Love the Gothic florins and even better with nice tone - you will notice that in this state of preservation the 1854 is excessively rare. It is usually very softly struck on obverse which does not help gradewise.:
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
You are correct and your Florin is even a bit more rare as it has an "onc tenth" variety as opposed to the letters "one".
Now this variety seems not as hard to find as with other Florins - but how often do these even show up? This is a very nice looking toned 1854 - hard to find this nice!
George was German, from Hanover. He didn’t speak a lick of English.
Parliament decided that an English king could only be a Protestant, so about fifty people who more rightfully deserved the crown were bypassed, and went to Sophia (granddaughter of king James VI) but she died before the reigning Queen Anne did, so it went to George her son.
He didn’t seem to like England very much. He spent a lot of time elsewhere. He even died in Germany and was buried there. The last English king to be buried outside England.
Because he couldn’t speak English he relied heavily on his cabinet and aides, led by Sir Robert Walpole. This was the foundation of the role of Prime Minister, as it was later called.
12 months ago I was called to see if I was interested in buying a collection, with few details other than her uncle had done a bit of dealing 50-60 years ago and she had inherited the coins he had left. So this left me somewhat speechless. Nothing too special, but having just been outbid on the Motcombe coin which had long been acknowledged as the finest extant, this Truro crown just appeared out of the blue. ex Hamilton-Smith (1913) lot 44, Sotheby's 21/7 1913 and illustrated in the catalogue, I couldn't find any other references to it for the next 110 years. As one of the 6 on my shortlist for the type, it wasn't a difficult decision to purchase the coins as offered. (Over)-graded EF IMO in the sale, it is still a decent coin for the type, full of the usual defects and blemishes of a hurried production run. The weakness is due to the use of varying thickness plate as cut at the time.
William was born the Prince of Orange, his father having died before his birth.
Most of William’s life was geared towards limiting the expansion of the French, both in England and in his native Dutch lands.
Joint Monarchy (1689): Crowned alongside Mary II at Westminster Abbey in 1689, after accepting the Bill of Rights, which established a constitutional monarchy and limited royal powers.
Battle of the Boyne (1690): Personally led his forces to a decisive military victory in Ireland against the deposed James II.
Mary died of smallpox in 1694, here’s a very humble coin minted a year before her death:
Picked up this week in the Noonan's sale, a shilling with a groat's worth of silver. Gary Oddie's collection of shillings was always eclectic, but this was catalogued as being on a lightweight flan. What the cataloguer failed to notice was the weight at 2.58g was typical of a groat in 1550. Although the silver weight ratios for the various denominations broke down somewhat in the debasement period, it is inconceivable that a shilling would be deliberately made that underweight. The flan is extremely thin in consequence. The other coin with identical mintmarks and sharing the reverse die was 4.72g - closer to the normal reality for the times, even if still low. Anyway, 2 Martlet/Crowned Leopard's Head bust 5 shillings struck from the same reverse die, but both valid for inclusion in the collection. Quite chuffed to get both, and remarkably cheap when compared to past sales of the two pieces.
First is lot 13 with conventional vital statistics. ex Shuttlewood, Bole and Oddie
Second is lot 14 with groat statistics, and the first I have seen or was aware of.
Identifiable wrong flans are decidedly uncommon in the hammered period. There is the 3a3 halfcrown on a shilling flan with mm. Eye. There is also a Commonwealth halfcrown flan struck using shilling dies, but generally the correct flan is used. Important when the silver content represented the coin's true value.
Henry VI Groat, Minted in Calais, France, an English enclave at the time.
This is quite a common issue, these were minted by the millions to satisfy international trade and commerce in the region, a number of hoards have been discovered, most of which would have been buried troves due to concerns over the Hundred Years’ War and the War of the Roses.
I suspect this belonged to one of these hoards.
I bought this from Heritage, I thought it was a little better than the assigned grade of 35, so I cracked it and sent it to PCGS and they agreed for an XF40 upgrade. There’s a little weakness on the face, which I think is partly a strike thing, partly wear.
A nice looking example in my opinion, almost perfectly round and centered, no flat spots to speak of.
I've thought about doing something like that. Not necessarily all in gold/electrum.
lordmarcovan, it would be a fun set to assemble in silver - something I have thought about. You already have a big head start with your Greek, Roman and medieval pieces.
1854 florin, softly struck and IMHO under graded & as nice as I've seen. 1887 Prooflike Halfcrown that is graded as such and the only Vicky 2/6 so designated, special in hand.
An "ordinary" (LOL) sixpence and lastly a very rare proof 1962 Halfcrown...
