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  • Unrecorded White Metal 18th Century Tokens? – Gary Oddie October 19, 2021
  • The Curious Case of Pillam FitzErembald – Igor Koturbash October 18, 2021
  • Coins and Medallions of Lady Jane Grey – Gary Oddie October 18, 2021
  • A Pattern for King John’s Irish Coinage – Glen Gittoes October 18, 2021
  • Cartouche Countermarks Revisited – Gary Oddie October 17, 2021
  • A New Bust Type for James I Shillings – Gary Oddie October 16, 2021
  • An Overlooked Series of English Card Tickets c.1811 – Gary Oddie October 10, 2021
  • Counterfeit Shillings of George III 1816-1820 (iv) A Contemporary Mould Revisited – Gary Oddie October 9, 2021
  • The Treason Act – 17 July 1649 – Gary Oddie October 8, 2021
  • Some recent discoveries of Henry III Class 5g Long Cross Pennies for John of Burnedisse (IOhS/ION) of Bury St Edmunds – Bob Thomas October 5, 2021
  • St. Kitts Cut and Countermarked Coins: A Re-examination – K.V. Eckardt October 5, 2021
  • Henry III Class 7 Pennies – Part 5, Dies of Phelip of London – Addendum – Robert Page October 2, 2021
  • Counterfeit Shillings of George III 1816-1820 (iii) Metallurgy – Gary Oddie October 1, 2021
  • The Coinage Trials of 1651 ‑ The Third Side of the Coin – Gary Oddie September 30, 2021
  • Will Bassett of Cambridge/Cowbridge – The Last Piece of the Jigsaw – Gary Oddie September 29, 2021
  • Victorian Gothic Florins: A Question – Joseph Short September 28, 2021
  • Henry III (Posthumous) Class 7 Pennies – Part 6:  The Ecclesiastical Mints – Robert Page September 22, 2021
  • Note on the 1,916 Bury St Edmunds class 6 coins from the 1969 Colchester Hoard – Bob Thomas September 22, 2021
  • Counterfeit Shillings of George III 1816-1820 (ii) The Observed Metals – Gary Oddie September 20, 2021
  • Fishy Tales from King’s Lynn – Gary Oddie September 19, 2021
  • Modern Edward VI Fine Shilling Copies (ii) Postscript – Gary Oddie September 18, 2021
  • Counterfeit Shillings of George III 1816-1820 Part (i) Reference Collection and Statistics – Gary Oddie September 5, 2021
  • An Act Touching the Moneys & Coyns of England – 17 July 1649 – Gary Oddie September 4, 2021
  • West Caicos Sisal Company Tokens – Gary Oddie September 3, 2021
  • Henry III Long Cross Pennies – An Analysis of Class 2a and the Identification of Two Previously Unidentified Subgroups – Ian Heavisides August 28, 2021
  • Contemporary Counterfeit Shillings of the Commonwealth 1649-1660 – Gary Oddie August 13, 2021
  • Willam Hebbs of Woburn, Bedfordshire – Gary Oddie August 8, 2021
  • John the Blind – New example for Arlon Mint – Simon Hall August 8, 2021
  • Die Sinkers Signatures on the Long Cross Coinage of Henry III (Update) August 7, 2021
  • An Unusual James I Shilling – Gary Oddie August 7, 2021
  • A 1658/7/6 Commonwealth Shilling – Gary Oddie August 6, 2021
  • Numismatics and the Fortsas Library Sale of 1840 – Gary Oddie July 6, 2021
  • New and Unusual Hairdressers’ Tokens – Gary Oddie July 4, 2021
  • The Holdens: a Family of Utterers and Coiners in Nineteenth Century Lancashire – Stephen Minnitt June 25, 2021
  • Prince Louis Penny of London – Josh Catermole June 24, 2021
  • Henry Cotton, Dean of Lismore, Coin Collector – Hugh Pagan June 24, 2021
  • The ‘ED PERTH’ mint signature on the coins of Robert II – David Rampling June 24, 2021
  • Die Sinkers Signatures on the Long Cross Coinage of Henry III – Ian Heavisides June 13, 2021
