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Ancient British gold stater valued for 50/50 agreement with landowner

I’ve known Roger Paul for roughly 20 years and here is one of his recent finds. Roger is lucky enough

The website has been up for not much longer that two months but I’ve already featured several Ancient British gold

Pennies of Edward I are amongst the hammered silver coins most frequently found by detectorists. Many types, varieties and mints

The shilling of Elisabeth I shown here is another find sent in by Paul Altabas. The mint mark of both

One of the most off-putting defects a coin can have is a piercing. Holes have been punched or drilled into

This is one coin from a group that was sent in by Paul Altabas. It’s a shilling of George III,

Over the years detectorists have dug up tens of thousands of voided short cross pennies and cut fractions. The price

This coin was unearthed by Stewart Beech, who said it had been located while he was detecting around Hull. Stewart

Over the years I’ve seen a number of gold coins of George I as detecting finds. The majority have had