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Bedrock of the Community
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Yesterday I have the chance to pick up a small lot of foreign coins (I am in the united states). I was buying some silver U.S. coin and bought these because the seller was getting out of coins. My main focus is U.S. coins, it seems I am getting a interest in older foreign coins. I posted some of these in the Main and Canada section, now I would like to get some input from the UK members Group picture ( Morgan dollar in pic to show size  1797 I was calling it a penny .. it has been posted it is a two pence and called a cartwheel. Not sure of grade or position. I do think this coin looks much better in hand than in pictures .. I think all these coins do.   1697 I think Half crown, and think William III It is worn and I am not sure of grade, I like how it looks and is my oldest coin.   1851 Victoria Penny   1814 not sure what this is, and would welcome any information. In the main forum it was posted as a Commerce token.   1806 George III copper   1770 George III copper( did not see the coin had something on it when I took picture)   1708 Queen Anna   1825 King george IIII   1877 Hong Kong cent   |
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United Kingdom
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The 'y' on your William III (a shilling I think) denotes that it was minted at York Mint, while your Queen Anne (a sixpence I think, Anna is the Latin for Anne) has an E for Edinburgh celebrating the Union of England and Scotland. Nice snaffle!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think you'll also have to explain to GR58 what a "snaffle" is!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes .. what is a snaffle ... shoud I be concerned?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe he's saying that your nose is grotesquely large. I wouldn't put up with such abuse if I were you.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nope... A cheeky act, a tale or a lie
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Pillar of the Community
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From the Cambridge Dictionary:
Snaffle (v.): to take something quickly for yourself, in a way that prevents someone else from having or using it.
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Canada
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Mine went from memory.. It's been a while since I was in the UK
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And GR58, you ought to show off your New Brunswick Half Penny and Bank of Upper Canada tokens on the Canadian Forum!
Edited by philadelphian
12/22/2012 10:26 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And GR58, you ought to show off your New Brunswick Half Penny token on the Canadian Forum! Philadelphian is that a good token? So happens I did post it in the Canada section, under Canada Bank Tokens https://goccf.com/t/136787 |
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Didn't read your original post in detail. Sorry. Just recognized them as early Canadian. Believe the New Brunswick was minted in defiance of explicit orders from Britain.
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... on your William III (a shilling I think) ..., while your Queen Anne (a sixpence I think ...) Looking at the size in relation to the Morgan I believe the KW3's coin is about 33 mm which would make it a halfcrown. And QA's one is about 25 mm, so it's a shilling. KG4's silver coin is a bit smaller than Anne's which is consistent with his shilling size. |
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1797 I was calling it a penny .. it has been posted it is a two pence and called a cartwheel. I believe we've already established (in a different subforum) that this is a penny. Both 1d and 2d bearing the date of 1797 (although they were minted over some years, including "late Soho" restrikes) have the same unique design which has subsequently become known as "cartwheel". They were minted with the weight of 1 (Avoirdupois) ounce for 1d and 2 ounces for 2d with the idea that the face value of the coins would match their intrinsic value. But in just a few years the price of copper drastically increased, so in the next issue, dated 1806, copper pennies shed the third of their weight while twopence production was terminated. |
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1806 George III copper
1770 George III copper Both are halfpennies. |
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United Kingdom
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To "snaffle" something is UK slang to grab something quickly before somebody else does. It is a fairly inoffensive term and implies some degree of craft or cleverness on the part of the person doing the snaffling.
That is a very good "snaffle".
Please would you post obverse/reverse pictures of the copper coin with a sailing ship - looks interesting.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Svslav thank you for correcting the denomination of these coins. It is always best to have the correct information. Quote:
Please would you post obverse/reverse pictures of the copper coin with a sailing ship - looks interesting. Because you asked here it is. (i also have it posted in the Canada coins section.   |
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Posted 12/22/2012 8:57 pm
