Coin appraisals

An Angel is a gold coin, first used in France (where it was also known as an Angelot and an Ange) in 1340, and introduced into England by Edward IV in 1465 as a new issue of the “noble” and so at first called the “angel-noble“. It varied in value between that period and the […]

The Coins of Somaliland have had a very short numismatic history so far. Six coins have been issued since the Republic of Somaliland, the unrecognized de facto state in northwest Somalia, declared itself an independent state in 1991.

There are nominally 100 Cents in one Somaliland shilling. The 1/- coin was struck at the Pobjoy […]

The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (or NGC) is a provider of third-party coin grading services to numismatists. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It is the official grading service of the American Numismatic Association.

Coin grading is a fee-based service in which a coin or medal is sent to an independent […]

The semuncia (Latin half-ounce) was an ancient Roman bronze coin valued at one-twenty-fourth of an as produced during the Roman Republic. It was made during the beginning of Roman cast bronze coinage as the lowest valued denomination. The most common obverse types were a bust of Mercury or an acorn (occasionally marked with Σ), and […]

In Coin collecting, brockage refers to a type of error coin in which a side of the coin has both the normal image and a mirror image of the opposite side impressed on it. This is caused by an already minted coin sticking to a die and impressing onto another coin. Brockage is […]

The five pence coin was introduced on Decimal Day, February 15, 1971 and reused the design on the shilling coin produced for the Irish Free State in 1928. Some shilling coins remained in circulation until the early 1990s, with the same nominal value as the five pence coin.

The five pence, introduced in 1971, was 5.65518 […]

The victoriatus was a silver coin issued during the Roman Republic from about 221 BC to 170 BC. The obverse of the coin featured the bust of Jupiter and the reverse featured Victory placing a wreath upon a trophy with the inscription “ROMA” in exergue.

The coin originally weighed about 3.4 grams (3 scruples), meaning that […]

Solidus can refer to:

Solidus (punctuation), the “/” or “⁄” punctuation character

solidus (chemistry), a concept in chemistry, materials science, and physics

solidus (coin), a coin used in Ancient Rome

Solidus Snake, a character in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

The Broad was a British coin worth 20 shillings (20/-) issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. It was a milled gold coin weighing 9.0–9.1 grams, with a diameter of 29 or 30 millimetres, designed by Thomas Simon (also called Symonds).

The obverse of the coin depicts the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell as a laureated […]

The quadrigatus was a medium-sized silver coin produced by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century BC. The obverse featured a young janiform bust and the reverse featured Victory driving a quadriga, giving the coin its name, with the inscription “ROMA” below.

The coin weighed about 6.8 grams (6 scruples), consistent with a didrachma. The coin […]