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Early Milled Provincial Mintages
arthurcrown replied to arthurcrown's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Some pretty useful and interesting reading in that article thanks. Although it doesn't provide a breakdown of the denominations newly struck at the various mints it does show the total weight received by each to recoin in 1697. From this I can see that Bristol received the most. Judging by current coin prices for 1697 issues, Halfcrowns struck here are slightly less than for the other provincial mints, Shillings about equal and Sixpences almost half that. This I'm guessing shows a large majority of the silver melted down here was re-struck as sixpences, more than anywhere else. Interestingly though, even though Exeter received only slightly less old silver to re-coin that year, but almost 25% more than the Chester and York Mints, the guide prices for each denomination remain roughly the same. -
I've this William and Mary Halfpenny in my collection. It's not in the best condition, pitted and the reverse is very worn but it's all that was available in my price range at the time. It's 28.5 mm in diameter but weighs in at a slightly obese 12.0g, more than a good example should. I've read contemporary forgeries sometimes used lead in the mix making the coin heavier than it should be. Also there are a few genuine issues which used a heavier flan. Any thought as to which this coin this camp might be in ? Thanks
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Yeah it's upgrade time ! Bought what I could get hold of fairly cheaply early on to get a run of each Monarch, mostly halfpennys and sixpences. I've decided having a nice grade piece is more important than just having one to fill a gap.
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This is the reverse which lets it down quite badly unfortunately
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Looks quite a nice example, i'm after one around that grade to replace my worn one. The price jumps quite significantly between the two though.
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Just had a look through the Nicholson collection. Pretty amazing that there's upto a 50% weight variation between some examples. I'd imagine during the minting process it was hard to estimate how many pieces could be produced from a given amount of copper owing to this. To the untrained eye (me included) it also makes it pretty hard to judge the coins authenticity against some of the better under or overweight counterfeit pieces.
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A fool and his money are easily parted..........Now, how do I place my bid on them !!??
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I'm no expert but think the starting price on these two 1827 pennies from the same seller may be just a tad errrr.....optimistic !! One's covered in graffiti - sorry - "fine tooling" and the others got a plug the size of the one in my bath. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-1V-1827-penny-/221606515607 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-IV-1827-Penny-/221606700697
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Coin Exhibition - Manchester Museum
arthurcrown posted a topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Had nothing on today so took a trip to the University of Manchester Museum. Among other things there's a full exhibition room dedicated to world currency throughout the ages, 100's of pieces dating from 2500 B.C - Present. Coins, tokens, medals, ingots, plates, dies. My personal favourites were the Charles I siege issues, a Cromwell pattern crown and some rather nice 5 guinea pieces. Also exhibited are some locally unearthed Roman finds....I've been pricing up metal detectors already !! Here's a link to the website if you're interested. Well worth a visit, and best of all it's FREE http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/money/ -
My favourite issues at present are the Soho Mint coppers. I've just picked up this nice grade 1806 penny to add to my collection (EF at a guess ?). On the edge milling I noticed the grooves aren't uniform all the way round, a few are either thicker or very faint compare to the rest of the coin. As there is very little wear to the coin does anyone know if this is common for this type and period ? I've checked the size and weight which are both spot on so to my untrained eye I've no reason to suspect it as being a fake. Thanks
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Thanks for that, I can see the difference in the shoulders with mine being rounder than the proof. Here's a picture of the reverse for anyone who's interested
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I'm relatively new to coin collecting so am picking things up and learning as I go, sometimes the hard way and buying the odd dud !. Just arrived today are my latest additions which I picked up via ebay, a 1717 'Dump issue' and a 1719 farthing. From what I can gather the Dump issue farthing is quite rare and commands a high premium. I've trawled the internet and am having trouble finding many examples to compare it with grade-wise. At a guess I'd say it was about Fine, maybe the worn legend on the reverse affecting it more ? Regarding the 1719 issue there are a couple of cracks in the flan on the obverse, does this affect the value of a coin much ? The date is the small 9 variety listed in my old Coincraft book which lists it as a higher value coin. Again, I'm having a bit of difficulty in finding out much more about this variety. Any info from the pros on either of these coins would be much appreciated thanks.
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There's this rather odd piece of extra metal in the legend above the word 'MAG' on my 1676 Halfcrown. Could anyone explain how it might of ended up like this pls ? At first I thought it may of previously been an ex-mount but after inspecting the rest of the coin there's no signs of that anywhere. I'm Stumped
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Thanks for that. Would they of usually fixed the die when this happened or just carry on using it ?
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Ouch !! A bit out of my price range unfortunately , think I'll stick with the one I've got for now. Thanks to everyone who's taken a lot at them, always nice to have an experienced eye pass on their knowledge and opinion.
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Thanks for the info on how to compress and upload my own photos directly...easy when you know how !! This is one of the favourites in my collection, recently acquired. Love the Soho Mint quality and design, much more visual appeal than some earlier Royal mint copper coins in my opinion.
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Had my thinking cap on and it's out of action today, still can't figure out how to compress the picture quality for uploading on here Your value estimates are pretty much spot on with what I paid for them...£80 the pair. It seems odd when originally preparing the dies they used numbers and letters of various sizes. I've a 1700 farthing with small S's in the obverse legend which I thought was odd, but since looking around I've seen others like it. Guess they weren't too fussy back then !!
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Thanks. I've got the coins and taken pics but couldn't upload them due to file size. Not sure how to compress them for uploading on here so as you quite rightly mentioned, they are the ones off the ebay ad.
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I'll have a play with the photos and re-post them when I get chance if it helps with taking a closer look at them. Thanks
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Thanks for the referral to Colins website, didn't realise there could be so many varieties of the same year type. I bought one of my first coins from him, a Lima sixpence, which intrigued me after reading the story about how they came to be.
