John Conduitt ✭✭✭✭

That's true, but there's not any single thing that would prove a coin is genuine. Flow lines are something you would expect on a genuine coin, but don't prove it isn't fake. They're just one of the f… (View Post)

If like me you collect older coins (over 100 years or more), the eye appeal of each coin can vary hugely for many reasons besides grade. Grade becomes less important until you get to hammered coins, … (View Post)

I have a few, although I mainly collect them for the history. Pidcock Copper Halfpenny, 1795 **Birmingham (manufacturer William Lutwyche). 29mm, 7.04g. Probably an entrance token to the menagerie (D&… (View Post)

Halsall Copper Penny, 1784-1787 Soho Mint, Birmingham (manufacturer Matthew Boulton). 16.40g. Arms of the Earls of Peterborough (Lancashire D&H 1). Perhaps the first copper token of the industria… (View Post)

I have a couple of Mongol sunface coins. One from the Golden Horde: Tokhta Khan Pulo, 1296-1297 Qrim (Crimea). Bronze, 0.97g. Sun face. Tokhta’s tamga (Lebedev M8). Another from the Ilkhanate in Pers… (View Post)