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Everything posted by craigy
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1953 frosted proof VIP/cameo/specimen saga continues
craigy replied to craigy's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
i'm still out on the subject and believe there is no hard and fast rule, we'll see what the museum come up with, -
1953 frosted proof VIP/cameo/specimen saga continues
craigy replied to craigy's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
and asked about the specimen finish, -
1953 frosted proof VIP/cameo/specimen saga continues
craigy replied to craigy's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
i also asked about the 1937 vip proof crowns etc -
Cameo or not ? Be wary !
craigy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
i did read all the proof ones from the usa were just bagged up and sent back to england no silver proof like that was fairly standard, i think it was the firstof the truely proof if that makes sense -
picked up a couple, seems to be hard to find George V with a nice obverse, do any of them look cleaned ?
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have never met or heard of him but i can see you all have fond memories for him, Rip and my heartfelt condolences to you all and his family
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Cameo or not ? Be wary !
craigy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
deep cameo, ultra cameo, cameo, all depends at which angle you point the camera at lol and the surrounding light -
always wanted a rochester penny, or hordon on the hill, have a Carlisle henry 3 half
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1562-ELIZABETH-1-SILVER-SIXPENCE/112641304028?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49480%26meid%3Dd8f7c8586b9d44b7ac809003850cf43a%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D292333781989&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1562-sixpence-Elizabeth-I/292333781989?hash=item44107383e5:g:vRQAAOSwWLBaDey9
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defo rhuddlan and bidders know it at that price
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Cameo or not ? Be wary !
craigy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
and some dealers, -
yes it did, funny though was my first signal on a field i had never been on, my mate was waiting for me to get over to him and it was about 2 ft from him,
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the only gold stater i have found in 12 years, and its a plated one at that lol, all the left facing wolfs are bronze cored, took hours to clean as it had blown quite badly , found it about 5 years ago
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Couple of my rarer Henry III's, Wallingford Mint, classes 3ab Alisandre, Ricard
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Cameo or not ? Be wary !
craigy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
this is a contentious issue -
very nice, retrograde N and 5 3 1 pellet crown configuration
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he's not rendal ingram in disguise is he ? (a hint towards my 53 frosted proof crown business)
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nope defo 2 different coins,
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lovely mate
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the set is in my possession, all the silvers (or silver coloured) are cameo and the half penny the rest are not, other side of crown, i assume the vips were struck in silver not cu-ni
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so what is the crown classed as in this set, the other side is just as frosted, trying to see if i have a pic on me
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William I PAXS Penny mint/moneyer identification?
craigy replied to bmack's topic in British Hammered
seeing a lot of these lately -
when was you detecting ? i put a lot of miles in,