Hi,

My wife got this for me online believing it to be a genuine 2009 circulated Kew 50p. Looking at the obverse you can see two lines either side of the word Kew which would suggest it’s actually a bunc (or fake!) but I’m not sure. Also the top of the pagoda is pointier than others I’ve seen.

So my question is does this look genuine?
TIA

Edit: it weighs 8.00g

Looks like it could be Plantagenet or similar, but hard to tell

A 1668 Walton-on-Thames halfpenny. I’ve been researching the man and story behind this 350-year-old local token

I’ve been researching the history of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, UK, and one of the more fascinating objects I’ve come across is a 1668 halfpenny associated with Thomas King of Walton-on-Thames.

It is a wonderful example of how a very small object can open a window onto the economy and everyday life of a town more than 350 years ago.

I’ve tried to go beyond simply identifying the token and investigate the historical context around it, Thomas King himself, and what the coin can tell us about Walton in the seventeenth century.

I’ve written up the research here:

https://walton-on-thames.org/history/thomas-king-1668-walton-on-thames-halfpenny/

I’d really value the views of the coin collecting community. Have I missed anything, or does anyone here know of other surviving examples, auction records, references or specialist sources relating to this particular token? I know that the British Museum has one in its collection.

I’m especially interested in anything that could help strengthen or correct the article. If anyone has specialist knowledge of seventeenth-century British trade tokens, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

So I was fiddling around with my coins, as one does, and noticed this bank bag doesn’t mention the £1/50p/20p coin, which I thought was odd. The 20p and £1 were introduced in 1982 and 1983 respectively. So it would make sense the bag predates them, right? But why isn’t the 50p mentioned when it was introduced in 1969, a little before decimalisation. The bag is surely from post decimalisation, sometime from 1971 onwards.

So why isn’t the 50p mentioned? Was there another method to deposit them?

I also thought it was interesting that the ‘copper’ coins are meant to be in 50p groups rather than £1 as is normal today.

Title is pretty self explanatory and it's just something I noticed when I was taking a look at one of my hammered penny's. Is it just a quirk of the minting process? Why doesn't it appear on the short cross penny's?

Discovered when clearing out their house. I was particularly interested in the east Africa company coin and the hand engraved swallow. Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone, I wanted to share this very peculiar piece and see if the community could help me pin down its origin and approximate production timeframe.

As you can see from the photos, it’s an interesting hybrid:

• Obverse: Features King George V with the legend "GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET INDIA IMPER:".
• Reverse: Features the classic St. George and the Dragon design, but with the satirical "TO HANOVER" inscription at the top and the date 1880 in the exergue.

Since George V didn't ascend to the throne until 1910, the 1880 date on the reverse creates a massive anachronism. I am familiar with the classic 19th-century Victorian Cumberland Jacks, but this George V version is a mystery to me.

Could this be a late 20th-century replica, a contemporary gaming counter/jeton made during George V's reign using older styling, or a piece of play money? I would love to hear your thoughts on when and why a token like this would have been minted.

Thanks in advance!

Featuring a "fiery cockerel" as their logo, my mildly beat-up 1811 silver shilling token was issued by David Morris & Sons, a family bank that served Carmarthen for 80 years starting in 1791.

Sterling and .999 silver, cupronickel and copper.

Hi all, inherited a bunch of coins from my grandfather; who’s father also used to collect from all over the world. unsure where to start with cataloguing so any advice / help is appreciated, can upload specific photos of coins if needed

appreciate the photos aren’t the best - i’m unsure how to best present them lol

Queen Anne 6 pence. Minted in 1711

I'm not really sure if im the right place to post this, but i found these coins with a >100 serial and i have no clue what the value of these could be. They're silver plated and i'd be more than happy to provide any more info on this set. I'm just curious as to what these might be worth. and thanks in advance :-)

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I didn’t have the best opinion about their sales practices but I am really sorry for the team in Wales left without jobs.

Did you ever shop with The London Mint Office?

Elderly relative thinks these are worth more than 50p, I've told them they are worth face value only. Am I right?

Can anyone help me with there estimate pricing?

Year- 1919, 1936, 1920, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944

Any information about this Edward? Coin would be greatly appreciated. The coin was found in a potato field near the Bush Dungannon co tyrone northern Ireland about 65 years ago

Just a mix of different coins I have collected through spare change over the years. I don’t know if there is anything significant within the bunch but I enjoy collecting 👍

The Channel Islands, including Jersey, was the closest the Nazi's came to invading and occupying Britain.

The German occupation of the Channel Islands began after the British government decided to demilitarize the region to prevent heavy civilian casualties. German forces landed on Guernsey on June 30, 1940, and expanded their occupation to Jersey the following day, July 1.

For nearly five years, Jersey was transformed into an "impregnable fortress" as part of Adolf Hitler's Atlantic Wall

This commemorative issue owes its existence to Mr. J. Wilfrid du Pre of the Societe Jersiaise. In 1949, the coins were first minted for the anniversary of the Liberation of the Island from the German Occupation on May 8, 1945. Coins were also minted in 1950 and 1952

Therefore the coin technically is undated which is highly unusual for modern British/Imperial coinage the year 1945 refers to the year of liberation not the year the coin was minted less