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Another Victorian copper found it's way to a good home. 1848/7 halfpenny. Fantastic! 
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Bedrock of the Community
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Neither of these will win a beauty contest, but they fill a couple of annoying holes! 1878 halfpenny:  1840 halfcrown:  Victorian 'bun' halfpennies of 1860-94 are much scarcer in any condition above Poor than catalog values would suggest - it took me ages to find this one. The early halfcrowns of 1839-50 are quite elusive too. This one has a small dent in it but I'm quite happy with it as a gap filler! |
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Neither of these will win a beauty contest, but they fill a couple of annoying holes! A filled hole is a happy hole!
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This arrived this afternoon from Great Britain, it was my only successful bid/purchase from the recent Baldwin's Deane collection auction. A Leeds, Richard Paley Halfpenny 1791, D&H-48 Spectacularly struck very off center, Extremely Fine with residual mint lustre. rare. This is an ex Col. FS Cokayne, he purchased it March 21, 1903 for only 6 pence!  Baldwin's acquired it in 1946 then sold it to Deane, where it stayed in his collection until now.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC) #6202, Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), Conder Token Collector Club (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS), & Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Wow! Fantastic Leeds halfpenny, westcoin!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 >>>>>>>>> STUNNING!
I never pay too much for my tokens...but every now and then I may buy one a little too soon.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Spectacular! |
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United Kingdom
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Been a while since I checked in. Some stunning additions indeed.
My collection has become a little unfocussed over the last couple of years, so time to clear some out and get back to my core collecting (Florins and oddities).
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Canada
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It was very expensive for the type but I couldn't resist since it was originally from the same proof set as the florin Ive posted previously so they will stay together for a while hopefully :)  ''Buy the very best, stretch to buy it. It means if you can't afford to buy it, buy it anyway."
-Steven Duckor
Edited by Dollar 1935
06/10/2023 6:10 pm
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Fantastic six pence, Dollar 1935!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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United Kingdom
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Lovely! 
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Australia
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Fantastic Richard Paley Halfpenny!!!
and now it is from the Westcoin's Baldwin's Deane collection
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Australia
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And a smashing 1911 sixpence!!!
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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This arrived this afternoon from Great Britain... A Leeds, Richard Paley Halfpenny 1791, D&H-48 Quote:
It was very expensive for the type but I couldn't resist since it was originally from the same proof set as the florin Ive posted previously so they will stay together for a while hopefully :)
Beautiful examples!
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Just showing off my matching pair of pretty silver Regency Period tokens from Hampshire, a shilling (Dalton 2) and sixpence (D7) issued in 1811 by the County "To Facilitate Trade." Neither is particularly rare by the standards collectors of this series are familiar with, but they are decidedly hard to find in this condition. Once again my camera skills (?) are unable to capture the lustre and mirror fields that make these tokens special.
Depicted on the obverse are the arms of Hampshire, comprising a Lancaster rose and the Saxon crown, which is apparently meant to remind us that Winchester in Hampshire was a medieval capital of England for some years prior to the Norman Conquest.
On the reverse appears a gaff-rigged cutter, a type of craft that would have seen widespread use for regional commerce, escort, and patrol on the English Channel and in the Solent, which is the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland. The seafaring and shipbuilding towns of Southampton and Portsmouth are two of Hampshire's largest cities, so we have to imagine that 40-to-60' cutters like these were the "workhorse" of Hampshire's economy.
I never pay too much for my tokens...but every now and then I may buy one a little too soon.
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