YeOldeCollector

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Got myself two Henry III pennies today.

Notice anything odd about them?

Penny 1

Penny 2

Regards,

Clive,

Many thanks Doug, I've missed out quite a few purchases but most can be seen on the CoinsGB forum NEWP's.

- Clive.

Cheers Art, paid less than face value for it! Ba-a-argain!

Neither, it's made from Virenium, an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel. Kind of like a man made precious metal.

- Clive.

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.

lol I'll let you off then...

Are you saying you bury all your coins?

The penny might have been in a hoard somewhere, i.e. a person took the coins straight from the moneyer and buried them. But that person never returned... Then some metal detectorist several years ago stumbles upon a hoard in the English countryside and, voila, we have this nice coin!

When you think of the population changes from 1200's to 1700's it is huge, plus many peasants in the Medieval era would not have had money as bartering was the fashion.

Regards,

Clive.

Sorry, I haven't posted my new purchases for a looonnnggg time, but I'll continue from now on starting with one I have just received. Plus a few of my recent faves.

A nearly Uncirculated Edward I Penny, circa 1285, penny of London mint. Class 5a, better than the one illustrated in Spink.

Looks like it has an error in that CIVI TAS seems to be spelt IVCI TAS.

Edward the Confessor, circa 1055, small cross penny.

Edward I penny of Lincoln in EF+ and one of Bristol.

Plus an uncirculated 1887 Halfpenny.

All the best,

Clive.

Picked this up today, a Queen Anne Shilling of 1711.

I know it is a Henry III Penny

I meant is a Lincoln Penny nowadays an American cent? I know now though... lol

Not a problem, I am a hammered addict and am slowly selling my Victorian crowns to fund my addiction.

You have showed me that one before, when we were all discussing tanner in the bride's shoe. A lovely milled piece! Well done Mrs. Scottishmoney!

I noticed the double striking but it is not as prominent as many that I have seen. Many thanks for the info though!

Lincoln penny being a cent?

This little guy came in the post this morning.

Photos do not do it justice, stunning coin.

Henry III Short-Cross penny class VIIb of Roger on Canterbury.

With a face only a mother could love...

All the best,

Clive.

Hus,

I know what you are thinking, it's not a hammered!!! PaNIc! hehehe I just liked the look of it and it complements my other similar coppers from Charles II to George III. Plus I like the Cartwheel types although this is 80 years earlier.

I really like your double struck coin, I have no errors from this period only fakes. I have a few errors on my hammereds though!

All the best,

Clive.

Got this little beauty today, my best 'Dump Issue'.

1717 George I 'Dump Issue' Halfpenny. Made of copper and Spink ref 3659. In my opinion VF.

I buy them from fairs, members of the public who email me, eBay and other internet shops etc...

I sell my spares and other what-nots on my website, eBay (have two for sale now) and to customers on my database albeit small lol

Given any thought to my coins on here? I think that you can still use PayPal without an account.

All the best,

Clive.

Purchased this today, a Tealby/Cross and Crosslet penny that is nearly on a full flan.

Looks to be a class F of Ipswich, this coin dates to circa 1176 a.d.

Will get more info and better photos, and post in Virtual British Coin Museum, when I receive the coin.

My other Tealbies are struck completely off centre, halves or quarters. This one being an exception for once lol!

All the best,

Clive.

1773, will leave 1772 for Mark!

1774

I believe so. There ware so many individual names for kings before Henry III i.e. Egbert, Hardicnut etc... that they didn't have to number their coins.