1/12th of a Shilling

newbiecollector · August 26, 2008 3:52AM

What do you think?.........I like it a lot

ajaan · August 26, 2008 3:54AM

Your imaging is getting very good. If you lived closer I would send you my coins for imaging.

pendragon1998 · August 26, 2008 3:56AM

Neat coin - very nice. You might want to try getting that photo a little brighter if you reshoot it.

newbiecollector · August 26, 2008 4:02AM

Thanks for the comments.

Don, I can get pretty accurate pics of copper/bronze and gold.............zip on silver or whit metal

Pen, This isn't a "bright" coin. It looks a lot like this in hand. I understood what you meant and your correct. It was just all the lighting I have right now.

coinpictures · August 26, 2008 4:17AM

Photoshop: 30% shadow reduction + brightness boost of 5 + contrast boost of 10.

+/- on the shadow reduction depending on how the coin is in hand...

newbiecollector · August 26, 2008 4:20AM

Thanks CP.....I could have done that of course.......

I didnt because my photo, for once, looks a lot like the coin does in hand. I normaly have to photoshop my pics for brightness.

I just rechecked your photo.......a little less bright you would have it stop on........... thanks again

BCNumismatics · August 30, 2008 9:14PM

Wayne,
Your Jersey 1/12 Shilling was actually struck in 1954,even though it has the date '1945' on the reverse.I do collect the coins of Jersey myself.

Aidan.

newbiecollector · August 30, 2008 10:33PM

Thanks Aidan. I actually new that but only because someone else told me in a PM........lol

Aethelred · August 30, 2008 11:46PM

I wonder why the folks in Jersey didn't just call it a Penny?

newbiecollector · August 30, 2008 11:51PM

You answered your own question Michael.............they are from Jersey

edit to add: To try ans be serious, I thought there was confusion and dislike about tusing the term Penny.

Am I misaken about this?

lordmarcovan · August 31, 2008 1:30AM

Nice coins. The QE2's are cheap (and slightly undervalued IMHO), but very handsome and appealing. I've had some RB UNCs.

Here's a more-circulated Victorian one I parted with in a giveaway earlier this year.

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 1:35AM

Great coin Rob!

Of course ya know I am cheap

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 1:46AM

Bigger pic of ya coin Rob............if you clik it I think it gets even larger a pic

lordmarcovan · August 31, 2008 2:13AM

Hmm. That's odd. I didn't even realize that about my own picture!

That one is hosted on the Forum, here, not on the 24hourforums Gallery, like so many of my newer ones. I knew there were thumbnails and "medium" and large versions of the 24-hosted pics, but not for the CU Forum attachments.

Edit- oh, wait. YOU blew it up. I see you hosted it on Photobucket.

Thanks.

I had it pretty small so it would attach here.

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 2:15AM

I did it via photobucket Rob

lordmarcovan · August 31, 2008 2:16AM

That one was a coin doctoring experiment, actually. It had green-black corrosion below Victoria's chin, and I had to clean the affected area and then retone it. Not a bad conservation result, if I do say so myself. Wish I had taken a "before" picture.

Sapyx · August 31, 2008 10:01AM

<< I wonder why the folks in Jersey didn't just call it a Penny? >>

Because historically, the Jersey penny was different to the English penny.

Jersey, being just off the coast of France, used French coinage for much of it's history. In predecimal France, there were 26 sous to a livre. The locals on Jersey equated the sou to a halfpenny, and the livre to the shilling. Thus, there were originally 13 Jersey pence to a shilling. The first series of Jersey coins indicated this clearly on the coins, by denominating them in fractions of a shilling.

Later, the Jersey shilling was brought into parity with it's English counterpart, but the tradition of using denominations marked in fractions of shillings continued, until decimalization.

Swampboy · August 31, 2008 11:56AM

<< Nice coins. The QE2's are cheap (and slightly undervalued IMHO), but very handsome and appealing. I've had some RB UNCs.

Here's a more-circulated Victorian one I parted with in a giveaway earlier this year.

>>

Hey I recognize that coin!
It's in my grand daughter's collection.

lordmarcovan · August 31, 2008 1:18PM

Oh, so you won that one, Gil? Cool. I had long forgotten who did.

ProofArtworkonCircs · August 31, 2008 3:08PM

<<Because historically, the Jersey penny was different to the English penny.>>
What's the history of the other channel island with their 8 doubles?

BCNumismatics · August 31, 2008 3:34PM

<< <<Because historically, the Jersey penny was different to the English penny.>>
What's the history of the other channel island with their 8 doubles? >>

There were 8 Doubles (pronounced as 'doobulls') in 1 Guernsey Penny.Therefore,1 Double was equivilant to the British 1/2 Farthing.The Double is derived from the French 'Double Tournois',which is where the Scots 'Turner' comes from.

The Isle of Man also had a different rating again.Prior to 1839,there were 14 Manx Pence in 1 British Shilling.

Aidan.

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 5:05PM

Like this one?

lordmarcovan · August 31, 2008 5:14PM

Niiice. Like the brown circ look on that one.

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 5:36PM

Thanks. It is currently having an olive oil bath. I think the creamy white colored stuff will come loose. It seems to be something on the surface probably left over from a previous acetone bath (or the like).

lordmarcovan · August 31, 2008 5:37PM

That should do it. My Vaseline trick would also get rid of the dry crusties like that.

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 5:39PM

I thought about that Rob but decided to go the olive oil route first.

BCNumismatics · August 31, 2008 5:52PM

<< Like this one?

>>

Wayne,
That's a very nice Guernsey 8 Doubles that you've got there.Some dates have more than 1 obverse type,due to the number of sprigs at the top of the shield on the obverse.Some of them are really scarce,& are worth looking out for.The 1934 burnished planchet coins are very scarce.

Aidan.

newbiecollector · August 31, 2008 6:06PM

Thanks Aidan. I had no idea about that.

I will try and find a reference somewhere to see what I have.

BCNumismatics · August 31, 2008 10:28PM

<< Thanks Aidan. I had no idea about that.

I will try and find a reference somewhere to see what I have. >>

Wayne,
You should have a look in Krause.Coincraft put out a catalogue with a pink cover listing the coins of Scotland,Ireland,& the Islands back in 2000.Unfortunately,there hasn't been a new edition since then,but it's a very good reference book.

Aidan.

Aethelred · September 1, 2008 12:48AM

<< 

<< I wonder why the folks in Jersey didn't just call it a Penny? >>

Because historically, the Jersey penny was different to the English penny.

Jersey, being just off the coast of France, used French coinage for much of it's history. In predecimal France, there were 26 sous to a livre. The locals on Jersey equated the sou to a halfpenny, and the livre to the shilling. Thus, there were originally 13 Jersey pence to a shilling. The first series of Jersey coins indicated this clearly on the coins, by denominating them in fractions of a shilling.

Later, the Jersey shilling was brought into parity with it's English counterpart, but the tradition of using denominations marked in fractions of shillings continued, until decimalization. >>

Info like this is why I love this forum!

1/12th of a Shilling

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