ccg
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Very nice!
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Nice writeup! So how many cows does 20p buy today?
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Neat! The Alfred portrait isn't too much different from the style used on some late Roman pieces.
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Unpublished Straits Settlements Coin - Unique or fake?
ccg replied to kopronymos's topic in World Coin Forum
I'm leaning towards fantasy. This is not the first time that I've seen a 1/4 cent from a date that should not exist. -
One the Chinese 1000 cash note there, the ribbon on the eagle reads Chefoo China - so I would say almost certainly a local issue of a smaller community bank (that was locally of sufficient importance)
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Wow - I didn't know there was a 1928 red seal $1! The deuces on the other hand I run into now and then here, usually in very low grades.
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Is that a bee hive?
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Interestingly, for ancients I will wait for a nice piece to come along before spending any money, whereas for moderns I have a habit of being low and mid grade stuff that I know I'll have to upgrade down the road.
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I collect Roman: By emperor (1 each, with a focus on 3rd and early 4th century) By type (Constantinian dynasty type coins, and also coins depicting Sol/Apollo) Chinese: Qing cash by emperor and type. I also have random stuff that I either liked (and it was $20 or less), or simply wanted an example of (e.g. Sassinian drachm)
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Neat stuff!
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Great stuff! I wasn't aware that altered coins/medals could be slabbed.
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I'd love to own any of these - I voted for the one that I felt is probably the scarcest of the three (in terms of the type, and the grade).
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Good to hear you did manage to pick up two pieces! I have to say that I'm a very poorly organzied collector, and as a result, I have lots of low grade stuff and not too much nicer stuff.
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Great pick-ups! Nicer British pieces are very hard to come by in Van/Vic - too many collectors.
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I'm quite jealous of that '87!
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British Maundy coins (1d,2d,3d,4d) and crowns (5/) remain legal tender as 1p,2p,3p,4p and 25p respectively, if I remember correctly.
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It's a 1 jiao.
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Interesting. In my part of the world, probably 80-85% of the maundy coins available are sold only as part of a set. Oddest one I've seen was a 1760s set where the coins ranged from VG to EF.
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The Britannia type 4d are the only ones issued for circulation. They were issued from 1836-37 (William IV) and 1838-55 (Victoria). The ones with the "4" are from maundy sets, and thus infrequently encountered, especially modern ones, as they tend to be sold as part of complete maundy sets rather than as individual pieces.
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At least you're way ahead of me! My '35 is G-4 (I'm not kidding!)
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Kornholio - great piece! Going for a high end type set? Numismattic - if I remember correctly the Louisiana "baby bonds" were the subject of a scam where the treasurer issued a large number of unauthorized issues?
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I think that al 20th century British base metal coins are fun to collect by date since most are readily available, and pretty inexpensive. I've got a bunch of GVI and EII florins kicking around somewhere.
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I was going to say the exact same phrase! Holy cow...
