YeOldeCollector Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 It is less than a centimetre in diameter, i.e. 1/3 of an inch. I assume my A4 paper is the same! The farthing dates to around 1300. Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 George IV Sixpence, aEF. Rare date William IV Sixpence, EF+. I don't normally collect milled coins but I couldn't resist these two little beauties!! (British grades, not US.) Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Stunning coins that remind me of our late 19th century silver designs: It's probably because Lady Liberty looks like a fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Stunning coins that remind me of our late 19th century silver designs: It's probably because Lady Liberty looks like a fella. Are you that flattering to the ladies on campus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Wow... umm... I can't argue that actually. I think I'm just bitter. Rowan Atkinson would do better here than I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Wow... umm... I can't argue that actually. I think I'm just bitter. Rowan Atkinson would do better here than I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Glad you liked that. I couldn't think of many British actors that could help get my point across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Also got this, another one incorrectly listed as Henry III Longcross. Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 EF Tealby Farthing, always something mysterious about cut farthings. Looks like an Edward III Penny, neat error. More to come soon. Still amazed to see that this thread has nearly 49 thousand views, thanks guys! Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Charles I Shilling, 1640-1, M.M. Star shame about weak strike on portrait as the legends are very bold. But what I like most about this coin is its quirky error, if you look at the obverse, at the CAROLVS you can see that the CA is much higher than the ROLVS and that the R is much more weakly struck than the other letters, this is due to the dies slipping in the hammering process causing the CA to jump and the R to be squashed. This is also evident in the inner circle around the portrait, you should notice that the circle isn't quite complete as two ends are visible just below the CA of CAROLVS. Added into the mixture is the slight shadowing of the L and V as they slide to the right, giving an impression of a double strike. It does, however, have a lovely rich orange toning around the bold legends and is still a great coin, albeit outside of my collecting arena. Kindest Regards, Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Damn. I've had 1000+ views on my thread alone. And it's not that old. Anywho, I like the new logo, Clive. I take it they have gangstas in GB too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 I'm still surprised as to how many views this thread has had, not that I'm complaining... Well I thought that my new 'logo' was to represent the increasing nature of 'chavs' or 'pikeys' in our modern day, British society and wanted to contrast it with our heritage and history. In recent years, the definition has become loose and is sometimes used to refer to a wide section of the (generally urban) underclass of the country, or merely a person of any social class who "lives on the cheap". This seems to be the meaning intended by Stephen Fry in an episode of QI, grouping together "hoodies and pikeys and chavs", and intimating that these people are of a sort who "go out on the town, beating people up and drinking Bacardi Breezers". The term is considered to have negative connotations; even when it refers to others, many people still consider it to be derogatory and offensive. "Pikey" is frequently used as an adjective, as in "he lives on a pikey estate", "those clothes look pikey" or "(name of cheap shop) is a pikey shop". However, "pikey" is also occasionally used as a verb, a synonym for "steal", as in "Someone's pikeyed me fookin bike". Chav as an epithet Within the UK "chav" is often used to indicate a person(s) openly exhibiting many antisocial or irresponsible tendancies, particular examples include. * Habitual, willing unemployment, * Truancy (if of school age) * Underage sexual activity, particularly if resulting in underage pregnancies, * Promiscuity and children conceived in casual relationships, * Assault or incitement to violence, including so called Happy slapping and co-ordinated intimidation. * Theft, * Criminal Vandalism, * Profoundly hubristic behaviour including queue jumping, and enhanced sense of entitlement. * Public Nuisance, in particular spitting, shouting or playing loud music on the street or on public transport. * Hatred of the police and other authority figures * Hatred of other subcultures, such as goths and emos. Requests to keep the noise down, or to move along, are often met with aggression, assault and in some cases even murder [10] . Such individuals often have ASBO's imposed on them for their behaviour. (Definitions 'pikeyed' from Wikipedia) But anyway, I shall hopefully be adding some more new purchases to this thread soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 A guy I know gave me these two beauties, they were in his change from Sainsbury's... This was passed off as a 50 pence piece, although it appears to be twice the weight, twice the thickness and nearly double the amount of sides... (See photo where it's compared to an actual 50p) Also this was passed of as a twopence... But I REALLY like the design of this piece! They make nice novelty additions to my foreign album nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Here's one of my favourite, most recent new purchases. I am in the process of researching it but at the moment it appears to be North 800 with a blundered legend, with elements of both Cnut's and Edward's legend in, but one cannot be absolutely sure. Even so it is still an extremely rare coin. Edward The Confessor, (transition penny from Cnut), Pacx, (Peace), penny. The country split into two when Cnut died, with Harold I ruling from 1035-40 and Harthacnut ruling from 1035-42 and so this coin was probably blundered due to the moneyer not knowing who was the monarch! He had originally put Cnut with Cnut's Shortcross obverse and then changed it to Edward, it's obverse legend actually reads +EPDP REX INT, a blundered legend with an abbreviation of Edperd, (EPDP), and a blundered Cnut (what appears to be an I and then NT). One of my favourite coins! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Nice! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 3 new hammereds today! Not in the best of condition but it has a nice error, it reads CIVI TAS TAS ***, shame it had the last 3 letters broken but it most likely says Lon but it could be of another mint... We'll never know. Edward the Confessor, probably my favourite Anglo-Saxon monarch in terms of coins, Expanding Cross Penny, Stircol on York, 1050-53. Photos do not do it justice! Spink 1176. Edward the Confessor Radiate/Small Cross Type, 1044-46, Scula on York, again, photos do not do it justice! Spink 1173. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Another hammered in today's post. Edward I transition penny, in design of previous monarch and father, Henry III. Provenance: Ex. DNW auction. For more info on these coins and Edward I's coinage check out my blog on my site: http://historiccoinage.com/edwardI.aspx Cheers, Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I've never had much passion towards hammered coins (I'm more of a modernist -I like my coins milled ). I must say though, these are really nice coins you have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Cheers Sir Sisu! I'm not too keen on the modern coins personally! I'm glad that you like these coins, I have several more hundred hammereds in my collection and also have some spares for sale on my website if you're interested... Also, the joys of collecting hammered coins is the interlinking between countries, such as Henry VI with Calais as an English province, Cnut and his Scandinavian influence and Offa with his Arabic coinage. But you can't go wrong with a good old English silver penny! Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Here's one that arrived today! Henry III, early, Class 1b, reading hENRICVS REX ANG on the obverse and, for a change, LIE TERCI LON on the reverse, thus making it London Mint. Spink 1359, I'd say VF+, I just love the portrait! Circa 1250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 1794 Chichester Half-Penny token, "+Payable at Dallys Chichester+", I bought it for the hammered connection with Lizzie! Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I bought it for the hammered connection with Lizzie! Clive. I must be missing something, whats the connection between this coin with QEI and hammereds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Elizabeth I issued hammered coins, and briefly milleds before resorting to hammereds after hanging the Frenchman that introduced milled coinage as she thought it was too slow a process! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Interesting. So it's not that they didn't have the technology to make milled coins, its that the process was slow. Wow. That's probably one of the most interesting and important facts I've learned in a few weeks in this forum. Thanks, Clive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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