craigy

you might have seen this on the aquisition of the week thread, beautiful 1937 proof crown, i love it, have now worked out what i'm going to collect, has to be the early cameo looking proofs, did they have the cameo look on any George V ? i have 2 of these now, some proofs seem frosted and others dont,

i know a couple of you are into them, have found a few over the years, so i'd thought i'd post them for ya, have no idea of classes This one is Durham Mint

you got a picture of the matte proof

thats a tidy looking coin matem

Not something i normally buy although i have been collecting them, i think they are worth the money because they are packaged fantastically in the clear perspex box thing, anyway saw this come up on ebay and had a bit of a spur of the moment bid winning it for £71 inc postage, a little over face value, i spose the 68 grade knocked it a bit, to be honest i can't see anything with the naked eye and have had a good look. you would think something new and not touched by hand would get a 70 or could be the dies have gone a bit funny as the coin is numbered early 29,000's, anyway, for little over the £60 when bought form the mint and it came with box etc i think its not a bad deal,

easterling

any before and after pics

love the one on the big flan,

got books coming out my ears, still trying to work my way through them, cant ever have enough books though

Found this little stunner back end of last autumn, lovely little coin, Elizabeth I Halfpenny, not the most common of coins, but not rare. always wanted to find one, some do have a mint mark some like this do not, they also did these during James I reign but his has a Thistle Mint mark

i cant id them class wise for the life of me lol, have seen the ukdfd guides but cant get me head round them, Henry III is A different story though ,

London

Canterbury

London

Edward II, London

London

London

Lincoln

Canterbury

Newcastle

run my iron mask at -14, just a little touch, love my explorer 2, dunno how the etrac compares or the ctx3030

groat grabbing time ;0)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ak47-5-pound-note-with-very-low-serial-number-/112525237923?hash=item1a3306dea3:g:zXoAAOSwBpxZjCh1 oh dear

i had to get me spinks out just to confirm lol was there issues with the dies for this coin and is there a book about her coinage ???

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