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Nicholas Holmes in the History of Small Change in Scotland cites surveys from the 1840s in the north of England that testify to the circulation of significant numbers of the 1797 dated coinage even 40 years after it was first issued. Fewer numbers of 1806/7 coins were found, and then the next coppers in circulation were the GIV and WIV pieces.

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I see red flags fluttering.

Without having my English hammered at hand I wondered on the groat part too. But I like the toning on it, it is old. By Mary's time the fine .925 had taken root, actually back during the reign of Edward VI. It was HVIII that was called "old coppernose" for a reason.

The quid coins take a beating, and look the worse for it. But really I have found decent coins in change, well in Europe - but British coins all the while.

Yes indeed, it is Queen Mary(1553-1558) a tanner or sixpence - which accounts for why it was bent - they were referred to contemporarily as "benders" because they could be bent easily. There was a tradition then of giving a sixpence to your intended and if she kept it she was yours, otherwise she bent it and cast it away. Some poor bloke could have gotten the diss with this piece. Love the renaissance era lettering on the piece, very decourative and not quite as utilitarian as QEI's coins got later in the 16th century.

The scratch takes it down several notches in grading. That coin now is worth about a quid with the scratch.

The coin appears from the images to grade VG-8. Usually those early cents in the early 19th century had mintage ranges in the 2-3 million range which doesn't appear to be huge, but was for the time. The 1817 dated coins are fairly common, but there are a couple of varieties, one has 15 stars on the obverse(face) of the coin and is worth considerably more.

It is a nice piece, a bit out of my area of expertise though. I myself am interested in the Graf Zeppelin medals, especially the gold from that era.

Smells like Cornish tin to me.

With the Moroccan and most other Arabic dated coins in Hejira dating - you can just add 621 to the date to come up with the date in Christian years. The one exception I can think of are Persian/Iranian dates which flipped back and forth and are a complete PITA to try to figure out.

Morocco.

I look at eBay occasionally, but admittedly it has been almost a year since I bought anything.

Avoid eBay at all cost unless you have established that you know the seller well. eBay is a veritable cesspit of overgraded, and overpriced and misrepresented coins these days.

It is likely from Thailand and is more of a counter for gaming and not a coin. Your example is a bit unusual for the round shape and has some detail to the carving on it.

It is a commemorative medallion, produced in France and sold by subscription at the time. Being gilt it sold for more than the bronze metal, but less than the silver or gold medals. The French produced a lot of medals, even commemorating stuff that we in the 21st century might think odd now.

It is gold plated, rather "gilt" in the correct terminology and appears to date from the early 19th century - contemporary to what it commemorates which appears to be the restoration of the monarchy in France in 1830 - Louis Phillippe, the Bourbon Orleans king whom ruled from 1830 until 1848.

It appears to be a late 19th or very early 20th century Thai coin - then known as Siam.

I see nothing with this piece that would suggest it is, but there are many forgeries of this sort of coinage that come out of the Middle East, and I would recommend finding an authority on this coinage and verifying it's authenticity.