So does this qualify as a colonial to you?
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OT, but I, like all Americans, focus on 1776 as the year of our independence, but when I was in England I noticed that they recognized 1783 as the significant year, since that is when the war ended with the British surrender.
I collect foreign coins that may have been in use during colonial times and the early 19th century as part of my colonial type set, so - YES AND A GREAT COIN, CONGRATULATIONS! A defined 1776 type set set would be a very cool collecting goal.
Pretty example
nice example indeed. I like the silver ones as well
It qualifies as wicked cool to me, even with King George's ugly mug.
I see the Guinea as a type coin of the United Kingdom. I can easily discern between my siblings and my cousins.
Oooo what a fabulous look that one has. Can’t complain about the year either!
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NO !!!! Dump it now. I can save you the PP fees.
Nice coin. I have one of that year also.
I like that it hasn't been messed with wiping and skinny dipping.
The British didn't really recognise American independence until the cessation of the War of 1812 in 1815, until then they thought those skanky miscreant colonials would get their act together and come back into the British empire.
Yes, they partially burned the White House and the President barely escaped in his horse-drawn carriage.
The breakup must have been really bad, as the Brits do not include us in the family of former colonies that participate in the Commonwealth Games.
Not a mere pound, a Guinea. Nice original looking coin.
Congratulations on the acquisition. I absolutely love that coin. For your sake I'm glad I didn't notice it, otherwise you might have had to pay an extra bid increment or two.
Pretty coin, but not really a colonial. There were not that many British gold coins in the American British colonies. Most of the gold coins were Spanish Empire pieces.
Agree. Britain didn't allow export of it's money to the American Colonies and also didn't allow the Colonies to mint their own coins. It's been reported one reason the Massachusetts shillings are all dated 1652, regardless of the date minted, is that if the British ever found out, Massachusetts could claim none were made since 1652. Britain also didn't have a natural source of gold or silver, while Spain did through it's colonies in the Americas. Trade with the West Indies (here Hamilton was born and raised) is what brought Spanish coinage into the US.
I rather believe that no invites have been coming my way since I have several ancestors that fought vs. the British. Miscreant Scots anyway.
LOL. Sometimes it's really just fishing for a compliment and not meant to be taken literally.
The correct answer, of course, is that it's literally the coolest coin you guys saw today.
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Whoa no. I overpaid for this one already. I doubt anyone else is dumb enough to pony up for this coin what I did
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Beautiful coin Weiss..... right time period, but not sure that any of those coins actually circulated here...might have...Cheers, RickO
That's an uber cool coin.
There's something magical about 1776.
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Nice looking piece.
Lot of meat on those bones for a 55 too.
And I agree that 1776 is just cool. Picked up this inexpensive one just for the year
and ended up with several pieces from this series.
Interesting the date is “J776” using a “J” for a “1”. The obverse has an “I” so I’m wondering why they didn’t use an actual “1” or a “I”.
Interestingly, this piece was apparently sold raw back in December of last year through Roland Auctions in NY.
In their auction listing, they noted the toning and graded it MS63. Now I like the coin whatever the grade is. And I'm fine with our hosts's 55. But I think a case could be made for a 58...
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So do I only not as nice. It belonged to to worderful gentleman, Lenny Finn, who belonged to the Collectors Club of Boston and the Boston Numismatic Society.
That's a beauty, Weiss!
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Good question. I've also seen the letter "I" used instead of "J". The 18th century medalist Jean Dassier, signed as "ID" for instance.
In classical Latin, they are the same: Iupeter or Jupiter.