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Posted in Great Britain Coins
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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Posted in Great Britain Coins
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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Posted in Medallions
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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Posted in Australian Coins, Pre Decimal Coins
Australia 1964y 1/2d Rotated Double Strike Error Interesting 1964y half penny that has been struck twice in collar and rotated slightly between strikes. Date is obscured completely from the second strike but it can be made out from the remnants …
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Posted in Turkish Coins
Turkey 25 Kurush Full Obverse Brockage Error Interesting full obverse brockage error struck on a Turkish 25 Kurush gold (91.7%) coin KM#851. . The 25 kurush was struck by Turkey as a bullion coin for most of the 20th Century …
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Posted in Error Coins, Pre Decimal Coins
Struck multiple times in collar.
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Posted in Decimal Coins
1979 10c struck on 5c planchet – PCGS MS64 Lovely choice uncirculated 1979 10 cent that was struck in error on a 5 cent planchet. Apparently it was removed directly from a mint roll. Graded by PCGS as MS64. Coin …
Australia 1979 10 Cent Struck on 5 Cent Planchet Error Read More »
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Posted in Decimal Coins
1979 2 Cent Multiple Struck Error Interesting full red 1979 2 cent that was struck multiple times in the collar. Likely struck at least three times. You can read more about this specific error type here. Coin Information Reference Number: …
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Posted in Decimal Coins
1980 2 Cent – Large Straight Clipped PLanchet Impressive large straight clipped planchet error. US grading companies (PCGS and NGC) have been known to attribute this error type as “defective planchet”. Coin Information Reference Number: C031315 Country: Australia Denomination: 2c …
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Posted in Italian Coins
Italy 1918R 20c overstruck on 1894KB 20c KM#58 over struck on KM#28.1. Interesting series from 1918 to 1920 all overstruck on 1890’s 20 centesimos of various years. This one struck over a 1894KB 20 centesimo. KB mintmark of host coin …
Italy 1918R 20 Centesimo Overstruck on 1894KB 20 Centesimo Read More »