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Edward VII was a rather randy old chap, I rather believe it him than his more staid son.

Tiny Scottish Islet Declares Independence

Ex mount looks a bit more attractive to most if it is done professionally and not haphazardly but the coin will not have any increase in value as a result. So I canna tell you not to have it performed, but do recommend getting someone that knows what they are doing first.

It does certainly appear French, but very well could have come to Britain then and even been used as a token still. Curiously some found in Britain were made in what is now Germany. Unfortunately while it is possible to roughly date the pieces based on what is on them, further identification ie where exactly made and by whom gets much more difficult. Conjecture is the name of the game with these. They are very enigmatic.

A toy? Who would have known? Two fish on a plate. Wow.

I wonder if it was a gift from Piers Gaveston?

It is a XX or 20 pence coin, minted ca. 1632-1639 or so. Not enough detail to give you a variety though.

I have references personally that go all the way back to 1878, the problem is, when you lay them all out and look at each monarch, there are varieties in one reference not in another, and vice versa. There really is nothing approaching comprehensive. It is actually more concise with the 17th century, but I myself own varieties of the bodles, and many variant Alex III and David II coins not as yet catalogued in every work.

Oh gees, if one of my Antony Wilson purchased coins went astray, I might have to go postal! I know of buyers in Europe that do seem to find more issues with sellers on eBay.de than any other site. I don't know, I have never bought anything from a seller in Germany, save a CD recently, but never coins. I buy easily 75% of my materiel from sellers in Great Britain, some from expat Brits in Portugal and Spain, and occasionally Netherlands. I have dealt with people all over the world, and so far have only ever had issues with American sellers.

Yeppers, just bought a rare 1904 Louisiana Expo medal from a seller in the UK, the postage is a bit of a killer, but I got a very nicely original toned medal for a third of the price I would have paid had it been on a USA auction site. I am a particularly happy boy, been looking for one for quite a while an' will post pictures of it whence it arrives. It has the original box, paperwork etc. And I wonder how it ended up in Britain? But coming home at last at last.

Sorry, I only stole the Anglish words, nae the German ones, my German is limited to asking for fraulein und bier bitte.

I will offer that I have only very occasionally looked at eBay.de, unless I am looking for something German, recently Aureus Magnus gold medals. I would never look there for British coins. But even at looking for the medals, there is a bit of a language issue for me. My command of the German language is laughable at best. The only other eBays I look at and haunt regularly are the UK(foreign for me) and the Netherlands and Spain. I understand written Dutch, and can speak a little bit. Spanish is a strong second language for me, and I collect Spanish banknotes so Spanish is a must in dealing with Spanish eBay. Maybe if you want to sell British coins, you might say you are in Heligoland or something, that way some might actually think you are on what they believe is still part of the British realm, even though it reverted to Germany in 1888 and is I think a part of Hansestadt Hamburg now. The pennies from that era are so temptation, they are big, beautiful and just ooze Britannia in all her glories. That is why they are becoming pricey. Early Victorian, spesh the Godless and Gothics are so inviting even to me, they are the loveliest of British coins.

¿Trying to drum up competitive bids for my watched item aye?

Guten Tag; Here is my soul example of the large size penny from Victoria: Dated 1854, and freed from some stupid American plastic tomb thing. I like these coins, they have heft, design, and just look good.

The Scottish, Irish & Islands is the only edition I get updates on, otherwise my Spink for England/Great Britain dates to 1990. I guess I am too Scottish to lay out funds for Anglish coins references

Indeed

I am giving the catalogue number from the 2003 edition.

This piece is a Sixpence, minted during the reign of James I(of England), from the first coinage of 1603-4, S-6514 with the first bust of James I. The mintmarks on this piece are the bell and martlet, you can see the martlet above the monarch's vignette in the legend. This piece is in fairly typical condition for this issue, as James I endeavoured to have a unified coinage in Great Britain, these coins were quickly devalued in 1613 and this particular piece was tariffed at 4 1/2 pence, instead of it's previous value of Sixpence. After the brief second coinage ca. 1607, coins minted at the Tower Mint in London were circulated in Ireland.

This is a case where I have to explain that the coin in my page there is a fake, a contemporary counterfeit, which accounts for the jumbled legend etc. Yours is the real McCoy so to speak, S-5598a with the lozenges on both sides as mintmarks. Yours is the so called "English Crown" variety, as the crown on the obverse over the cipher is more closely resembling the English regnal crown and not the Scottish. This variety was first issued in 1632, and was authorized for the Earl of Stirling to strike. Because of the crown on the piece being "English" the design was modified a couple of years later to one more closely resembling a Scottish crown. An authentic or counterfeit coin in this grade are worth about the same, somewhere about £25. I have several other authentic and counterfeit pieces from this Earl of Stirling coinage that I am going to image sometime and put on the site whence I get my scanner working or get another one.

Actually I think it is Zeus, facing right, the Ptolemaic coins had Zeus on them during that period, with the incestuous name on the reverse of the piece. Here is a comparison, Ptolemy IV AE46:

IMO I must concur that it is Johnny masquerading as Hank. Poor miserous bloke felt unsure enough of himself, he didna want his moniker on his coinage, save for Ireland.

Affirming what Rob has said about varieties not being listed in Spink or Seaby, this is actually not uncommon. I have several Scottish coins which are not listed, some very rare and trade as such, but given their space allowances etc. they do not catalogue them. With a long reigned monarch like QEI and the growth of commerce during that time, coupled with sound advice from her advisors, coinage emerged into something of an art form with many technical advances ie the screw press of Eloye Mestrelle, and new designs. So varieties are fairly common. In terms of collectability, the reign of QEI is unparalleled with English monarchs as far as the range of coinage to collect. The coins for the most part are very well designed, well minted, and are reminders that Queen Elizabeth recognised that her coinage was very impressionable on the populace - often it was the only connection to common people with the government. Also, having numerous references, especially those that are older, helps. I can do cross comparisons betwixt Spink and Coincraft, and am for my website, but even so far I am finding stuff that doesn't match for reference varieties.

FWIW a better photo will help you sell the piece, also might want to rotate the image.

I have several Vicky threenubs that are just essentially bullion value, they are .925 fine silver, but not a lot of it though.

Early 19th century Moroccan, these usually have dates in numerals which are familiar to westerners, so that people think they are dated 1323 or something, when in fact that is in the Hejira or Islamic calendar which makes it early 19th century. They are called falus or fals coins.