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Crazily enough the halfpenny, the shilling and the guinea are very similar in size. Other than a spade guinea I picked up here on the BST I have not really ventured into these. Nice example Rob! (View Post)

Backwards Ns are nothing new. In 1691 Limerick Ireland, which was under siege I can sort of get it. In 1969 not so much. (View Post)

It could have evolved from an earlier superstition in Britain of "Touching for the King's Evil" which was supposed to ward off spells, diseases etc where a person was touched by the King, i… (View Post)

The British halfpenny is actually a contemporary counterfeit - notice the crude "Britannia" on the reverse. The 8 reales travelled across the Pacific a few times but saw a long service in A… (View Post)

Not pretty but I found it in the trash can next to the Coinstar in my credit union about 3-4 years ago. It is from a Greek colony in the Iberian Peninsula from the 2nd century BC. My next oldest was … (View Post)