  • An Unusual Ballindalloch Countermark – Eric C. Hodge June 9, 2021
  • An Early Reference to A Caroli Fortuna Resurgam Scarborough Siege Piece – Hugh Pagan June 6, 2021
  • Henry III (Posthumous) Class 7 Pennies – Part 5, Phelip of London, Die Illustrations -Robert Page June 5, 2021
  • BNS Video: The last golden age of British Numismatics; Reflections from the Stewartby Archive of English numismatic papers – Dr. William Day June 2, 2021
  • Henry III (Posthumous) Class 7 Pennies from the London Mint – Part 4: Phelip – Rob Page May 31, 2021
  • Home Rule for Wales and Scotland – Unusual Overprint – Gary Oddie May 27, 2021
  • A Paranumismatic History of Wood Saws – Gary Oddie May 21, 2021
  • Contemporary Counterfeits of Durham House Shillings of Edward VI – Gary Oddie May 18, 2021
  • Poor Quality Control at Kempson’s Manufactory? – Denis Martin May 16, 2021
  • Admiral George Brydges Rodney – (iv) Success to The Lord Rodney – Gary Oddie May 14, 2021
  • Admiral George Brydges Rodney (iii) Contemporary Medals etc – Gary Oddie May 13, 2021
  • Admiral George Brydges Rodney (ii) Later Tokens and a Coin – Gary Oddie May 12, 2021
  • Charles I – The coinage of Newark,1645-46 – Alan Worby May 11, 2021
  • Admiral George Brydges Rodney (i) History and Contemporary Tokens – Gary Oddie May 11, 2021
  • Crisis in the Eastern Channel: the transformation in Iron Age/Celtic coinage wrought by Cæsar – David Swan May 1, 2021
  • A Commonwealth Bronze Mortar design inspired by the Domestic Coinage – Graham Birch April 28, 2021
  • An Unrecorded Penny Variant of the Drogheda Mint, from the Second Cross & Pellets Coinage of Edward IV, 1470-3 – Oisín Mac Conamhna April 27, 2021
  • An Undated James I Sixpence – J. Davidson April 25, 2021
  • New Short Cross Class 1a dies for Turkil of York – Robert Page & Glenn P. Gittoes April 19, 2021
  • A Waterford Penny of Richard III (1483-85) – Oisín Mac Conamhna, Robert Page & Alan Smith April 17, 2021
  • The Numismatic Ancestors of Francis Cokayne – Gary Oddie April 5, 2021
  • Two ‘New’ Varieties of Edward III Pre-Treaty Series Pennies – Duncan Russell April 3, 2021
  • Atypical single-cross sterlings of Alexander III – David Rampling March 29, 2021
  • Vagaries and constants of epigraphy and design in the single-cross sterlings of Alexander III – David Rampling March 29, 2021
  • The classification of single-cross sterlings of Alexander III – David Rampling March 29, 2021
  • Mints and Moneyers of the Expanding Cross type of Edward the Confessor – Hugh Pagan March 27, 2021
  • A New Type of Shovel Board Shilling – Gary Oddie March 24, 2021
  • A Richard II Early Type IB Penny from York – Duncan Russell March 20, 2021
  • The Case of John Orme – Gary Oddie March 20, 2021
  • A Modern Copy of an Edward VI Fine Shilling – Philip Mernick and Gary Oddie March 14, 2021
  • The Publications of Thomas Violet – Gary Oddie March 14, 2021
  • Edward III 4th Coinage Pre-Treaty Period Series Gb / Gf Mule Penny, London Mint – Duncan Russell March 13, 2021
  • An Unlisted ‘Irish’ Medieval Jetton – A. G. Bliss February 28, 2021
  • A Guide for Identifying Some Variants of the Crux Penny of Æthelred II – W.M.D. Castle February 27, 2021
  • Counterfeit Round Pound Coins (v) Loose Ends – Gary Oddie February 24, 2021
  • Some Observations on the Class 6a2 Pennies of Edward I – Denis Martin February 18, 2021
  • A New Henry III Long Cross Coin of Robert from the London Mint – M. Shott February 15, 2021
