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Title: hammered for id please Post by: adt69 on April 09, 2014, 07:54:33 PM Hi all
Can anyone give me an I'd on this coin please. Al (http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o315/rawshooter/detecting%20finds/bd8bf26d-696d-4227-ae65-766a0b3cadb6_zpsfad9fee8.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/rawshooter/media/detecting%20finds/bd8bf26d-696d-4227-ae65-766a0b3cadb6_zpsfad9fee8.jpg.html) (http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o315/rawshooter/detecting%20finds/bd97e867-beb8-4b20-aebc-64828e82403f_zps015a1978.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/rawshooter/media/detecting%20finds/bd97e867-beb8-4b20-aebc-64828e82403f_zps015a1978.jpg.html) Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: matthewbullingham123 on April 09, 2014, 07:56:43 PM elizabeth 1st six pence
Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: Chef Geoff on April 09, 2014, 07:57:01 PM Charles I sixpence, was it a find? ;)
Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on April 09, 2014, 07:57:25 PM Charles 1st sixpence
Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: matthewbullingham123 on April 09, 2014, 07:57:33 PM was close ;)
Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on April 09, 2014, 08:03:05 PM Damn I'm 24 seconds slower than Chef
Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones on April 09, 2014, 08:04:24 PM thats a nice little find :) :)
Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: adt69 on April 10, 2014, 08:06:44 PM Can anyone tell me what mint this is from.
Al Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: The Doc on April 10, 2014, 08:09:52 PM Can anyone tell me what mint this is from. Al Tower (London) mint Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: adt69 on April 10, 2014, 08:24:45 PM Can anyone tell me what mint this is from. Al Tower (London) mint Al Title: Re: hammered for id please Post by: probono on April 11, 2014, 06:38:08 AM Well, you id it in the same way as pretty much any other coin - although looking in Spinks Coinage of England would be a start - lots of pictures in it for comparison.
In the case of this coin - aside from the portrait, size and material, the legend starts 'CAROLUS' so Charles, the VI behind the head indicates a sixpence. Can really see the initial (mint) mark to tie it down to a year (again the Spink book has the mint marks and years in it). For some coins it actually says the mint town it was made in. In this case it doesn't but the general style indicates it was the regular tower mint. |