Post Your United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coin Acquisitions.

Looks like you're "all in" on Conders now, Westcoin. Once they've got you, there's no turning back!

Just kidding. I've been Conder-adjacent, as it were, since the early 1980's when my collection was "tokens of the British World" and my bible was the big 3rd edition of "British Commonwealth Coins" by Jerry Remick, Somer James, et al. After a dozen or so years, and seeing the potential for Conders to take over my life (6,000+ catalogued but only 4,000 or so realistically available), I narrowed my interests down to the 19th-century Regency Period copper and silver tokens of 1811-1820.

I never did join CTCC, but some of my best Conder sources -- and mentors -- were founding members, I believe, and you'll see their names in the old journals for sure: the late, great Phil Flanagan, Si Cordova, and Bill McKivor among them.

I'm guessing you meant the David Dykes book (Spinks published it), the one I blurbed about in a post last fall, no? Also for helpful background, don't forget the three essential books on the 18th-century series by R.C. "Robbie" Bell: "Commercial Coins;" "Tradesmen's Tickets and Private Tokens;" and "Specious Tokens and Those Struck for General Circulation."

Now, just so we can't be accused of hijacking this thread, I'll bring us back to this forum's topic by posting another one of my British acquisitions, the hyper-rare silver 1811 sixpence of Godalming in Surrey. The issuer is uncertain, but two centuries of speculation has focused on a local banker in partnership with one or more merchants. The woolsack image suggests someone in textiles or fabrics, perhaps. A shilling of the same exact design (but denominated "XII," of course) circulated as well, with only a handful of each known to have survived.

Dalton 2, Davis 2.

I brought 4 more sixpences. I have to say they are a bit harder and more expensive than the bigger silver coins. But they are so cute and dinky.



1877, a nice high VF coin with no die number, its from the same stable as the 1876 I showed last week.



1880 and again from that era. There were 2 types of sixpence in 1880, this is the earlier and more scarce one with the hair on the Queens cheek, someone decided sideburns were out of fashion and it disappeared on later 1880 coins. This coin is also between VF and EF.



1907 - High VF with some lustre, apparently even Edward VII sixpences are not that common above the mediocre grades. This coin cost me nearly as much as the Victorian ones.



1909 - One of those mediocre grade masterpieces, this is the usual VG - Fine level coin encountered. Mostly likely it was used non stop between 1909 and 1920. This is a nice honest piece and a cheaper way to complete my KEVII collection of all the coins!

They are impressive for their size!

Very nice!

It's a beautiful penny.




Well done on completing your KEVII's

Few pickups today. First one - 1822 farthing.

Now you're talking my kind of language, Gainn. I love these George IV farthings.

And if I'm not mistaken, that's a D over D in DEF. Good find!


The picture doesn't look anything like the colouration of the coin, to be honest, I've messed up the settings on my camera so everything now looks milky chocolate. need to fix it. The time machine is in recharge until towards the end of the month, then this little piggy is going to auction.


A very satisfying accomplishment, nice job

This one was a freebie find in an old Whitman folder that had been stashed away since the 50s or 60s.

Theres a load of 1920s and 1950s ones in the folder but all a lot more worn than this one.