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Color from across the pond 1697 6d & 1811 3 Shilling Bank Token
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1697 6d- Not rare but it has color that I thought was pleasing enough to submit
1811 3 Shillings Bank Token- Not rare but it has vibrant color that others might find a tad suspicious. I thought about posting this coin on the US forum mainly because some might find an AT v NT discussion entertaining- not to mention the trueview image.
1746 LIMA 2/6- At first blush, it seems to be nothing special... However, take a closer look at V in GEORGIVS. It is the V over U variety... a variety that is interesting. How interesting? I am not sure. There already is a 1746/5 LIMA which seems to be more common
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Very nice group. I don't look for varieties much but interesting one on the lima. Bonus points for just generally being an attractive example. I could go either way with the 1811. Looks OK to me.
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I like that toning on the bank token. Worse cases have passed as natural toning.
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I say NT on the bank token and very attractive as well. It's hard to tell from a picture, but I would submit it to our host.
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Thanks for the positive comments. All three coins were graded by our host and what I have shared are the TrueView images. All of them straight graded within the high of my grade range. So you are correct with the NT comment on the Bank Token.
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Thanks for the feedback. I think that PCGS does a good job overall in distinguishing between ATand NT, and has done so consistently for many years now.
Nice stuff! I wonder if our 1697 sixpences are from the same hoard.
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The 1697 is the most available date in the series followed by 1696 and 1700. There was hoard of Crowns mostly dated 1695 and 1700 in a London safe deposit box several years ago. I suspect that there were minors as within this hoard that contained the 1698 2/6 and other coins associated with the so-called Great Recoinage of 1696.
Going back to the William III 6d series for a moment, it is interesting that a few of the issues are quite challenging to find. And even our host has yet to grade MS examples.
I like your example and suspect it might be a coin within your prime number set.
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Just an update on the 1746 2/6 which features the V over U…. Maurice Bull references this one in his book as an R3. Maybe I made a mistake by not pushing the variety at the time of submission.
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