Coin Stories
What are hammered coins?
History of Hammered CoinsHammered coins were struck from a blank piece of metal with a hammer, by hand, between two dies. The die contains an inverse version of the desired...
What are hammered coins?
History of Hammered CoinsHammered coins were struck from a blank piece of metal with a hammer, by hand, between two dies. The die contains an inverse version of the desired...
George I Silver & Burst Bubbles
George I ‘South Sea Company’ 1723 silver sixpence, with ‘SSC’ in the arms. A fascinating story of coinage issued at a time of incredible national debt, burst stock bubbles, and...
George I Silver & Burst Bubbles
George I ‘South Sea Company’ 1723 silver sixpence, with ‘SSC’ in the arms. A fascinating story of coinage issued at a time of incredible national debt, burst stock bubbles, and...
A tale of counterfeiting a counterfeiter's work...
This is one of the first non-hammered coins produced in England, meaning that it was not a blank piece of metal ‘hammered’ between two dies, but ‘milled’. The man behind...
A tale of counterfeiting a counterfeiter's work...
This is one of the first non-hammered coins produced in England, meaning that it was not a blank piece of metal ‘hammered’ between two dies, but ‘milled’. The man behind...
King Cnut Held By Hampshire Constabulary
Did you know that the Viking king Cnut was once handed into English police custody in the 1970s?! Well, sort of… On the 20th of September 1976 someone was out...
King Cnut Held By Hampshire Constabulary
Did you know that the Viking king Cnut was once handed into English police custody in the 1970s?! Well, sort of… On the 20th of September 1976 someone was out...
Henry VI's Calais Coinage
Did you know that this English silver coin… …was minted in France?…depicts someone who was king of England twice?…dates to the Hundred Years’ War (that actually lasted 116 years)?…features someone...
Henry VI's Calais Coinage
Did you know that this English silver coin… …was minted in France?…depicts someone who was king of England twice?…dates to the Hundred Years’ War (that actually lasted 116 years)?…features someone...