  • The Banknotes issued by J. Wilkinson of Ipswich in 1796-7 – Gary Oddie February 10, 2021
  • Some Insights into Medieval Die Production and Die Life – Part 2 – Die cutting – Dave Greenhalgh January 31, 2021
  • Counterfeit Round Pound Coins (iv) More Unusual Issues – Gary Oddie January 30, 2021
  • Counterfeit Round Pound Coins (iii) Brass Issues – G. Oddie January 29, 2021
  • Counterfeit Round Pound Coins (ii) Unusual Issues – G. Oddie January 28, 2021
  • Counterfeit Round Pound Coins (i) Lead Alloy Issues – G. Oddie January 27, 2021
  • Some Insights into Medieval Die Production and Die Life – Part 1 – D.I. Greenhalgh January 26, 2021
  • New Dies for Elizabeth I 1573 Acorn Initial Mark Threepence’s – Dave Greenhalgh January 20, 2021
  • A Peculiar Series of Reverse Die Cutting Errors or Privy Marking of Edward I Class 1c Pennies January 16, 2021
  • Jamaica ‘Type X’ Countermark – A Modern Fake – K. V. Eckardt January 13, 2021
  • Edward III Pennies of York with Saltire-in-Quatrefoil Reverse – Mike Cuddeford January 9, 2021
  • The ‘Crown’ Quartered Series B Groat – A False Start to Edward III’s Fourth Coinage? – Duncan Russell January 8, 2021
  • Caveat Emptor – Even with Slabbed Coins – By K. V. Eckardt January 7, 2021
  • Some Dangerous Modern Forgeries of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Pence – A.G. Bliss January 2, 2021
  • Caveat Emptor II: Modern Forgeries of Richard II – D. I. Greenhalgh January 2, 2021
  • Caveat Emptor: Some Modern Fakes of Henry III Long Cross Pennies – Rob Page January 1, 2021
  • The Coinage of Caratacus – Mike Cuddeford December 27, 2020
  • Iconic Sceats – Tony Abramson December 26, 2020
  • Henry III (Posthumous) Class 7 Pennies, Part 3 – The Dies of Renaud of London – Robert Page December 22, 2020
  • The Medals of Abraham Abramson – Tony Abramson December 18, 2020
  • Numismatic Material of Beonna’s Interlace Type – Tony Abramson December 14, 2020
  • A vital clue in establishing Northumbrian chronology for early pennies – Tony Abramson December 13, 2020
  • Tumbledown Dick or Richard IV? – The Story Behind the Coin – Barry Lord December 8, 2020
  • Iron Age Coinage in Essex – Mike Cuddeford December 4, 2020
  • A Search into Rarity (2) – The Testoons of Henry VII – Gary Oddie, David Holt and Colin Pitchfork December 2, 2020
  • The Coinage of Henry VII – Mike Cuddeford November 29, 2020
  • Ring Money – Fact or Fiction? November 28, 2020
  • The Spatial Distribution of Coins within the Plough Zone Horizon – Mike Cuddeford November 16, 2020
  • A further legend variant for Edward III Treaty Period Halfpence – Duncan Russell November 16, 2020
  • A new legend variant for Edward III Treaty Period halfpence – D.I Greenhalgh November 14, 2020
  • Henry III Long Cross – The Subdivision of Class 3d – Ian Heavisides & Rob Page October 31, 2020
  • Identifying Die Duplicates – Ian Heavisides October 30, 2020
  • Two Contemporary Notices of Counterfeiting – Gary Oddie October 21, 2020
  • A Mint Error Conundrum – D. I. Greenhalgh October 20, 2020
  • A New Legend Reading for Edward III Florin Coinage Halfpence – D. Greenhalgh October 13, 2020
  • An Unusual Counterfeit Base Shilling of Edward VI – Gary Oddie October 9, 2020
  • New Dies for the Moneyer Odo at Bury St Edmunds – A.G. Bliss October 4, 2020
  • A Second Specimen of the Early Class 7 Coin of Renavd of London as reported in this Blog, October 2018 – Bob Thomas October 2, 2020
  • The Rise of The Standard Catalogue – Gary Oddie September 30, 2020
