Friday Update – 22 January 2021
Editorial
In the short time this website has been up and running I’ve featured a very wide range of detecting finds. Many thanks to everyone who has sent in their finds. It’s been great to hear from people who I have known for many years and also make new acquaintances. There are now 99 coins and artefacts in the Valuations Archive.
If you haven’t sent in any finds yet then have a look through your collections and pick out a few interesting items. They don’t have to be recent and they don’t have to be rare, all they need to be are coins and artefacts that you know from experience other detectorists would like to look at.
Tell your colleagues, too, that there is a new website specifically for detecting finds – plus articles, pre-and post-sale auction reviews, news, views, quizzes and much more. As yet there is not a single advert; if you want to see them then buy a detecting magazine, in which adverts make up half the content!
Valuations and Identifications
In this week’s edition there are 10 new valuations including my Find of the Week and Runner Up.
Find of the Week
Aethelred II Penny
Excessively rare combination of reign, mint and moneyer
Runner Up
Offa Penny
Extremely rare type with no faults
Finds with a story
Ancient British Gold Quarter Stater
Amazing story of how this coin was found
Auction Results
Some important and rare coins were auctioned this week with some strong price being achieved. This indicates that the market for coins at the moment is good, particularly at the top end.
Oliver Cromwell Pattern Broad sells for more than double the top estimate
Sir Rodney Sweetnam Collection of English Gold Coins
Jame II Five Guineas beats estimate
Henry III Gold Penny
As featured in Detecting in the News, sold in an auction in Texas for £526,000.
Detecting in the News
Detectorist’s unique coin auctioned
A detecting find that advances the study of local history and numismatics
Quick Quiz
Each week I will be publishing a Quick Quiz of typically 6 or 8 questions on a particular theme. This week, with the auction of some important gold coins, the quiz is on the legends found on gold coins.
Gold Coin Legends
Do you know what the legends on gold coins mean?
Previous Website Updates
You can find previous website updates in News
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Help with the next edition
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