TomGoodheart

Hi H. Sadly, not a lot to go on here! So, it's Tower (of London) mint, as are the majority. The privy (mint) mark is Tun so it was struck between 14 Feb 1636- 8 May 1638. And it has a cross with small neat ends over the reverse shield, so Group F. If I had to guess, I'd say F3/1 which is Spink 2796. Clipped and worn. People like eye appeal (or at least a clear mint mark and identifiable portrait), so it's not going to fetch much I'm afraid. £10-£20 maybe?

From the size, it's a penny or halfpenny H. Groats are larger and a very different design. Edward. The reverse reads VIL /<>LA/CAL/ISI so Calais. The diamond between the Ls (<>) helps identify it further but not my area I'm afraid.

Waley would explain the W number in red. Interesting the picture I have doesn't have one. Waley was 1893-1987, so looks like he just added his reference to the previous owner's ticket ..

Anything on the other side Jason? I have this photo in my records, which someone suggested was a Lockett ticket (no doubt on the basis of the RCL number to the reverse) but I have my doubts about the writing. More likely it was bought from RCL's collection. However I'd say there's a decent chance it IS the same hand as your ticket .. if that helps? . @Rob Any ideas? Or Gary Oddie is quite good at these, but he's not here but can be found on FB

Merry Christmas all. May your collections grow, your lives prosper and your 2025s be uneventful but pleasant. 🌲

I believe Chris has fixed this. Welcome @Penny collector

biddr let me down on this one. I put in a pre bid on a lot and thought I'd won ... went to check for an invoice and found the price achieved had gone up overnight. Not happy at all, but not really NAC's fault as it was biddr that missed that my lot had gone higher. Fortunately (?) I was outbid by CHF450, so I have the consolation that it wasn't by just a few quid .. c'est la vie, or whatever that is in Swiss. 😕

I agree with Coinery. (P) which means it was struck at the Tower (of London) mint, but while it was under parliamentary control, Charles having fled London in 1642 Grim. Struck some time between 29 May 1643 and 15 Jul 1644. Spink 2800, Sharp G1/1 are the references. These were struck on hand cut flans so while it looks clipped it is possible it isn't. 6g or thereabouts was the target weight for shillings (+ or - 5%). A blank silver disk was dropped into a cup, bearing the die for the reverse of the coin. Then the face die was inserted and hammered. There was no set orientation for the dies, it just depended on how the moneyer picked up the die.

Eye appeal is certainly important to me. I also like pieces that had some significance to the person that owned them, like Coinery's sixpences. My collection roughly splits into coins (for which beauty, conditional rarity and to a certain extent provenance all come into play) and medallions, where all of the previous are considerations, but I also like that their importance to their original owners was to demonstrate loyalty to the Crown, as well as for adornment.

Have to admit, I've deliberately bought a couple of holed coins. One because it was officially holed during the Great Recoinage of 1696. The other is this. Again, it's the hole that makes it of interest to me. Horses for courses, I guess! 😄

Bear in mind that the handwriting can help identify a ticket, which can still be useful. Either to link a number of coins to a common owner, or if some provenance is known back to an earlier collection ..

Thanks. 👍

Ah, yes. The 40, 41 stickers are my way of linking oversized tickets or envelopes too. I should have said! And thanks Rob.

Not sure this is quite the right place, although tickets are involved! I just wondered if any of the members remember William Whelan? Dealer based in central London, I suspect 1980s - 2010ish (his premises have been an Italian restaurant since 2014). Nice envelope. And two tickets, though I have no idea whether either is in Mr Whelan's hand or were from when he picked up the items they describe. Anyone able to help please? Thanks!

Anyone happen to have a copy? Or be an expert on the topic of pipe stoppers (tampers)? Cheers!

Hey Robbie. That's quite a journey! And welcome back! Nice Newark. Was there a ticket with it at all?

I know nothing about these things at all (and have no real interest in bitcoin). But I seem to remember that bitcoins need generating and there used to be a complaint (possibly false) that the power needed to do so was increasing, to the extent that the drain on resources and heat produced by the process was noticable. In an era where we are slightly more aware of the environmental impact of our (global) actions, is this not a risk to the future of such things? At some point will governments start to restrict mining because it's having an effect on national environmental policies? Just curious.

I've still got my Dad's collection. A lot of FDCs that will probably raise a few pennies each if that. EII, mostly mint, which will likely do similarly poorly. I hate to think what he spent on them all. Only thing that might be of interest now is some early Ukraine/ Russia/ Poland which might be worth something, particularly at the moment. But I have no idea about any of those and I can't read any of the catalogues he had as they're in Polish. I guess I'll look into it one day.. 😕

All of us will have no doubt benefitted from a few books about coins whether it's just a price guide like CCGB or Coins of England to something more in-depth like Peck. A few members have also commented that old auction sales catalogues can be an interesting and useful resource. So I thought it might be helpful to have a thread where people can make recommendations of anything literature related they feel others might find of interest. .

1960s Telman Umbrellas maybe?

The main problem I have is finding things like the Numismatic Chronicle from the 1850s in paper form. Modern reprints are better than the old OCR scanned stuff, but they still seem to mess up the illustrations (which are generally an essential part of what I need). I could probably afford an original copy if I could find one (the BNJ from 1905 only cost me £30) but I've not found anyone selling. Of course, what I'd really like is offprints to save on shelf space. But the number of sellers of such material isn't great and I suspect a lot of stuff is just shredded. pdfs are great for searching for specific terms. But paper is still king for me.

Appears it might have last been properly captured August 2020 according to the wayback machine .. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804172606/http://www.henry3.com/