Coinery

ahh, dear!

Peck, freeman, groom, are a good starting point, covering the period 1558-to modern decimal!

Ah, a man after my own art... or a blustery Wuthering Heights night!

It's a pretty impressive example of the double-strike phenomenon, in that it fit's an entire letter 'impossibly' into the legend! In this example, which is quite nice to be able to see it so clearly, you can see the foot of the A that's 'hidden' beneath the second Z, touching up against the foot of the 1st Z in exactly the same orientation as the visible A does, following the second Z! I think that makes sense?

Hah, didn't realise the connotations of using 'moody'! I definitely meant it in the context of 'dark moody storm clouds', as in beautiful (unless you're at sea, of course!), not dissimilar to a great Turner!

There is an emergency reset for those wee Problems Stuart. Hold the middle button and the power button together and wait for about 5-10 seconds, it will power off, on reboot it should be ok. If I could've but read that...I couldn't update the thread!my phone just takes pictures when I do that...so I've just spent the last hour taking pictures to flatten the battery! Thanks for all the sympathy, gents!

Really odd that my phone allowed me to post the above, it won't allow me to do anything else whatsoever!

What a life! I know it's a little off topic, but my phone has again jammed on this forum! I can't switch my phone off, escape from this thread, nothing, and I've still got half a battery remaining! My phone going flat was the only way out last time! I can't call, text, or use my battery up in any other way...grrrrrrr!

Always happy to send you modern counterfeits I stumble across! Didn't know that's what you were doing! Far more interesting than collecting decimal coinage I'd say!

Just a twitch off VF ob...a very much better reverse. Easy peasy VF overall! Probably a tiny twitch over VF! PS twitch is what you have to do AND apply as a grade when assessing hammered IMHO

Did you make him an offer he couldn't refuse? It's off already!

Nor me!

Doing the search to find it, brought up a lovely 'moody' looking coin by coinageofengland, what a lovely tone! ADDED BY ADMIN: ** In the intended context, the word 'moody' does not imply that the coin offered by coinageofengland is anything other than completely genuine, the original poster clarifies this comment on the 2/10/2013 with: "Hah, didn't realise the connotations of using 'moody'! I definitely meant it in the context of 'dark moody storm clouds', as in beautiful (unless you're at sea, of course!), not dissimilar to a great Turner! :)" **

As a matter of just seeing what 1599 quality's out there, I couldn't find much! There were these two 2006 coins at £220 and £100 http://www.mcsearch.info/search.html?search=&view_mode=0&c=39&a=672&l=&page=12 And this one which I've emailed about, hoping to get some feedback... http://www.english-hammered-coins.com/elizabeth-i-coins/1599-sixpence.htm Not quite as much fun as buying, but helps soothe the pain a little bit!

Blimey, these 1599 Anchor Sixpences go well, I watched one go through last week! Of course they're rare, and you don't see them on eBay very often, but I just couldn't part with that much money for a coin that looks like either of these, EVEN with an I Brown provenance (I would like at least ONE of his 'decent' coins, though!). You never see them and then, like buses, 2 come along at once! 261290423157 181216283124

Cheers, Neil!

No, sadly not, but I will keep an eye out for it on the website! Who knows when things might change? Thanks for sharing it, though, I haven't seen better it's fair to say!

You know me so well, Paulus! Totally brassic, but with a name like Stuart, and a middle name Bruce, there must be a little Scottish in there somewhere! I did wear a thistle and rose button hole for my wedding, and my best man wore a kilt! We drank whiskey from a curraich (think that's the spelling?), and broke unleavened bread over the wife's head! Thanks, Neil, a nice example, but suffering with that later period edge! It seems a common trait for 1601 sixpences too!No disrespects meant but, whilst it has a quality bust, the overall appearance is not pretty, which I know is asking a whole lot of a genuine rarity! I've got my eye on 2 shillings at the moment (one in the upcoming W&W)! I/we are very VERY much skint at the moment, but would happily put a £200 6-month retainer on it if the price was right, just until we get the boat sorted out! 1x 70ft Northwich Trader narrowboat for sale! Comes with a Kelvin J3 vintage engine!

No, generally they go pretty cheaply, I think that's just eBay for you! I can't see it on the site? Edit: What WAS the asking price?

To be honest with you I didn't pick up on the marks, I was really struggling with the grotty silver bit that was proximal to it! Definitely one for sunglasses but, hey, what a price, around 8 X the price of the regular dates! Makes you wonder what a pretty VF would fetch?

Good result for CC? Many there?

Have you not seen my impressive collection of Una & Lion £5s? They're here, clearly displayed: Nice cabinet, that! I would never be able to leave the house again, though, if I had that in the corner of the lounge!

OK, should anyone else stumble into this thread through google, etc. here's a very interesting read... http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/nuremberg-jetons.html

Is there a spink-style catalogue or web resource for jettons? Also, why would people of the period buy a sizeable copper token, just to use as, well, a token? Why not just use the money itself? Unless of course they used a 30mm copper Jetton as a shilling, perhaps?

Never too much for me! (Squiggly-eyed emoticon) Is that eBay item at £180 a Victorian reminiscence of the Tudor days? Not that I'm aware of. Here's a Baldwin's list you might appreciate (.pdf). Wow, I would buy ALL of those if I had the money, amazing! Any idea why so many were struck in the Netherlands?Edit; got this one answered now!