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Click image to enlarge KM#19 Coin Information Reference Number: C111611 Country: British West Africa Denomination: Penny Year: 1946 Grade: UNC

Click image to enlarge KM#19 Coin Information Reference Number: C111610 Country: British West Africa Denomination: Penny Year: 1945 Grade: CHOICE UNC

Click image to enlarge KM#18 Coin Information Reference Number: C111608 Country: British West Africa Denomination: Half Penny Year: 1949 Mint: King’s Norton Grade: UNC

Click image to enlarge KM#19 Coin Information Reference Number: C111609 Country: British West Africa Denomination: Penny Year: 1940 Grade: UNC

1947SA British West Africa Penny

1947SA British West Africa Penny Coin Information Reference Number: C011704 Country: British West Africa Denomination: 1d Year: 1947 Mint: South African Mint Grade: Gem PCGS Reference: 83661404

1947H British West Africa Penny

1947H British West Africa Penny Coin Information Reference Number: C111612 Country: British West Africa Denomination: 1d Year: 1947 Mint: Heaton Mint Grade: Gem PCGS Reference: 83661403

Fake 1928 Shilling

Fake 1928 Shilling Contemporary silver counterfeit, probably minted in China in the early 1930’s. An interesting forgery which is discussed in the 1950’s book “The Shadow”. Read the full story here. You can view another of these counterfeits here. Coin …

Australia 1928 Shilling Counterfeit Read More »

Click image to enlarge Catalogued by Dalton & Hamer as Middlesex DH456 and listed as a farthing. Probably not a Conder token though, but rather a token sold by Gilbert Pidcock who ran a menagerie that could be found at …

1801 Middlesex Farthing Pidcock’s Zoo Token D&H 456 PCGS AU55 Read More »

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Click image to enlarge Catalogued by Dalton & Hamer as Middlesex DH25 and listed as a penny. Probably not a Conder token though, but rather an admission token for a menagerie run by one Thomas Hall. Hall’s menagerie could be …

1795 Middlesex Penny T.Hall Zoo Token D&H 25 PCGS MS63BN Read More »

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Click image to enlarge Medal with suspension awarded by the Post Master General’s Department (South Australia) to employees who served in World War 1. Medal is bronze with a loop, measures 31mm in diameter and weighs 10.1 grams. Obverse: Depiction …

WW1 1914-1919 Post Master General’s Medal – E.H. Jennings Read More »

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