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Awesome Half Crown!

1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
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Another nice one from Lloyd.

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.....GOD
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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22

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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Top shelf stuff! A coin ex Lloyd Roberts is a desireable thing and the BIN price ain't bad. Now, where's that disposable incoming hiding? Gosh, that's right; I disposed of it!image
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • ShipcoinShipcoin Posts: 1,243
    Wow, Mike! Or as my son used to say WOWU! image Now I have finally understood that I need to limitate my passion to British coins (especially large denominations) also by date and also by... cashimage

    Interesting, who will be the winner?! image
    N. N.
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    I hate to be negative, but doesn't it look like a coin which has been dipped to remove heavy toning? (As a result you end up with a coin with a pasty gray color with no luster.)
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Steve, that may well be. Perhaps the stuff in the obverse right field is corrosion from something?

    I still think the coin looks good.

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    What you see in the field are haymarks (tin impurities in the alloying). These are quite common on these silver pieces. That aside, it's probably been dipped somewhere as silver doesn't go 300 years without some degree of toning. Nevertheless, it has nice surfaces and a very good strike.
  • LloydLloyd Posts: 887 ✭
    Yeah, I gave it a dip before the photo.... don't like that greattoning...

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Are you Lloyd's PR man now jester? Does he pay well?image
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    I admit, you've got me pegged, wise one! Lloyd's giving me a 50% discount on my next purchase. For the right fee, I'll even shill bid auctions for people...image

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
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