I got a nice hoard for about a tenner last Sunday - these are the more interesting ones; all of them seem quite scrappy, but fascinating all the same.

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I think this is Sicily - i.e. 'grano'





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Anyone with information on these, please feel welcome to impart

5. This one is obviously another overstamped mexican coin like No. 1





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7. Montreal token





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9. 1777 Pyatak





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awesome collection of old coins you got there

not bad for a tenner Interesting assortment.

Very nice coins Matt!

Number 2 looks like an 1806 Penny, many of these, including the hated cartwheels, would have been shipped over to Australia for use as currency and so some wold have been engraved as advertisements. Like this one with a family grocers in Melbourne, interesting piece of history!

Clive.

Is the 1777 Pyatak worth much? I know it's holed, this is bad etc, but?...

Matt, it's not Mexican coins which are counterstamped - they are Brazilian coins.

I know - Sap got there first as I posted these on CC too..

I was interested in the Britannia. I've never seen that before but it is the obvious inspiration for this 2007 Britannia. The mint seems to have found better engravers in the interim.

Britannia has appeared on many coins since Charles II, (1672), and is still found on our circulating currency although that will change as the Royal Mint are issuing jigsaw coins...


Clive.

I've previously seen a couple of old Britannia coins but I thought it noteworthy that the 2 coins are virtually thematically identical with the exception of the inclusion of the lion in the later coin.

Gawwd guys! - make a separate post?

Does anyone else have good info on any of these coins from my recent haul??

Apart from my post about your Grocery advert coin, sorry!

Clive.