Paddy

I believe the view from the British Museum is now that no coins can be definitively assigned to Edward V (the Prince in the Tower). Previously it was believed that the halved sun and rose mintmark corresponded to this period, but now they say that there is evidence the mintmark was used by Edward IV before his death and by Richard III with the Edward legend after he had assumed the throne. I saw this in a documentary a couple of years ago.

I am frustrated by this one! I am sure I have seen the likes before, but exhaustive searches in Numista have yet to hit a match. I believe it is Eastern European, including Poland, Livonia, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Eastern Germany. The word "Moneta" meaning money is legible. I suspect the 92 or 192 signifies 1/92nd or 1/192nd of some higher denomination. Both the double headed Eagle and the Orb appear on many coins from across that area. Date probably between about 800 to 1700 AD, which is rather a long range.

Just to clarify, as Rob tried to do, it is a One Shilling coin (or 12 pence), not a 12 shilling coin.

That will fill the gap for you nicely, but do bear in mind it is a modern "fantasy" restrike as no Crowns were minted at the time.

I have this excellent little poster that gives answers to questions like this. Probably still available online somewhere. This indicates only Edmund Ironside and Lady Jane Grey as the "No coins" examples. I had an earlier version of the chart years ago, which also showed Sweyn Forkbeard as impossible, but it seems that has changed. Edward VIII is possible if you go outside the UK. British West Africa and a few of the other Commonwealth Countries issued his coins in good numbers, though without his head, only his name.

Nice enough coin and good to have in your collection. I believe this is the normal variety, Freeman 91. What you really want is the one with the narrow date, F90, which is mega scarce and would be worth several £1000s even in this condition. Richard's website suggests fewer than 15 known!

Strangely I got this F68 just last week. Spink does not rate it that highly in terms of scarcity, so I am glad to hear it is rarer than that.

Looks like a die on the point of failure to me.

I bought a couple of lots of Bun head pennies at auction last week because I thought I spotted varieties that I did not previously have. I have done my best to ID them using @secret santa's excellent site, but I am never confident with variety identification. Could anyone please confirm or correct me? First I think is 1874H Dies 6+G, Freeman 66. (Not scarce, but weirdly a variety I did not have>)

Thanks @Martinminerva for the confirmation. Maybe my eyesight is improving!

And Third is this 1881, which I think is 11+J, F106:

Second I think is 1874H dies 6+H, Freeman 68:

I picked up the first 2022 5p I've seen in change today, so maybe some of the post 2020 change is making it out at last.

I wonder why? 😁

Wow, some lovely pieces there! I would love to know more about the badges and medals, particularly the 3 medals, top row, all looking fairly similar and one with the purple ribbon?

I don't know if I speak for others, but I would love to see your medals! Like many others here, I pick them up occasionally when there are no affordable coins I need available and I find their designs and history very interesting,

That is fairly common with the new 50% silver issues. I'm sure someone with more metallurgical knowledge can explain why, but it is not a fake or unusual.

Wow, that's brilliant! Thank you. I will make notes on the ticket.

Henry II Tealby coins are much more difficult to pick up in decent condition. I have this one, loosely identified as S1341 or S1342, moneyer and mint uncertain. If anyone can enlighten me further it would be much appreciated:

Yes, I have quite a decent Henry II Short cross too, and I believe Northampton mint, which makes it a bit more unusual:

Well yes, I have this one. Different designs. S1251 "Bonnet type" minted in London, moneyer sadly not visible. Large fragment.

I believe that is an Evasion halfpenny rather than a token, and a pretty scarce one at that! It is listed in the Wither's Token book, Volume One, in the list of Evasions as Number 7 of 450. No die varieties are indicated, but with these unofficial (bordering on illegal) evasion issues, quality control would not have been their first concern and so numerous minor die variations are likely. I hope that helps.

I suspect this is where you got the obverse 3f attribution: https://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/uk-farthings/victoria-1838-1901/victoria-young-head-1838-1859/1858-farthing/ That is the most comprehensive online resource on farthings that I am aware of. At the bottom of the page you will see he has 17 different combinations of varieties! However they all have a single Peck number. Farthings seem less sought after than Pennies and so the varieties are more of an interest than a serious collecting area for most. Because of this I don't think anyone has the data to assign scarcity measures to each variety. The About Farthings is not currently being maintained and so some pages are disrupted and the whole site may disappear one day.

I saw some concerns about low activity on the forum, so I thought I would post this link to my Hammered collection to give people something to talk about. I have gathered these over the last 25 years, with the original intention of one decent coin for each monarch from the Wessex Saxons to the introduction of milled coins. There are some duplicates and associated material in the folder. Any comments, discussions or corrections are welcome! Hammered Paddy

I am also a social media refusenik, so forums like this are my natural habitat. Although I do collect GB bronze and copper, I also like all the GB silver and some older foreign pieces too. Like @Sylvester I found the bias towards bronze and copper pennies a little disappointing. There are some great experts in all areas on here, but we need to encourage them to continue showing up occasionally or the forum will die. I think also, some posters here are a bit aggressive with their criticism if they disagree with a poster's viewpoint, which simply drives them away. Of course we can disagree, but it needs to be kept non-personal.