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trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 02/24/2011 03:11 am Here's a couple of my favorite crowns, bit worn but I recon they are great Report this Post to the Staff

trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 02/24/2011 03:30 am The 1822 crown is smaller than the 1688 crown. Is this right? or have I bought a dudd? Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 02/24/2011 04:41 am they look pretty good to me: don't you wonder what a coin nearly two centuries old, and another more than three centuries, could tell us ? Here is what my favourite site for British coinage says about crowns. Usually it gives the details you seek, but this time it is absent ... http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/5s.html http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/fives.html elsewhere, he says this - 39.0 mm 28.3 g Five Shillings (or Crown) - dated before 1970 39.0 mm 30.0 g Early Five Shillings (or Crown) what weight & diameter are yours ? Peter in Darwin Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16851 Posts	Posted 02/24/2011 06:24 am The slightly smaller size of the 1822 doesn't worry me as much as the slightly yellowish colour that appears to be coming through on the obverse. It could be a silver-coated brass copy, which if cast would also explain the smaller size. It might just be a combination of the scanner and strange toning, too, so I'd suggest checking the weight on that one. The other thing to check is the edge inscription around the rim, asomething that forgers rarely tried to get exactly right. They should both read much the same on both coins: DECUS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI and then a number representing the regnal date; on the 1822 it should be SECVNDO or TERTIO, on the 1688/7 it should be QVARTO. 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
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 02/24/2011 10:11 am the old one wheghs in at28.7 g other newer one is 27.2 they both have stuff on the edge but I can't tell what it is. I'm 57 and my eyes arn't that good anymore. I just love the feel of these coins in my hand and the fact that they are that old. I would love to know what they have been used to buy in their lifetime Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 05:49 am I have the 1688 crown it's 38 mm and 29 g but the coin in perfect it's 30 g Report this Post to the Staff
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