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Title: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on March 01, 2013, 08:57:03 PM thought it was but now have my doubts....
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: handyman [Alan} on March 01, 2013, 09:40:34 PM interesting date .. is it 1573 or 1578 ..... it wasn;'t uncommon for the minters to use the same die in reverse to create another date.
personally i'd send the image to peter spencer at the searcher on coinidman@yahoo.co.uk and ask him for his view on the coin and the potential value. a nice find indeed. Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on March 01, 2013, 09:50:01 PM Thanks Alan. I will take better pics tomorrow in daylight and send him an email. It's 157? something. Just got confused by the triangle and circle after the 7
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: handyman [Alan} on March 01, 2013, 09:52:40 PM yep .. me too [a bit] ..... looks like a number 3 joined with its reverse.
i think you have an interesting coin there. send peter the email Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: probono on March 01, 2013, 10:38:30 PM You haven't said how big it is, so there's a few things it could be.
mint mark is greek cross - of unsurprisingly 1578 - I think the bottom of the 8 is from a blocked die, hence the 'blob' Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: The Doc on March 01, 2013, 10:42:17 PM The figure 8 often looks like that on these. As probono stated, we'll need to know the size to confirm which denomination it is.
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on March 01, 2013, 11:01:10 PM Sorry it's 20cm
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: dances with badgers on March 02, 2013, 08:49:26 AM too large mate :o
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on March 02, 2013, 09:11:56 AM No i think the threepence is 20mm as from what i've seen on the net
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=34680 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=34680) Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: dances with badgers on March 02, 2013, 09:20:58 AM i stand erected weldone mate :o
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: The Doc on March 02, 2013, 05:35:09 PM Yes it's a threepence. Got there in the end...
Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on March 02, 2013, 07:48:53 PM Yes it's a threepence. Got there in the end... Thanks Peter Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: probono on March 02, 2013, 09:26:00 PM If you get a copy of Spink Coins of England - as long as it is one from the last decade or so, then the coin images in it are life-size - I sometimes put any coin I find over the images to match them up.
I still find it amazing that a 1p is 20mm you'd have never have thought it unless you measured it :D Title: Re: Is it a lizzy threepence ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on March 03, 2013, 09:20:34 AM I do have the spinks 2013 book but I find it still confusing at times so I like a 2nd opinion ;D :D
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