poof!

Hyperion

poof

link

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Edited. thanks for the correction, lord m...
5 shillings, not 5 schillings

lordmarcovan

So izzat an "8" from the date of the undertype I see to the right of the crown? Would it be the second digit in an 1800-something 8R, or a final digit in an "xxx8" dated piece, I wonder? That's pretty cool. It's not terribly often that the undertype is datable, I would imagine.

PS- I think I see a faint "1" next to it. So the host coin would be 18xx. Or am I imagining things?

If these were overstruck in 1804 as the BOE strike is dated, and not a bit later, I suppose that would have been a relatively new 8-reales piece when it was overstruck.

Hyperion

plenty of undertype to go around...

savoyspecial

actually, i believe 'schilling' is an accepted spelling in some countries (Austria, for instance)


sort of like jeton/jetton or thaler/taler

but since this one has '5 shillings' on the actually coin i suppose we should capitulate to using the English form (i personally would have just put '1804 Bank of England Dollar' in the title -- they are most often listed this way and score extra coolness-factor points for being a 'dollar' from 1804)

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UPDATED

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+1

Hyperion

people love emergency strikes! dont make me go to ebay for the peso!

Hyperion

+1 for the house hunter

Hyperion

moved curt schilling pics!!!!

Hyperion

&1