Month: June 2024

2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Clad Half Dollar Proof Colorized Reverse USMint 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Half Dollar – Colorised (2020S) - 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 60th Anniversary Commemorative coin. This is the Proof Half Dollar with colorised reverse.
2022 One Tenth Oz Britannia Platinum Reverse 2022 1/10th Oz Britannia Platinum – Bullion - One-tenth ounce coins gives a lower-cost entry into platinum coin investment. Platinum is a rare metal and in constant demand.
2024 Waterloo Medal Allied Leaders 2oz Silver Proof Reverse 2024 Waterloo Medal Allied Leaders – 2oz Silver Proof £5 – Charles III - Benedetto Pistrucci’s Waterloo Medal is considered one of his finest works and is part of the Royal Mint's Great Engravers Collection.
2013 Sovereign Proof Reverse 2013 Gold Sovereign Proof - Benedetto Pistrucci's famous portrayal of St. George slaying the dragon is depicted on the reverse of the coin. Obverse is Queen Elizabeth II's fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley.
1929 Halfcrown Reverse 1929 Halfcrown - The Reverse shows a quartered shield of arms with crowned royal cyphers each side by George Kruger Gray.
37AD 38AD Dupondius Gaius Caligula Obverse 37AD-38AD Dupondius – Gaius (Caligula) - Obverse shows Julius Nero and Julius Drusus on horseback galloping to the right. They were two brothers of Gaius and were recognized as heirs to the emperor Tiberius.
1562 Sixpence Elizabeth I SCBC 2595 Reverse 1562 Sixpence – Elizabeth I (SCBC 2595) - Milled silver Sixpence. Minted in 1562 at the Tower Mint, London (mint mark is a star). Reverse is a Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. SCBC 2597.
1779 Guinea Reverse 1779 Guinea – George III - The 1779 guinea is made of 22 carat gold, and weighs 8.4 grams. 9/7 overdates do exist but are rare. Legend is "M. B. F. ET. H. REX. FD. B. ET. L. D. S. R.I A T. ET. E 1779"
1911 Sovereign Reverse 1911 Gold Sovereign London - The first Gold Sovereign of King George V saw a massive mintage of over 30 million coins. No letter above the date indicates the sovereign was produced in London.
1745 Shilling George II LIMA Obverse 1745 Shilling – George II LIMA - Below the bust is 'LIMA'. This indicates the metal came from captured Spanish ships off the coast of the Peruvian city of Lima.