Coinery

That’s great, Jerry, many thanks for the offer, I’ll take you up on that next time! I can always reciprocate for The Cotswold, Harper Field (Stroud), and occasional Clevedon Salerooms, if you ever spot anything ☺️ Best, Stuart

I think you’re right about eBay! I bought 4 coins from that auction (2 lots), coins I’d previously sold on eBay to a buyer in Ludlow, I wonder if that was a deceased estate? Ahh, if I’d known you were there…I’m still waiting for a revised invoice to include postage, it’s the longest I’ve ever had to wait. I messaged them again, yesterday. It was a depressing auction overall for me, as I had internet issues with EE which cost me the Elizabeth Groat (lot 255) I would’ve gone £300 without hesitation. It sold for £180, gutted 😩 nb: it’s not creased, all the images of coins in capsules were the same, including the ones I previously sold, which I knew to be sound.

I’m hoping these links works…sold for over £3000…the number of different Edward VI shillings was surprising @Michael-Roo, as were the Charles I coinage, as well as Elizabeth! Some royalist badges too @TomGoodheart https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/f8c9faa1e5744a62a93836a448951a53/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/auction-of-antique-silver-jewellery-paintings-count-lot-237/ https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/819865231486824515681d69c412c4c6/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/auction-of-antique-silver-jewellery-paintings-count-lot-236/

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!

I can’t imagine for a second that this wouldn’t be welcomed, it’s a great idea!

I also think that sharing they are a trader and have a website selling coins of interest is something they should really be doing just once? It’s my view that coming on here and presumably linking us to every coin they’re selling is a bit of a liberty. Imagine if everyone out there started doing that? Even if all the longstanding dealers on here (who are engaging and sharing valuable content) started doing this routinely, it would be overwhelming? It could eventually open the floodgates to having a significant amount of dross to sift through to find content of interest. If it’s good for the forum’s traffic and ranking, could we perhaps have new sub-forums for ‘sales links’ under the various coin categories, Ancient, Hammered, etc., and encourage traders to use these? @Ancientart very nice work with the website, I have to say, nice and clean, a lot of effort, I really enjoyed browsing it! 🙌🙏

https://ebay.io/m/iWzR6k 😳

Nice! 👌

I think the three fingers with nails belong to the other hand 😆

Another possibility, given the stylised hands, which are very eastern/indian looking, is that it represents ‘fate,’ ‘meant to be,’ etc.? A word taken from Arabic/Turkish/Indian roots meaning ‘lot’ or unshakeable destiny. Here’s a clip I found on Google: ‘Historically (particularly in the Victorian era), people would smooth down one side of a circulating coin and hand-engrave it with names, initials, or symbolic words like Kismet. These were gifted to romantic partners as a physical representation of unshakeable destiny.’’ edit: and from Dictionary.com Kismet means fate or destiny. In Islam, kismet refers to the will of Allah. But it is popularly used to refer to something that one believes was “meant to be”— ...

Good, problem-free, example…😳 https://ebay.io/m/lSqVOm