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More often than not when you come across a group of 1927 florins up for sale, what's on offer is Australia's first commemorative florin (KM# 31), as opposed to KM# 27 - the regular circulation strike. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that on release, the two types were treated very differently by the … Continue reading Standard 1927… slabbed
Florin 1928 rev in VF20-25Florin 1928 obv in VF20-25 This appears to me as one of the unloved KGV Australian florins, which means it should be gettable in EF but I haven't actually seen any like that recently! Grading The coin in the photos comes up as being in solid Fine condition - VF20-25 on … Continue reading Raw Coin: Standard 1928 Australian florin in F
UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' + halogen UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' + halogen I’ve got an English Trade Dollar, a special issue made to facilitate trading in Asia around the late 19th century. It’s a beaut little coin which is in pretty good but … Continue reading New light source – 1898 UK Trade Dollar photos
UK Crown QV 1890 revUK Crown QV 1890 obv UK Crown QV 1890 Spink# 3921 It's not often that you find late 19th century silver coins that still form part of a country's currency today but this is one. According to numista (one of my favourite coin websites) this crown is still spendable within the … Continue reading 1890s silver still currency (!)
Let there be cash Far from calling wolf I feel a bit like the boy who called out the emperor for not wearing any clothes when I look around at the almost constant global flow of state sponsored largesse being splashed out just about willy nilly these days. Call me naive but it really is … Continue reading Show me the money…
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