Coinery

We’re just getting ready to fly out to Germany for a wedding, so can’t comment at this point. Interestingly, I hadn’t noticed the DIG Galata guide until your post, another book to buy!

Those little pieces are stunning, I’m so impressed! 🙌 Also, aboutfarthings was very active member on here…last time I contacted him, he’d been swamped with work. Around 25 years ago I used to make little refectory tables from dendro-dated Tudor oak. Great fun! And @Paddy really great point re drilling the die…not sure what Colin (from AF) said, I haven’t looked at @absence of uniformity’s link, yet?

I agree, almost certainly connected with the die crack!

Move on!

The right one has obverse gouges across the neck, and a reverse edge nick, that’s the decider for me. The right hand coin may also be pitted, hard to tell from the photos.

Nearly scrolled…honestly, just stick with the enquiry…I really hope you get your answer or, better still, a B over R coin 🍻

Hmmmm! 😵‍💫 https://ebay.io/m/qhFQNH https://ebay.io/m/yVcSXe

Did you see the silver one in the Stroud sale?

Very nice! Interesting that you think the halfpenny the weakest…I’d be really happy with your halfpenny, and especially the halfgroat (really nice), it’s the penny I see as weakest. Lovely set, and a bargain-priced halfpenny

Very nice and a bargain price…interesting to see that some St George’s crosses are single-hatched, and others’ double-hatched, I wonder what the mintages for the commonwealth coins were, and how many dies?

Lovely strike…also, really love that ticket, what period/date is it? Could you link me to the Lockett coin, that one didn’t show up in my root around last night?

Teeny, tiny, somewhere around 0.25g! You can’t even detect the weight on a fingertip…a miracle they even survive at all in collectable grades.

Mine was £150…a little blocked/soft on the cross, and not a perfect harp. However, it’s excellent metal, it’s round, central, and a credible example I think…it’ll do! ☺️

You’ve compiled a highly eclectic collection of coins! Great stuff!

Having recently bagged an acceptable shilling, I thought I’d take a look at acquiring a commonwealth type-set, given that it would be quite small…so long as I ignored the dates and mintmarks. Anyhow, looking around last night, I stumbled across a nice little halfpenny, and decided to dig a little further into the market before buying it, and it’s amazing what you find… Firstly, that Numista had the misfortune to select an Heritage Auction image of an obvious copy, and secondly that Heritage auctions managed to achieve just under £750 for a different, graded example! Absolutely bonkers!