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Picked up 3 nice coins for my own collection this week. Charles II Crowns 1667 and 1681, William III Shilling 1699: Outstanding trio!  |
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@Paddy v.nice mate love the flaming hair 1699 Shilling
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All really good pick ups everyone.
And I agree, that hair is fire!
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Can't help chuckling as I type this entry about my recent UK auction pickup, an upgrade (for me) of another one of those hyper-rare Regency Period tokens I "need" for my collection. I was afraid I'd have to once again prove out my CCF signature (below), but this beauty was inconspicuously (cleverly?) tucked into an otherwise nondescript "group" lot of unrelated tokens, so I surprisingly ended up with a nice solid EF at half the price of the VF I've had filling that spot for a few years. Without full membership in Coin Archives, etc., I can't really confirm this, but my own digging through past sales by all of the likely-suspect auction houses and dealers hasn't turned up a better example in at least the last quarter-century, beyond which I have not dug.
This is the silver 1811 sixpence of Godalming in Surrey. Circulating alongside it was a shilling bearing the same exact design (but with the denomination "XII," of course); only a handful of each are known to have survived. The woolsack image symbolizes textiles or fabrics and their mills, which for a couple of centuries had been Godalming's main industry and economic lifeblood. Dalton 2, Davis 2, RRR. (Seller's photo.) The issuer remains uncertain, but in the catalogue for their blockbuster 1998 auction of British tokens, the Noble firm in Australia asserted that this was a "Mellersh, Moline & Weale" production. That was the name of a Godalming-based holding company established in 1808 by John Mellersh, solicitor, Robert Moline, grocer and corn dealer, and James Weale, mercer and linen draper. They did business together as The Godalming Bank and in fact began issuing banknotes under that name no later than 1814.
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12/01/2023 10:34 am
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This is the silver 1811 sixpence of Godalming in Surrey. Very nice! |
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Have a great xmas all and a safe new year for 2024. My last raid this year went a different route this time through great collections auctions. For us Brits and Europeans alike . I highly recommend it $18 postage + $1 per extra coin lowest charges I have ever paid .lower than buying from UK auctions I think I did rather well prices wise only managed to snaffle 3 of the 11 I bid for but the one I really wanted I got. Cost a little more but still got it for 50% its market value. 1911.Silver proof sixpence NGC PF64 1923.Silver Florin (high Relief) dies 2+E (rare in this grade) NGC MS63 (box ticked)  1925 Silver Half crown NGC AU58 (AEF for me) Pics courtesy of their website just have to wait now for them to arrive should be about 7-10 days       |
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That florin is a real beauty!  The sixpence and half crown aren't bad either. Good catch! |
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Pics courtesy of their website just have to wait now for them to arrive should be about 7-10 days Looking good here. I hope they are even nicer in hand! |
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One I recently acquired. I really like this halfpenny as it features the church where my brother-in-law's late father was the rector and where he was married. I attended the wedding and it was my first trip to the United Kingdom. This particular token is in wonderful condition and has a provenance that is also top notch.  ex: F.S. Cokayne Collection, he purchased this one in a group of 28 other tokens (mostly Kempson Buildings) for 45 shillings on November 4, 1895 I have the ticket but it's not pictured. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Beautiful and sentimental! |
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Another recent addition to the Victorian bun head repertoire. An outstanding 1867 penny. Very lustrous indeed and very well struck.   |
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That's a beauty - and I think I know where you got it!  |
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Another recent addition to the Victorian bun head repertoire. An outstanding 1867 penny. Very lustrous indeed and very well struck. Wonderful! |
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Very smart 1867 kip Serious wonga when they are that nice. Forgot this was in the post. Nothing special but I can't help myself with Double Florins normal standard prob cleaned sometime in its past hairlines visible under magnification but its a very nice sharply struck coin. usually the veil is mushy Got to be all of EF Barmaids ruin 1887 .925 Silver Double Florin. Got it's notorious name because in those dimly lit taverns of jack the ripper era the barmaids mistook these for crowns and had to pay the difference back themselves.    |
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