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Medals were routinely bronzed as it seems to have provided a more evenly toned product over time. Presumably copper proofs were similarly treated for the same reason. Consumers like a consistent prod… (View Post)

A Henry III cut farthing to provide small change And a Henry III cut halfpenny for the same purpose. A Charles I type 5 halfcrown with mintmark Sun Charles I G1/2 shilling with mintmark Triangle A He… (View Post)

A 1644 Oxford groat with signed bust by Rawlins. The other one is in the BM. A Henry VIII 'Sovereign' penny with mm. Crescent, struck at Durham ecclesiastical mint under Thomas Wolsey - see… (View Post)

Hmm. How long is a piece of string? As for British, there were good collections going back centuries. For the 18th century, Archbishop Sharp has already been mentioned, but there is also the Earls of… (View Post)

Probably this 1697y transposed French and Irish shields shilling I picked up on ebay over 20 years ago. Not a thing of great beauty, but it became the second known of what is an unquestionable rarity… (View Post)