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It came from someone not prone to exaggeration, but I probably phrased it a bit loosely. I wasn't meaning billionaires exclusively, rather people with a lot of money looking to park it in altern… (View Post)

A couple of coppers. First up, a Charles II 1/2d previously somewhat generously graded by NGC as a 1673 MS65. I think the friction on the reverse lets it down. It is however, a 5 over 3 over 2 on the… (View Post)

1709E* shilling, struck at Edinburgh post-union. 1723 SSC shilling 1790 pattern halfpenny in silver, Peck type R44 (View Post)

You do your homework and sit back. Sometimes it takes a while - I've been waiting nearly 20 years for one coin to resurface and another I can't find reference to for the past 112 years. Wha… (View Post)

An Oxford 1643 halfcrown, Morrieson dies K-28. The large central plume on the reverse is only seen on coins struck late in 1643 and early 1644 at Oxford, and presumably was concurrent with Charles�… (View Post)