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  • cinque1543cinque1543 Posts: 457 ✭✭✭

    Cool. Are the inset images on the necks a common thing from that era?

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,517 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These countermarks were placed on imported Spanish dollars by the Bank of England to validate them for circulation in England. The countermarked pieces circulated at slightly higher face value (4 shillings 9 pence) than the bullion content warranted (4 shillings 6 pence), so the countermarks were widely counterfeited. A second series of countermarks, this time with a larger, harder-to-counterfeit octagonal counterstamp, followed, then when that didn't work either they created the overstruck Bank of England dollars which completely obliterated the Spanish designs and symbols.

    The countermarked coins were unpopular and saw the rise of a few popular sayings deriding them: "two kings, not worth a crown" (the face value of the countermarked coin was less than 5 shillings or one crown), and "the head of a fool on the neck of an ass".

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are afew countermarks used in the UK for so-called Crown size coins.Seems a UK Crown set could include at least one example of a countermark. Finding nice original examples is not that easy. I have managed to find 2 that I like Mexico and Bolivia in the AU spectrum. I would like to find a French Ecu but such a countermark on one is quite rare

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From the Cope Collection

    Latin American Collection

  • SimonWSimonW Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That was funny.😆

    Interestingly, as of this post, there’s only one thread in the top ten threads that deals with Latin American coins.

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  • cinque1543cinque1543 Posts: 457 ✭✭✭

    @Sapyx said:
    These countermarks were placed on imported Spanish dollars by the Bank of England to validate them for circulation in England.

    Thanks for the history!

  • ClioClio Posts: 627 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinkat All great pieces!

    I recently picked up this one:

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  • ClioClio Posts: 627 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's awesome @1984worldcoins Just out of curiosity how is your 1984 collection coming along?

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  • SimonWSimonW Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s awesome! You made an 84 out of the pics!

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  • John ConduittJohn Conduitt Posts: 457 ✭✭✭✭

    Here's one of the later overstrikes. It has a test cut, because these were faked a lot.

    George III Bank of England Dollar, 1804

    Soho Mint, Birmingham. Silver, 41mm, 27g. Head 1, C.H.K. on truncation; GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX. Britannia seated with shield, in oval garter; FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR; BANK OF ENGLAND 1804; K in relief below shield (S 3823).
    Made by Matthew Boulton, overstriking Spanish 8 reales because of a shortage of silver. Produced from 1804 to 1811 but all dated 1804. The first silver coin to feature Britannia.

  • jgennjgenn Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here's a George III Bank of England Dollar struck over an 8 reales. Based on my measurements it's got a specific gravity of 9.5 so very likely a contemporary counterfeit.

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  • 1984worldcoins1984worldcoins Posts: 735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Clio said:
    That's awesome @1984worldcoins Just out of curiosity how is your 1984 collection coming along?

    It is going strong, in the thousands now, the only downside is I cant get the gold and platinum because of the metal prices. The next phase will be grading, but I did not start that yet. I have lots of low mintage, varieties, mint errors and a few patterns.

    @SimonW said:
    That’s awesome! You made an 84 out of the pics!

    Yes, thank you, I like to take pictures of the coins and use them in different ways, here is my setup:

  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,947 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OK, here are a few, just picked a couple out......







    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
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  • ClioClio Posts: 627 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @7Jaguars What exactly is the EVIII issue?

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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,947 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Obverse pattern for the halfcrown.

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
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  • SonnyDSonnyD Posts: 215 ✭✭✭

    @Clio said:
    @coinkat All great pieces!

    I recently picked up this one:

    Wow great coin 🍒
    I just picked up a 1674 6pence, XF45 though

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