Florins, Shillings and Misc .... on going sort out.

[Citizen H 73]

2 x Edward VII Florins 2 different grades,  

 

[Citizen H 73]

William III 1672–1702,  Half Crown ?

this is badly rubbed but the only William III I have managed to find.

Looking into things I also read that there's a 1689 Halfcrown - William & Mary on the same coin, never seen one of these

  

[Paddy 1,831]

That coin has certainly seen some history! Difficult to be sure if it is a halfcrown or a Shilling without a scale. It is, however, definitely a Chester coin because of the C beneath the bust.

Here from my collection is one of the 1689 Half Crown who referred to:

[Citizen H 73]

15 hours ago, Paddy said:

That coin has certainly seen some history! Difficult to be sure if it is a halfcrown or a Shilling without a scale. It is, however, definitely a Chester coin because of the C beneath the bust.

Here from my collection is one of the 1689 Half Crown who referred to:

Wow, that's a lovely looking coin and from my finds impossible to imagine these found in such a great condition. thank you for sharing this so impressive to see, 

Thank you for pointing out the "C" Chester Mint, which is interesting to be able to discover more information from it being so worn out.

Looking into this further the William III is 25mm across.... A Shilling I think is right.... once again many thanks for all of the input. Rgds "H"

[Citizen H 73]

Victorian Shillings 1878 1892

interested on comments of the 1878 coin it looks like its in really good condition considering everything else that Ive posted.

many thanks "H" 

 

[Citizen H 73]

Victorian Half Crown1886 1887

 

[Citizen H 73]

1 Shilling 1819, 1872, 1894, 1897.

Part 1

Edited February 5 by Citizen H

[Citizen H 73]

Part 2

 

[Citizen H 73]

Aha... 2 x Gothic Florins....Roman numerals as date....

1800 Ive manage to decipher, I just cant out the letters that looks like "r"s to me!??!?!

   

[Martinminerva 347]

First one is mdccclxxiii, so 1873.  Second one is mdccclxxxvi, so 1886.

[jelida 1,366]

Top 1873, bottom 1886.

Jerry

[jelida 1,366]

Just now, Martinminerva said:

First one is mdccclxxiii, so 1873.  Second one is mdccclxxxvi, so 1886.

Snap!

[Zo Arms 307]

1 hour ago, Citizen H said:

Aha... 2 x Gothic Florins....Roman numerals as date....

1800 Ive manage to decipher, I just cant out the letters that looks like "r"s to me!??!?!

   

Take the ' r ' looking letter to be a 'c'. One Hundred.

C for century.

[Mr T 189]

Might be worth getting a copy of Davies to identify some of the varieties.

[Citizen H 73]

Victorian 1 Florins 1891 & 1887

the 1987 is quite a good condition, a few dings on the bust side will I guess lower the value but you should see some of the bangers I have bought over the years, 

All the best. 

Edited February 7 by Citizen H

[Citizen H 73]

Victorian....One Shilling = Two Florins

1900 1898 1893

1900 looks in better condition out of the three. 

 

 

[Citizen H 73]

George V 1929 Shilling 1st issue? 

1923-29 South Africa Shilling.... 

....that was an eye opener as i hadn't picked up the Africa on the coin until today.... learning also of the day......the Africa shilling silver content is greater than that of the 1929 shilling...

Crickey what a day!?

[Paddy 1,831]

Hi H, both the last two are Florins = 2 shillings each. Previous post also - One florin = two shillings, not vice versa.

Life is one big learning curve! The day you stop learning is the day you die, and even that may not be true. If there is an afterlife, what wonders might we learn there?

[Citizen H 73]

3 hours ago, Paddy said:

Hi H, both the last two are Florins = 2 shillings each. Previous post also - One florin = two shillings, not vice versa.

Life is one big learning curve! The day you stop learning is the day you die, and even that may not be true. If there is an afterlife, what wonders might we learn there?

Thanks Paddy, the stoke took its toll and sometimes all goes well.. it did take awhile to figure this out what was wrong... I can now see were it was wrong  

[Citizen H 73]

George V 1922 florin

 

[Peckris 2 2,163]

 

On 2/7/2025 at 11:52 AM, Citizen H said:

George V 1929 Shilling 1st issue? 

1923-29 South Africa Shilling.... 

....that was an eye opener as i hadn't picked up the Africa on the coin until today.... learning also of the day......the Africa shilling silver content is greater than that of the 1929 shilling...

Crickey what a day!?

the 1929 is a florin not a shilling - as you can see from the reverse!

[Citizen H 73]

1673 Charles II 3 pence

( Maundy? to be advised)

Before the Great Recoinage of 1817, there is no known evidence to suggest that separate 'prooflike' strikes were issued for the Maundy ceremony, suggesting that the money handed out was identical to the circulating coinage at that time.

1670-1684

Demonetized

the pierce of the coin is a shame but ok enough for me to keep and the price would have reflected this at the time of purchase.........all them years ago

[Coinery 1,222]

It’s of course 1678 and not 73 - I think the Maundy money was first of the press, so generally the better pieces but, in practice, I believe there to be little/no difference as far as collectors of Maundy are concerned - they still of course aim for the very best pieces.

I was looking at some completed items on eBay, a lot of them were holed.

 

[Citizen H 73]

It was for a long time believed that all that have been drilled / pierced would be not be of any value, the same with rubbed and dinged coins.

I did in the past mainly scrapped certain coins to free up capital to buy others, now at my age I feel that my thoughts have changed.

the volume of ones that you have found on line that are drilled / pierced are being valued at a price that I'd never considered......the 1678 Charles II 3 pence would have only been a few pence 35 odd years ago found at a boot fair, same with the hammered coins I picked up pre internet days, its been a interesting day finding out about the Counterstamp coin that's a recent find again so I'm more inclined to hang on to the affordable unusual...I could be looking for perfect, mint and uncirculated forever.....

many thanks its been very informative. as always.... all the best "H"       

[Citizen H 73]

George V 1918

1st coinage

6 pence

Engraver: George William de Saulles

Rarity index: 7