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Great Britain Penny 1851 obverse Great Britain Penny 1851 reverse Far, far away From the perspective of England during the age of sail, the far colonies is an apt description of those settlements established in the Great South Land of the roughly late 1700s – early 1800s. After all, New South Wales and Van Diemen's … Continue reading Coins of Early Australia – British ‘Far Colonies’ Penny 1851
Following up on the previous post, here we have photos showing examples from the 1800s, early 1900s and a WWII era quarter for the KGVI head. The Indian rupee is a coin type with many varieties and if you're interested in those I can recommend chiefacoins.com – lots of photos and all the gory details! … Continue reading Rupees – British India 19th & 20th century
UK Halfcrowns, Crown and a ShillingUK Halfcrown QV 'Old Veiled Bust' 1900 Spink# 3938UK Crown QV 'Jubilee Bust' 1890 Spink# 3921UK Halfcrown QV 'Young Head' 1845 Spink# 3888UK Shilling QV 'Young Head' 1873 Spink# 3906A UK Halfcrowns, Crown and a Shilling UK Halfcrown QV 'Old Veiled Bust' 1900 Spink# 3938 Halfcrown 1900 obv Halfcrown 1900 … Continue reading Images of Victoria in Australia
1887 Arabic 1 vs Roman I in date1887 Double Florin obv Date Varieties Following up on this earlier post, today we checkout the difference in the dates between the two coins. The two types are respectively, 'Roman 1 in date', or, 'Arabic 1 in date'! Another variety... There's also an 'inverted 1 for I in … Continue reading 1887 Double Florin
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 (!)
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