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
These just arrived today from the Stacks Bowers ANA Sale. They are WAY nicer than the images present, with incredible red luster peeking from the gentle brown coating.
I saw them in lot viewing, but seeing them again makes me think I stole them at what I paid.
They are incredibly rare, and I think mine are probably the finest known, certainly the finest graded.
Back in the day, they used to be sold with Canadian coins, now they are considered British West Indies.
"Nasty" Rarity,proof 1922 Florin in gold, struck as metallic trial for the upcoming Egyptian RM struck gold coins. This has a counter stamp "A" for the accepted alloy:
1838 (specimen) Proof Groat:
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
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Wow! Great coins.
Love the Gothic florins and even better with nice tone - you will notice that in this state of preservation the 1854 is excessively rare. It is usually very softly struck on obverse which does not help gradewise.:
Well, just Love coins, period.
You are correct and your Florin is even a bit more rare as it has an "onc tenth" variety as opposed to the letters "one".
Now this variety seems not as hard to find as with other Florins - but how often do these even show up? This is a very nice looking toned 1854 - hard to find this nice!
1700 Half Crown PCGS MS63. More lustrous than it appears in the photo.
1799 Half Penny, PCGS MS64RD
1806 Half Penny, PCGS MS65BN
1836 Fourpence, NGC MS64
1862 Half Penny, PCGS MS64RD
1900 Sixpence, PCGS MS65
1912-B Trade Dollar, PCGS MS64+. A real beauty!
Most recent purchase:
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What grade is the 1896? Very very nice Coin. Bravo
Looks better than a MS64.....
Got this set recently. I really like these proofs...
My current "Box of 20"
This was a near specimen level strike of the 1953 halfcrown obverse, uniface:
A very nice Record Proof Shilling:
Very nice Proof Cameo 1937 halfcrown (Proof66Cam):
A "ringer":
Well, just Love coins, period.
1926 Pattern crown:
1970 Proof Penny, Two Obverses. NGC will not certify even though X-ray confirmed no seams:
Graded PL 63 at NGC, and I believe the only halfcrown so graded. Superb in hand:
Well, just Love coins, period.
I thought that the '53 half crown must have been weakly struck as her hair looks worn. Otherwise, GREAT coins!
George I, 1660-1727
George was German, from Hanover. He didn’t speak a lick of English.
Parliament decided that an English king could only be a Protestant, so about fifty people who more rightfully deserved the crown were bypassed, and went to Sophia (granddaughter of king James VI) but she died before the reigning Queen Anne did, so it went to George her son.
He didn’t seem to like England very much. He spent a lot of time elsewhere. He even died in Germany and was buried there. The last English king to be buried outside England.
Because he couldn’t speak English he relied heavily on his cabinet and aides, led by Sir Robert Walpole. This was the foundation of the role of Prime Minister, as it was later called.
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My newest Briish coinage.
I wanted an English hammered coin where I could distinctly see the King's face. This Edward IV (victor in the Wars of the Roses) struck up well.
As far are this Charles II is concerned, I have long had a weakness for toned gold.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907/publishedset/15628
March of Time - 27 Centuries in Gold
https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=36590
Still takes my breath away:
Indeed a beautiful coin. I like this other farthing proof of Vicky:
Well, just Love coins, period.
12 months ago I was called to see if I was interested in buying a collection, with few details other than her uncle had done a bit of dealing 50-60 years ago and she had inherited the coins he had left. So this left me somewhat speechless. Nothing too special, but having just been outbid on the Motcombe coin which had long been acknowledged as the finest extant, this Truro crown just appeared out of the blue. ex Hamilton-Smith (1913) lot 44, Sotheby's 21/7 1913 and illustrated in the catalogue, I couldn't find any other references to it for the next 110 years. As one of the 6 on my shortlist for the type, it wasn't a difficult decision to purchase the coins as offered. (Over)-graded EF IMO in the sale, it is still a decent coin for the type, full of the usual defects and blemishes of a hurried production run. The weakness is due to the use of varying thickness plate as cut at the time.
William III (1694-1702)
1700, PCGS MS63
William was born the Prince of Orange, his father having died before his birth.
Most of William’s life was geared towards limiting the expansion of the French, both in England and in his native Dutch lands.
Joint Monarchy (1689): Crowned alongside Mary II at Westminster Abbey in 1689, after accepting the Bill of Rights, which established a constitutional monarchy and limited royal powers.
Battle of the Boyne (1690): Personally led his forces to a decisive military victory in Ireland against the deposed James II.
