I have a 1883 halfpenny with the words "Victoria Queen of Great Britain" cant find it on the net...why?
ps. Plain on the reverse side but stamped with small flowers.
Blimey Maybe, that's a Victorian "bouquet", they are extremely rare with the run curtailed by the Royal Mint after only a week in September 1883 due to a change in internal policy in the stamping office, therefore literally only 5,000 made and very few made it into circulation. One came up for auction in Sotherby's in New York in about 1997ish and went for a reported $500,000.
Half the mystery solved. It was common practise late nineteenth century for a man of lower income to rub down one side of a coin and stamp a design and his initials that he may give it to his girlfriend as a proposal of marriage. There are thousands about so no value, but the history of such a coin is priceless. Now to solve the odd wording.
Mystery solved. It's actually a gaming counter. The guy must have been on his uppers if he couldnt even give his girlfriend a proper coin of the realm.
Hi I am a coin dealer. The sites which are linked to above "coinwiki & waldercoins" belong to me. Do you have any pictures of the coin they would help a lot with shedding more light on the coin. Love Tokens like yours are as you say quite common but the better the quality of artwork or the more romantic the inscription or even poem the higher the value. They were often given to loved ones by military personnel who were on active service. The quality of artwork can be stunning as soldiers and sailors often had a lot of waiting around with nothing to do so making such things was a great way to pass time.
The fact that its a gaming counter could mean it was all the man could get his hands at the time he made it rather than being a lot he could have been a prisoner of war.
Don't worry if you don't have a camera a scanner can get great quality pictures of coins.
I have a coin ( well its the biggest coin I have ever seen its Atleast 5 inches in length) that seems to have something to do with ww1 it was given to me with my great grand fathers medals but I have no idea what it is as I can't find one that looks the same on the net I can see similar but not the same
I have a coin ( well its the biggest coin I have ever seen its Atleast 5 inches in length) that seems to have something to do with ww1 it was given to me with my great grand fathers medals but I have no idea what it is as I can't find one that looks the same on the net I can see similar but not the same
At 5 inches it can't be a coin. It's got to be a medal.
@nla it is probably a death plaque, was your ggrandfather or other relative killed in action if so it is probably a death plaque (also known as a dead mans penny i think)
or possibly a coin used for playing Shove ha'penny which used to be a popular pub game in years gone by. Would fit in with the 'gaming counter' explanation.
or possibly a coin used for playing Shove ha'penny which used to be a popular pub game in years gone by. Would fit in with the 'gaming counter' explanation.
Would have to be a rather large shove ha'penny board with 5" coins
or possibly a coin used for playing Shove ha'penny which used to be a popular pub game in years gone by. Would fit in with the 'gaming counter' explanation.
Would have to be a rather large shove ha'penny board with 5" coins
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http://www.waldercoins.co.uk/search.php?coinSearchString=victoria halfpenny's&orderBy=mostRelevant
http://www.coinwiki.co.uk/index.php?title=Half_Penny's_Victoria
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/80615/coin-halfpenny-queen-victoria-great-britain-1882
Charing Cross road shop if you work/live near London
http:/www.iamtalkingcompetebollocks.com/victoria-bouquet
you serious?
wanna explain why?
what's the going rate?
The fact that its a gaming counter could mean it was all the man could get his hands at the time he made it rather than being a lot he could have been a prisoner of war.
Don't worry if you don't have a camera a scanner can get great quality pictures of coins.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266967/Rare-200-year-old-half-cent-coin-discovered-matchbox-attic-clear-sells-Wiltshire-225-700.html
Just looks like a huge coin