  • The George III 1818 8 over 7 Half Sovereign – An often mis-identified rarity. Graham Warboys. September 29, 2020
  • Charles I Shillings of the York Mint (ii) Counterfeits – Gary Oddie September 18, 2020
  • Henry III (Posthumous), Class 7 Pennies from the London Mint, Part Two – Moneyer Renaud – Robert Page September 17, 2020
  • Harry Manville and BNJ and NC Offprints – Hugh Pagan September 15, 2020
  • The Lombardic n in York pennies of Edward I Class 3f – Denis Martin September 2, 2020
  • Henry III (Posthumous), Class 7 Pennies from the London Mint – Rob Page August 30, 2020
  • Charles I Shillings of the York Mint (i) Official Issues – Gary Oddie August 21, 2020
  • Britain’s Deplorable Coinage – Not Fit For Purpose – Graham Birch. August 15, 2020
  • A new farthing reverse die for David II of Scotland’s first issue – Carl Savage August 7, 2020
  • A New Variety of Light Coinage Henry IV Halfpenny – Alex Bliss August 4, 2020
  • A New Obverse Variety of Henry V Halfpenny for Withers Type 9 – Alex Bliss August 2, 2020
  • Bedwyn to (or from?) Watchet: A Remarkable Instance of Die Alteration on a Penny of Edward the Confessor – David Guest, With comments by Stewart Lyon July 23, 2020
  • Coin Hoards July 23, 2020
  • Laurie Asher Lawrence and his First Collection, Part II: The manuscript Catalogue – Hugh Pagan July 22, 2020
  • Laurie Asher Lawrence and his First Collection, Part I: Professional Life, Playing Cards, Family, Houses – Hugh Pagan July 15, 2020
  • A Notice of Counterfeiting and Punishment from 1653 – Gary Oddie July 9, 2020
  • Exchange of dies between London and Canterbury in the 1290’s – Denis Martin July 8, 2020
  • Celtic coins published by John White – David Rampling June 24, 2020
  • British Coins and their links to the West African slave trade – Graham Birch June 23, 2020
  • Elias Neel Jersey Bank Token of 1812 – Hugh Pagan June 8, 2020
  • An Interesting Re-cut Penny Reverse Die for Early Edward II – D. I. Greenhalgh May 27, 2020
  • An Interesting “Fine Work” Shilling of Charles 1? – David Holt May 26, 2020
  • Manville Type 115. Is it Genuine or Fake? – Tom Ward and Eric C. Hodge May 24, 2020
  • King John’s Pellets: Die-cutter Signatures? – Robert Page May 16, 2020
  • The Laxfield Hoard: Some puzzles explained but not yet resolved – Hugh Pagan May 12, 2020
  • Henry III – Long Cross Penny – A Challenging Piece – A striker’s foible or just an undetected error? – Ian M. Heavisides and Robert Page May 11, 2020
  • Correction of an Ownership Misconception – Tom Ward & Eric C. Hodge April 16, 2020
  • A new Crockard type for John of Avesnes – Glenn Schaap & Denis Martin April 5, 2020
  • A Newly Discovered Cut Halfpenny Struck for Henry of Anjou, and some Observations on Die Variants for Mack’s type 253 – A.G. Bliss April 5, 2020
  • A New Reverse Type for Edward III Reading Halfpenny – D.I. Greenhalgh April 3, 2020
  • The 1943 East Africa Shilling – Gary Oddie April 1, 2020
  • Two Unusual Counterfeit Victorian Shillings – Gary Oddie March 29, 2020
  • A new variant of late Henry VI halfpenny – D.I. Greenhalgh. March 25, 2020
  • A Mid-Nineteenth Century Hoard of Counterfeit Silver Coins – Gary Oddie March 24, 2020
  • Henry III Long Cross Pennies – Analysis of the Use of the Letter “H” for an “N” – Robert Page March 23, 2020
  • Dies for a Fantasy Bristol Public Free Libraries Token – Gary Oddie March 18, 2020

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