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To be fair, he's got some wonderfully rare coinage. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-CHARLES-AND-DIANA-COMMEMORATIVE-WEDDING-COIN-1981-VERY-RARE-/160815806135?pt=UK_Coins_BritishComm_RL&hash=item25715e76b7#ht_500wt_1413

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Darren, A very interesting endeavour which you are embarking upon and I commend you. Firstly, it always best to contact the curator in charge and ask regarding photography. Many museums will charge you for their own photographs as they won't allow you to take your own photographs. Having said that, if the photos are purely for research then some museums will allow you to take a few photos here and there. I'm currently embarking upon research on the iconography of late Anglo-Saxon pennies and have arrangements with the Fitzwilliam and the National Museum in Copenhagen to view the collections and take my own photographs. Even so, the majority of photographs I shall be using are from private collections. Whilst it's great to be able to see a museum collection if you're looking for photographs of some types I would be inclined to say that there are coins that will fulfill your needs in private collections and all you'll have to do is ask. If your guide is for commercial purposes then you are more likely to face barriers. Kindest regards, Clive.

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Looks like Nicole on Canterbury, class 3b. With identifying these coins more accurately I'd advise for Christopher Wren's guides and/or North's guides over any other books.

You can pick up a fairly decent Henry III Longcross penny or an Edward I penny for £10 on eBay and a really nice one for no more than £25. You just have to be patient and trawl through the pages of tat on eBay.

It definitely is a decent example but it'd be even nicer and not all too hard to get a similar one minus the chip.

I agree with Rob. Coins of this issue come up frequently in high grade, be sure to cast your net wider in terms of auction houses if your heart is set upon a top-quality example.

I agree with you, Rob. Collecting solely English hammered means that this catalogue gives me a headache. Without it being chronologically ordered I'm bombarded with stuff earlier and later than what I actually want.

As Peter says, better pictures are needed.

Here's a simple BBC quiz for you gents and Debbie.

It's the same type of coin. Yours is Lyfinc on London. It appears to be the same coin as EMC 1997.0144:

It is a penny of York and looks like a Henry V example in terms of style but I really cannot tell from these images, sorry.

Is it just images that appear stretched?

Try and access your display properties and check your resolution is selected as recommended/optimum/native. If that doesn't work then try going to Display and then Change Display Settings. It might reveal some options there. What model laptop and what graphics card do you have?

It's an Elizabeth I Threepence dated 1562. I cannot distinguish the initial mark from your images but it cannot be a groat as they were not dated in this period and so the threepence is the only alternative. If you have a copy of Spink it's number 2565, if that helps.

She's a model and an actress. Although her acting involves such things as Piranha 3D, so...

As a note, it often seems to depend upon whether the eBay support staff can see exactly what you point out. Which is why it's easier with hammered coins, I suppose as the fakes tend to be a lot more noticeable with the likes of WRL and odd pewter-textures compared to some deceptively-good milled fakes.

Found this one, it's a Spink 1100 - Aethelstan with building on the back and moneyer Adelbert (from York) written under it. Ah, I'm presuming an Ashmore?

Unfortunately this is untrue. Any hammered coins that I report with good evidence before the last 24 hours of the auction are removed. I agree that this might be different with milled coins but many I have reported have also been removed.

How old are we talking? I presume you're not talking about medieval pennies but Victorian/Georgian/Edwardian.