YeOldeCollector

It entirely depends on the context and date of the hoard. Most of the early hoards (10th-12th centuries) won't contain coins from more than, let's say, 20 years apart due to the reminting of old coins into new types every few years. However, when we get to later periods (15th-17th centuries) we see coins from across vast periods being contained within them, e.g. the Hartford Hoard that had 1,108 silver groats from the reigns of Edward IV, Henry VI, Richard III and Henry VII, and double patards of Charles the Bold.

Huge hoard of medieval silver coins discovered in Scotland http://bbc.in/1bnCQae

Lovely medal and for near spot, even better!

Welcome back and well done on your new acquisitions!

I think he meant that he has one from that year but it's not got a date on. Keep up the good work, people. I look forward to seeing how much further this progresses.

I received mine yesterday. It's a wonderful coin. Thank you so much, Kev!

Which one? Both the Kitchener and the Lighthouse ones are £2s. Personally I'm not a fan of any designs. I find the £1 coin designs more boring than any that are already in circulation. The 50p is so vastly similar to the dozens of designs minted for the 2012 Olympics. A £2 marking a lighthouse is not what I had in mind for a separate commemorative issue next to a WWI one, and I find the depiction of Lord Kitchener's poster to mark the start of World War One somewhat inappropriate considering the other motifs and ways of remembrance for such a huge, tragic loss of life. As far as I can tell this is yet another nail in the Royal Mint's coffin...

Here are the new coin designs for 2014, I'm not entirely smitten by them but here they are.

I'd highly recommend a read of Newton and the Counterfeiter byThomas Levenson. Merry Newtonmas!

Now we could start a whole new debate! This period is referred to as the Migration Period but there is much academic resistance to term it either 'invasion' or 'migration'.

A couple more days left! http://bit.ly/1hSfbGY

A few more hours for some of the lots.

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Much more silver added.

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I would think that the 1940 British set would be the easiest to make.

Thanks, Pat - it's even more stunning in hand. As for their reason for issue, that's very true. They might have been given to those on the committee. In researching this I found that there's a Batterson Medal, too. The Batterson Medal is the result of a visit to the school by Reverend Doctor H. G. Batterson of Philadelphia who liked the school so much that he wanted a medal made as a prize for a United States Challenge in 1892 and requested the head of the US Mint to send out a special medal in order to accurately copy the US arms from. I'd love to own one of those, but they're so rare and solid gold...

It is! I'll weigh it when I can. I've only seen a couple of these in white metal with the others being in bronze. What's interesting is that all of the bronze ones are named but none of the white metal ones seem to be - the fact they are all in such high grade too makes me think these might be presentation issues as they're 10mm larger.

I could not resist this. The Merriman Medal for the Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Surrey. Dating to 1890 or later - unnamed recipient, if at all.

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Don't forget that these coins finish tomorrow!