Pontefract Beseiged Shilling

[tonyclayton]

Spink have an excellent example of this scarce coin for sale. An image is on my website at http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/c1/1s

Because the image is copyright you can view it there but not on here! (I have permission to use their images with due acknowledgement)

If you have £6,000+ to spare.....

[Figleaf]

That whole page is balm for the eye. It also shows the magnificent quality of the work of Briot. It is amazing that the conservative old guard could hold out so long against mechanization.

Peter

[BC Numismatics]

All of the English siege coins are extremely rare.There are also some pretty strange denominations,especially in the Newark & Scarborough coin issues.

Be very careful,as there are some extremely deceptive forgeries,especially of the Scarborough plate coins.

Aidan.

[Bimat]

Woww.. I would rather buy this coin for £6,000+ instead of 'wasting' £3000+ for the mule 20 Pence coin.(of course if I'm having that much money )

[Figleaf]

When I was young and innocent, Spink's was a bad dealer. They were the Franklin Mint of their time, having coins made for Indian states that hardly knew what happened to them (and sure enough, these are now listed as "coins"). Real coin collectors bought at Seaby's.

Decades later, Spink's was at St. James. People were friendly and helpful and I got some great looking coins whenever I passed and I knew all the staff.

Now Seaby's is long gone, Spink's is no longer in St. James and owned by Christie's and sells stuff for the super rich only. I passed by their new shop in London one day, had a quick look and decided I couldn't afford anything (and these days, my budget is bigger than it ever was). The shop attendants didn't bother to speak to me, which was just as well. That same day, I found some coins in the underground coin market near one of the larger stations. They cost less than a pound on average and made me happy.

Peter

[translateltd]

When I was young and innocent, Spink's was a bad dealer. They were the Franklin Mint of their time, having coins made for Indian states that hardly knew what happened to them (and sure enough, these are now listed as "coins").

Interesting - can you come up with a few examples?  Are you meaning things like the 1954 Geoffrey Hearn series of "Edward VIII" coin-like objects for various countries and territories and purporting to be from 1936-37?  I know Hearn was a dealer in his own right, but I seem to recall some other entity being involved in their production.

[Figleaf]

I never bothered to make notes. I believe the 1994 coins of Bikaner are an example. The 5 kori 2004 Kutch may be another; issues like Faridkot 1941 and Rewa 1975, there are probably more. Generally, they are machine struck, dated in the interbellum and scarce. They also made stamps for the feudal states.

BTW, Christie's no longer owns them. They are now property of an anonymous Singaporean investment firm.

Peter