Went Shopping And Came Home With What? | French, British

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malissadawn Pillar of the Community Canada 1931 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 10:38 pm I went to try a different coin store today in my search for a new store closer to my new home. The store personally for me was not my style, but I bought stuff anyway. I went through a bag of british large pennies and came out with a couple things that are weird. Any opinion, identifications or comments are welcome and appreciated. COIN #1 COIN #2 Edited by Sap 08/30/2008 08:02 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 11:16 pm #1 Looks like a British fourpence, also known as a "groat" or "joey". #2 is French, from the Second Empire period (mid-1800's). I can't pic the date or denomination from the pic. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Edited by Sap 08/29/2008 12:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 08/29/2008 03:10 am Sap assumes the first coin is a small silver coin, but the design and legends don't fit for a groat. It'a a bronze coin, isn't it? Then it must be, depending on the size : 20 mm : farthing; 25 mm : halfpenny; 30.81 mm : penny On the second one I can read DI. for DIX CENTIMES, so it is a French 10 centimes with Napoleon III bare head, struck in Lyon (mint letter D)between 1853 and 1856. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 08/29/2008 03:56 am Quote: Sap assumes the first coin is a small silver coin, but the design and legends don't fit for a groat. Actually, it was the colour, and the milled edge more than anything else, which made me assume it was a silver coin; and the only British silver coin to to feature Britannia seated design was the groat. But you're quite right, bart, the design of both obverse and reverse are distinctly wrong for the groat. It's not a farthing; now that I know where to look, there's clearly the "..NY" of either HALF PENNY or ONE PENNY, above the ship on the reverse. Looks like some enterprising contemporary criminal has notched the edge, then plated it to make it look silvery; a silvered halfpenny might pass as a shilling, a silvered penny a florin or halfcrown. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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