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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 le… (View Post)

There is also a possibility that if unsigned it could originally be the work of Thomas Minton. With the RM producing the dies, the fact it is Canadian has little bearing on the subject unless evidenc… (View Post)

A few shillings by various processes, from hammered through to modern milled. A Charles I E5/2 with mm. Tun (1636-8) A York Civil War shilling. A Cromwell shilling A 1925 second coinage shilling stru… (View Post)

And FWIW, although cataloguers are 'famously inaccurate and ineffective' (see my post regarding the Goldberg sale in June, when a coin was described as being better than the Norweb coin, wh… (View Post)

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)