More new coins on my website

[tonyclayton]

They are too numerous to mention, but a list is given on
http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/misc/new.html

One in particular worth looking at is the coin issued during the reign of Elizabeth I valued at two pence and a farthing (2¹₄d).  At the beginning of Elizabeth I's reign there was a severe problem with base silver coins from the reign of Edward VI.  Some were countermarked with a portcullis and valued at 4.5 pence, while even worse coins were countermarked with a greyhound indicating half the portcullis coins.  All such coins are rare as they were quickly gathered up and refined before recoining.

Now my problem was how to categorise this coin.  It is an Irish shilling of Edward VI, but was revalued at two pence farthing, which seems an awkward denomination to have a page all of its own.  I have compromised, and it can be seen in the page of Elizabeth I shillings at
http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/hamm/eliz/1s/index.html

Enjoy

By the way, to see all the coins for a particular denomination and monarch, it is best to select the Monarch first before selecting the denomination.  Some of the denomination pages are getting far too large.

[tonyclayton]

Even more have beem added (I shall have a rest now)

Most of the new images have come from a recent Spink sale.  The attached James I crown was particularly nice

Tony 

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I would categorize a counterstamped coin by the counter-stamp, not the host coin. In fact, I'd usually consider the host coin pretty irrelevant, unless the counter-stamp had been placed on a coin that should clearly not have received that particular counter-stamp.

Have you turned the corner from collecting coins to collecting illustrations of coins, Tony? Your gothic florin is in this class of drool-generating coins, but I take it most of your additions are from other people's coins. I have considered going that way, but found that I am too lazy to get right of use and too chaotic to remember, so I irritate people by repeat permissions, when they have already given me a blank check.

Peter

[tonyclayton]

It is rare for me to buy a coin nowadays, as most of my collecting cash goes on my collection of the stamps of Italy and its colonies.  I did buy an Edward VII halfpenny recently, my first UK coin purchase for many years, because the only example I had was so appalling!! I will sometimes buy a Canadian large cent or silver 5 cents if I find one that I haven't got, but I really drool over nice quality denarii of the Roman Republic; I am very fussy now and it has to be both unusual and in tolerably fine condition (and around when I have the funds to buy it!). However, my site does not show them as they are outside the site's remit.

So yes, I am collecting images.  Fortunately Jean Elsen and Spink are both happy for me to use images with appropriate acknowledgement, and I have never had a refusal from other dealers when I have asked for a specific image.  Jean Elsen and Spink sell coins well outside the range that I can afford, so I like to think that I can bring these items to a wider audience.

[tonyclayton]

A whole pile more have been added, with a stock of another 23 still to be processed!

Coins to drool over are the spur-ryals and rose-ryals of James I

http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/j1/15s/index.html
and
http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/j1/30s/index.html

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Those super-rare coins are fun to watch, of course, but I think the true value of your site is in patiently guiding novices about relative common coins. Novices are what will continue the hobby and they may be less inclined to buy a catalogue and far more inclined to use your web site. I am hoping that some of them will go on from there to here to be immersed in the wider aspects of coins: money, history, art and culture to name some.

Peter

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One in particular worth looking at is the coin issued during the reign of Elizabeth I valued at two pence and a farthing (2¹₄d).  At the beginning of Elizabeth I's reign there was a severe problem with base silver coins from the reign of Edward VI.  Some were countermarked with a portcullis and valued at 4.5 pence, while even worse coins were countermarked with a greyhound indicating half the portcullis coins.  All such coins are rare as they were quickly gathered up and refined before recoining.

Now my problem was how to categorise this coin.  It is an Irish shilling of Edward VI, but was revalued at two pence farthing, which seems an awkward denomination to have a page all of its own.  I have compromised, and it can be seen in the page of Elizabeth I shillings at

Obviously there must have been notifications printed and posted, but I ponder were they enough to insure that the majority of people then knew what the coins were currently tariffed at?  I know in Scotland broadsides were posted in conspicuous locations so that people were aware of recalls, revaluations etc.  That might have worked in cities and towns, but I wonder about rural villages, did they get the word too?

[tonyclayton]

I have passed a new milestone, with over 1500 images on my website at http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk

I still have quite a number to add, but some amazing coins have recently been added.  The usual link
http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/misc/new.html gives links to most of the recent additions.  These are for sale
by Spink in the not too distant future.

I particularly like the fine sovereigns such as this one of Mary I.

[tonyclayton]

I shall now have to spend time putting in links to these new additions on my history pages.  I have thought of putting in links on my value pages also, but first I will need to rejoin the sites under a single heading.  I had to split them when my ISP started restricting bandwidth - I was over the limit by a factor of three.  This is no longer a problem, I am glad to say.

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With coinarchives having shot themselves in the foot, wildwinds and your site are the only alternatives for the determination of pre-KM English coins. With every picture added, the site is gaining in utility. One more thing on my wish list: a list of texts on coins with their translations in English.

Peter

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One more thing on my wish list: a list of texts on coins with their translations in English.

Peter

The COIN Yearbook (UK) does (or did) just that - I'm away from the office so can't check the latest editions but I see that there is a 9-page section on "foreign" coin legends (including but not limited to Latin on English coins) in the 1994 edition that I picked up today.  I expect it will be re-printed from year to year.

There's also a handy book on expansions and translations of coin legends (but in German) that I picked up from Galata a few years ago - I'll dig out the title next week if anyone is interested.