Mary died of smallpox in 1694, here’s a very humble coin minted a year before her death:
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Probable Unique Sixpence in proof, 1967!
Pretty high grade for 1937 Halfcrown: Proof Cameo 66
Phenomenal currency 1839 halfcrown in MS 64, by far the best known or published:
1863 florin, MS63
Well, just Love coins, period.
Picked up this week in the Noonan's sale, a shilling with a groat's worth of silver. Gary Oddie's collection of shillings was always eclectic, but this was catalogued as being on a lightweight flan. What the cataloguer failed to notice was the weight at 2.58g was typical of a groat in 1550. Although the silver weight ratios for the various denominations broke down somewhat in the debasement period, it is inconceivable that a shilling would be deliberately made that underweight. The flan is extremely thin in consequence. The other coin with identical mintmarks and sharing the reverse die was 4.72g - closer to the normal reality for the times, even if still low. Anyway, 2 Martlet/Crowned Leopard's Head bust 5 shillings struck from the same reverse die, but both valid for inclusion in the collection. Quite chuffed to get both, and remarkably cheap when compared to past sales of the two pieces.
First is lot 13 with conventional vital statistics. ex Shuttlewood, Bole and Oddie
Second is lot 14 with groat statistics, and the first I have seen or was aware of.
Identifiable wrong flans are decidedly uncommon in the hammered period. There is the 3a3 halfcrown on a shilling flan with mm. Eye. There is also a Commonwealth halfcrown flan struck using shilling dies, but generally the correct flan is used. Important when the silver content represented the coin's true value.
fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
aMAZing assortment of treasures - beautiful!
Henry VI Groat, Minted in Calais, France, an English enclave at the time.
This is quite a common issue, these were minted by the millions to satisfy international trade and commerce in the region, a number of hoards have been discovered, most of which would have been buried troves due to concerns over the Hundred Years’ War and the War of the Roses.
I suspect this belonged to one of these hoards.
I bought this from Heritage, I thought it was a little better than the assigned grade of 35, so I cracked it and sent it to PCGS and they agreed for an XF40 upgrade. There’s a little weakness on the face, which I think is partly a strike thing, partly wear.
A nice looking example in my opinion, almost perfectly round and centered, no flat spots to speak of.
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From the "non-pareil George V and VI Shilling Collection"
Well, just Love coins, period.
(Roman coin from a British hoard)
(English coin from an Anglo-French hoard)
(Ex-Reigate Hoard, though not noted on label)
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Wow!
Great coins lordmarcovan.
I did not realize that James I laurels topped 9 grams of gold - that is substantial.
I like the strike on the Henry Vi groat.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907/publishedset/15628
March of Time - 27 Centuries in Gold
https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=36590
@OnlyGoldIsMoney - I had a quick peek at your "27 Centuries" Registry set. Wow!
I've thought about doing something like that. Not necessarily all in gold/electrum.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
lordmarcovan, it would be a fun set to assemble in silver - something I have thought about. You already have a big head start with your Greek, Roman and medieval pieces.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907/publishedset/15628
March of Time - 27 Centuries in Gold
https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=36590
I’m pretty sparse on Late Antiquity and Early Medieval- that so-called “Dark Ages” stuff, in other words. But I could work on that, very gradually.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
second showing
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1845 Crown
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1686 Half Crown TERTIO S-3408
And this one is significantly tougher to find than one might think.
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Not a British coin... but a British Monarch featured on a German States Thaler, Currently, the finest graded at PCGS.
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OK, here a few:
1854 florin, softly struck and IMHO under graded & as nice as I've seen. 1887 Prooflike Halfcrown that is graded as such and the only Vicky 2/6 so designated, special in hand.
An "ordinary" (LOL) sixpence and lastly a very rare proof 1962 Halfcrown...
Well, just Love coins, period.
These just arrived today from the Stacks Bowers ANA Sale. They are WAY nicer than the images present, with incredible red luster peeking from the gentle brown coating.
I saw them in lot viewing, but seeing them again makes me think I stole them at what I paid.
They are incredibly rare, and I think mine are probably the finest known, certainly the finest graded.
Back in the day, they used to be sold with Canadian coins, now they are considered British West Indies.
Another Vicky Halfcrown. Purchased over twenty years ago from NEN.
Love the Penny depiction of Britannia:
Much more recent, Mule 1982 New Pence 2 P
"Nasty" Rarity,proof 1922 Florin in gold, struck as metallic trial for the upcoming Egyptian RM struck gold coins. This has a counter stamp "A" for the accepted alloy:
1838 (specimen) Proof Groat:
Well, just Love coins, period.