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I guess I'll be placing the rest of my coins I have in this single topic My goal is to get at least one coin from every reigning King or Queen dating back to 1066 With King William I So it only seem right that I post up the first coin I found when I was digging a new garden in my back yard I Hays Castle Cross, Wales. This coin is heavily corroded (probably from being in the ground for a few too many years (3 centuries or so) It was this coin that gave me the idea of trying to get one each as stated above. Can anyone help me with a grade on this guy? He is very corroded, but does not seem to be worn down excessively from circulation So here is King George I of 1723 a ½ Penny copper coin.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I'm no expert at grading, but I would suggest UK "FAIR", which I think is about US 4.
Still, I hope I look that good after three centuries pushing up daisies.
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It must be an awesome feeling to dig up a 300 year old coin in your garden! Cool coin, looking forward to the others.
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It must be an awesome feeling to dig up a 300 year old coin in your garden! People in some parts of Britain can dig up Roman coins in their garden. Indeed, I have often wondered whether or not this ability - to dug up ancient and mediaeval coins on your own property while gardening - has had anything to do with the generally higher representation of women in coin collecting in Britain. Quote:
My goal is to get at least one coin from every reigning King or Queen dating back to 1066 With King William I This is among my goals as well; a one-from-each-monarch set isn't easy - some monarchs are next-to-impossible to obtain, for any money. I paid a small fortune for my King Stephen coin, and I bought it from a guy who knew a metal detectorist in Britain who'd found it decades ago and didn't really care about obtaining full market value for it. 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
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United States
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That's a very cool find!  Errers and Varietys.
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United Kingdom
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Yes, I would go along with "fair" on that farthing, but lovely thing to find in your garden.
The George I farthings 1719 to 1724 are fairly easy to get hold of, although the prices have gone up substantially in the las few years. 1717 is much trickier, and 1718 is described in the books as "unique", so you can leave that one off you bucket list!
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Thanks Folks I places it as a tentative 'Fair' grade too, but I'm terrible at grading.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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There is a parallel here between collecting the coins and collecting decent reference works on coins. Now I am retired I just collect the books, some of which can be as expensive as a decent coin or token. Book conditions could be graded just like the coins.
I have a couple of works by Fred Pridmore on British colonial coins which if they were coins would only rate "fair", but they are readable which is good enough for me. Buying them at VF or above would be prohibitive, assuming you could even find them in that state.
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United States
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yeah, it was a cool thing to 'dig up' in the garden.. It made me dig for a while longer - even though it didn't need the 'extra tilling of soil'.  |
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United States
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Very nice! Looking forward to seeing this set progress.  |
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United States
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here is a 1891 Queen Victoria 1 penny showing the 2nd Portrait   |
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United States
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and a 1899 Victoria showing her 3rd portrait used in her coinage.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice, Dearborn. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice Dearborn these are really cool coins .Bent
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United States
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1671 Charles II weighs 28.87 grams of silver and it 38.3 MM in diameter   |
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United States
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Beautiful examples! |
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Posted 02/20/2024 10:35 pm
