Coinery

Don't order a Ferrari! There are a few others on here with their fingers much more on the pulse, price wise, I'm sure they'll be adding to this shortly!

The reverse has been recessed and hand carved to pass away the hours! If you look at the reverse, you can still see the trident (3-pronged spear) at the 1 O'Clock edge, very cleverly done, but just a 'regular' 'graffitied' penny!

Hi Hammers, and welcome aboard! Another very clever piece of trench art, I'd say! Though Lord knows how those poor men of WW1 every found the time or equipment to carry out some of the amazing works that are out there, it's beyond comprehension. These pieces really are amazing collectable in my eyes, not worth anything like what they should be, given the context of their origin.

Even clicking on this link? Try clearing your browser cache and then try, or use another browser. Bingo, thanks, Clive...switched back to Explorer from Firefox! Damn!

That's really worrying as the number is still coming up invalid for me on both coins! I've emailed them for advice. Doubly annoying as they were both great buys!

I know the seller He also has a convict penny on there for just under £2k Doh! I'm just not paying enough attention, John!

And another from the same seller that won't input???? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1849-GODLESS-TYPE-FLORIN-SLABBED-MS62-/200774683149?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item2ebf1a8a0d He's got a massive feedback at 100% and been selling since 2004, NGC issues, or Fake???

I love this one! Still cheap too! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1682-Crown-engraved-as-a-love-token-/261042136645?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item3cc752e645

I always thought that the Kingdom of Unknow had never issued the pink and black denominations? C'mon, what's the problem? It's an english Edward XIV threeqarter-pence, copper sovereign, without stops, legend starting at 24 minutes past seven! Some people just want to be hand-held through the entire process!

He's got himself a bargain at £130! How easy an anniversary solution is that? C'mon, Mr Debbie, it's cheaper than flowers and taking her to the pub! An' she'll love ya for it!

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it! What was making me itch was just above the 2nd V in GVLIELMVS , it looks to be flaking, thats when alarm bells started ringing Back on the phone, now, but I think it was the central reverse too that was 'uncomfortable'! See if you can stick it to the back of a speaker magnet! I know people will go mad about this, but I wouldn't be without my silver testing acid! I'm not recommending that this is done as a routine thing but, for those head-scratching challenges you occasionally come across, if you touch a tiny spot on the edge of a coin, especially one that you feel confident hasn't been plated, you'll get a positive reaction one way or the other in around 2 seconds! I alway do this next to a running tap and thoroughly rinse it the second I've got the information I'm after. There is absolutely no signs left afterwards! The great thing about the test is it only tests positive on high-grade silver, it doesn't change colour at all on silver alloys at .500. Whilst it may seem sacrilege, there have been coins in the past that I have enjoyed an awful lot more for applying that final scientific conclusion!

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it!

Made my day AND made me smile, Debbie! You know my love of Elizabeth...my wife's name is Mandy, aaaaahh!

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine. However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable. Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post? Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown! I have one which is pourous on both sides, it did make alarm bells ring, weight is 29.5g give or take on my pish scales, dia is around the 40mm mark as it's not exactly round, see what you think What's the edge legend like?

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine. However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable. Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post? Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown! Unlike the sixpence, that crown does look a bit dodgy. It just "feels" wrong. As for the value of a 6d in 1696, you young whippersnappers really have no idea. I remember well. You could buy a three storey house, a 30 foot luxury barque, a night out at Drury Lane Theatre with the moll of your choice on your arm, a sedan chair home, and still have change out of a sixpence. Yoong people today, dornt knor they're born, du theay? Sorry, did try to edit it, it is a fake!

Sorry, should've mentioned it was a cast, base-metal, fake! Really spooky, having just asked if anyone had any images of W3 fakes, that I suddenly bump into one on The Bay! I'm going to have a very small pop at it myself! And interestingly, whilst I can edit this post, I cannot edit the other one to note that it is a fake!

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine. However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable. Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post? Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown!

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine. However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable. Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post?

Hi, and welcome back to the forum! I'm curious about the recent use of video to view coins! Am I missing something here, is this more about generating hits/links between pages?

I'm wondering if Will bit off a little more than he could chew with this thread? I wonder how he got on on the other forums he was approaching?

What you need is a Scarborough siege coin with a Shakespeare sonnet engraved upon it! That should satisfy your need for the ultimate square 'ish' love token!

Thanks Danelaw, the kind of additional information that gives an irregular-shaped disc of metal context and life, history in three dimensions!

The best reference is probably Nelson's, 'Obsidional Money of the Great Rebellion 1642-1649', published in about 1905, but reprinted in 1976. The ISBN for this is 0 903681 06 4. No they aren't unique. Many thanks, Rob, will look it out! Hope you had a profitable one in Brum!

A great and interesting read, thank-you, gentleman! It would make a fabulous collection, a seige collection, that is! Just out of interest, are the Newark punches a one-off? Has any investigation been carried out into the die numbers for each denomination, are they likely unique?