YeOldeCollector Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 lol I'll let you off then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I know what you're thinking, "IT'S NOT HAMMERED" But hey, I couldn't resist its gleaming surface! A nice £5 coin from the Isle of Man made from solid Virenium. Has details in pics above. ^^ Also got an exceptionally rare sceat, North lists it as ER which is the highest rarity scale. I have several unique hammered coins but this one is a welcome addition. Spink 774 Varimundus Type B of high quality silver. Minute coin, albeit 3/4, as can be seen compared to an 1806 Halfpenny. Regards, Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneydog Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Nice Coins Clive, is that isle of man 5 pound this sounds stupid but is it gold or silver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Neither, it's made from Virenium, an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel. Kind of like a man made precious metal. - Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 More great stuff. I really like that Isle of Man coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Cheers Art, paid less than face value for it! Ba-a-argain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I especially like the Sceat, those are just such neat coins, and all a bit of an enigma. So far I have a couple from Northumbria that were then my oldest British coins. I really like the designs of the early Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian pieces, but the later Northumbrians got fairly plain and coppery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneydog Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I rerun the thread and clive those are great coins most make me drool but I guess the isle of man is my fav and I can't get over the composition of the coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Many thanks Doug, I've missed out quite a few purchases but most can be seen on the CoinsGB forum NEWP's. - Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic12 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Wow! Beautiful coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Got myself two Henry III pennies today. Notice anything odd about them? Penny 1 Penny 2 Regards, Clive, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Also got an exceptionally rare sceat, North lists it as ER which is the highest rarity scale. I have several unique hammered coins but this one is a welcome addition. Spink 774 Varimundus Type B of high quality silver. Cool coin, YOC. Just curious, appx how much did that pretty penny cost you? I'd love to know how an ER sceat compares to a similar US coin rarity in price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Got myself two Henry III pennies today. Notice anything odd about them? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 The person ID'd the coin incorrectly as something that wasn't as rare so I picked it up for only £54 or about $110 US. It's value is much greater. Look at penny one, instead of an ordinary coin like this: It has two circles and nearly two crosses. This is when it has been double struck. On penny 2 you can see that there are two portraits, one upside down. Almost like they would on a pack of cards with the King. Penny 1 is Class IIIb, Tomas of York that has been double struck. Penny 2 is Class Vd, Nicole of Canterbury and has been flipped and double struck. Regards, Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Nice catch with the $$ then, clive! And I kinda guessed double strike but I didn't catch the rotation between strikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Sometime I am going to have to image my double struck Lincoln penny, I believe it is the oldest one in the world, rather since it was struck by Ion On Lincol during the long cross coinage of Henry III. The reverse was what made me buy it, apparently the flan stuck to the obverse die and got struck again by the minter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Received some lovely pieces of Queen Anne this morning, here is the first: a Maundy set in almost Extremely Fine. Pics don't do it justice! Dated 1710. Here is another piece of Queen Anne dated 1713. A lovely halfcrown. All the best, Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 We are going to have to be enemies, please stop posting more British stuff! Queen Anne's coinage is all the more appreciable when you understand this oft misunderstood and discriminated against in history monarch. Nowadays Queen Anne is remembered as a gout ridden and severely overweight woman who was so large when she died that her coffin was square. But contemporarily she was remembered as a charitable person whom was the last monarch to perform the "Touch Ceremony", and the creation of "Queen Anne's Bounty". As far as Maundy ceremonies, she was the last monarch to actually perform the foot washing ceremony, and distribute the specially minted coins. The latter practice was only revived in the 20th century, so that now Queen Elizabeth I(of the United Kingdom) distributes the coins individually to the recipients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 We are going to have to be enemies, please stop posting more British stuff! The latter practice was only revived in the 20th century, so that now Queen Elizabeth I(of the United Kingdom) distributes the coins individually to the recipients. OK, I'll never post British coins again as you command. What happened to QE II? - Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Those aren't hammered coins!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 What happened to QE II? - Clive. Those are lovely, Clive. Do you store your early Maundy sets in cases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 It's alright Marianne, he put QEI instead of QEII. I store my Early Maundy Set, I only have one complete set, in Lighthouse capsules. I'm sorry deadpoint! But I will have a Henry VIII Half-groat and a Half-groat of Edward III to post soon, so all is not lost! The Maundy coins are minute, most much smaller than your cents. - Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 OK, I'll never post British coins again as you command. What happened to QE II? - Clive. She is QEII of England, but QEI of Scotland. Scotland and the United Kingdom as it is never had a previous Queen Elizabeth. While QEI of England was regnant in her domain, Queen Mary, and later her son King James VI were regnant in Scotland. To Scots she is QEI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I have only one Maundy set, a 1902. My wife has a 1901 set that someone made into a charm for a bracelet, gave it to her on Maundy Thursday in 2001. I really would like one of Queen Elizabeths, preferably after 2000 but tarnations they get pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 She is QEII of England, but QEI of Scotland. Scotland and the United Kingdom as it is never had a previous Queen Elizabeth. While QEI of England was regnant in her domain, Queen Mary, and later her son King James VI were regnant in Scotland. To Scots she is QEI. You just have to be difficult don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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