dies are hardened. Yours could be either silver or tin looking at them, with a personal preference for tin given the colour of the blank sides. Unifaces were often made when producing a new design. I have a few. They will almost certainly be genuine. The bust on your coin was used on regular currency in 1816, so presumably is a trial struck at the end of 1815 when preparing dies for the following year.

Good luck with it it - get some professional help if you're selling, ebay probably isn't the best location for something as significant as that might be!

Indeed, and to think I had one in my hand last week which was a stunner. I don't know if I left it somewhere safe and it maybe got picked up for one of the kids bus fares, or if I put it in the "really safe place", in which case I might have a eureka moent in a couple of years time!

Thats the best one I've seen in ages Zoo, can I dibs it when you get an upgrade lol?

This is where I go http://www.theresia.name/en/svariants.html

Hi. I have these two Thalers. One is different from the other. Would one of them be an early strike or is it because they were perhaps made in two different mints? Thanks in advance.

Quite right, must put my glasses on! But it still shows the different wear pattern nicely! 😇 Jerry

Many examples of one of the two known die pairings of F32 occur with flans that become slightly concave/convex after striking. This is probably the reason that this die design was not adopted again. This is the cause of more wear to the centre of the reverse.

Hope he recovers soon and his sight is not permanently affected.

I don't know which is the bigger compliment being called a knob or a vegetable

Well I suppose the AA01 might have some cache, but there's nothing that distinctive about the rest - if it had been 690096, then at least you'd have had a palindrome.

Those opinionated vegetables need to learn how to deliver feedback more effectively. I would suggest less stick, and more carrot. The other vegetable is just a total knob.

Probably not a specimen - as this was one of the last 2 years of silver content a whole lot were put aside. I have one very like that. I remember in 1980 it listed at £2 in BU (and most of that series). Then the Bunker Hunt family tried to corner the world silver market, and these jumped to £12 in BU almost overnight. After a few months of Brits feverishly turning in their ancestral silver for its melt value, the whole enterprise failed and these were back to £2!