11 May 2018, 7:49 pm
Domed indeed:
There are plenty of ancient coins that are scyphate (bowl-shaped), but none that are domed as far as I know.
17 May 2018, 9:30 pm
09 Jun 2018, 8:12 pm
Here's an interesting series: a whole collection of commemorative medals from the US Mint recognizing the American Indian "code talkers" of WWII. A number of different tribes are represented; here's one:
https://catalog.usmint.gov/medals/code-talkers/
09 Jun 2018, 8:42 pm
09 Jun 2018, 9:55 pm
Original version (ca. 350 BC):
10 Jun 2018, 9:22 pm
10 Jun 2018, 9:38 pm
Bitcoin.
10 Jun 2018, 10:09 pm
Bitcoin.
The only bit coin I ever got my hands on was a chocolate coin
10 Jul 2018, 12:56 pm
French UFO coin from 1680. The truth is out there. 
04 Sep 2018, 2:09 pm
Nothing beats an original but I do like the enamel
Why is it George IIII instead of George IV. Have looked it up and this is the double sovereign. The sovereign
has George IV and the half sovereign has George IIII. I will investigate further.
04 Sep 2018, 5:58 pm
^ That's a George IV Crown (5 Shillings), made of sterling silver (92.5% purity). They were only minted in 1821 and 1822.
Double Sovereigns were only minted in 1823/4/5/6, mostly as proofs, and only with the 'bare head' obverse (the coin illustrated in Save Ferris's post has the 'laurel head'). Earlier sovereigns and half sovereigns were minted with the laurel head, later ones with the bare head. The former tended to have 'Georgius IIII', the latter 'Georgius IV'. Not sure why this was.
Later George IV gold sovereign (1827) with bare head obverse and crowned shield reverse.
05 Sep 2018, 12:47 pm
05 Sep 2018, 1:07 pm
I've read that George IV didn't like the actual portrait on the earlier coins, so it was changed for a more 'dignified' looking one. I think the point in question here though was the change from IIII to IV to denote 'Fourth'. Is there any evidence that old Prinny (as he was known) had any views on that?
By the way, I was a bit shocked to see the 1822 Crown here being offered for sale at £93. It's actually a very poor example, and is worth no more than about £30. 
05 Sep 2018, 3:52 pm
05 Sep 2018, 3:54 pm
By the way, I was a bit shocked to see the 1822 Crown here being offered for sale at £93. It's actually a very poor example, and is worth no more than about £30.
I may have my facts confused but I was pretty sure he was not a fan of "IIII" denoting 4 , my books are in storage but I will look it up when I can.
As for the 1822 Crown , it is not in stock , in my experience items not in stock always have the prices bumped for some reason ( some sort of retailer psychological mind game ? )
05 Sep 2018, 4:02 pm
I'd always heard that the IIII was used to visually balance the heavy VIII on the opposite side, but that may be entirely a myth.
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