Post Your United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coin Acquisitions.

Thanks Ben, it was the best display solution I could come up with.

OK some long overdue sharing and public THANK YOU'S from deals completed early last week/late last month:

The other three coins that BenByfield sent me:



A maklouf set from DavidUK:



And some nifty pennies, also from DavidUK, that in hand feel a little grimy, enough to suggest that an acetone bath would help them:



lower right is a 1910.

all in all:

Very pretty, Tom. An 1800 Draped Bust US dollar recently found in a drawer in Scotland, and posted on our forum, was recently sold in London and repatriated, so I suppose we're all even now. I believe I recognize that mintmark; remind me, what's the most current politically-correct euphemism we're naming it these days?

"Very pretty, Tom. An 1800 Draped Bust US dollar recently found in a drawer in Scotland, and posted on our forum, was recently sold in London and repatriated, so I suppose we're all even now. I believe I recognize that mintmark; remind me, what's the most current politically-correct euphemism we're naming it these days?"

The current term for the mark is 'Negro's Head' philadelphian.

"That Charles I shilling is fantastic!"

Thanks Bacchus! My first with the mark and so I'm rather pleased it's a nice one too!

(Sorry. I presume there's a way to quote other posts more elegantly in replies, but haven't found it yet!)

I picked up this half puffin recently and I am quite taken by it. I had a full Puffin a couple of years ago and now regret selling it as I would now like the pair. Oh well.

Very nice 1911 penny indeed!

>> Is there any way to tell the originals from later restrikes?

I think the restrikes are dated 1965 rather than 1929.

Here's a recent acquisition I won for about $5 U.S. including shipping. 1858 One Penny mistakenly listed at auction as a 1/2 penny, so I was surprised when it arrived and was much larger. But I am not complaining.