Cold comfort

[robfinds]

Was very cold this aft. thought my toes and fingers were going to drop off !. These are the finds, a Elizabeth 1 penny, a lead token and a poor condition Roman silver.

HH robert.

 

[robfinds]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

 

[romeo-1]

Even poor condition roman silver is still pretty awesome!

 

[shaun7]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

 

[CRUSADER]

The roman silver looks fire damaged like the last one I got. Still need 1 more hammered this year to beat last year but can't manage it. I need to swap hunting grounds. lol

 

[cntrydncr1]

I love seeing those silvers! congratulations

 

[robfinds]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

 

[allen]

congrats on some really nice looking finds...

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice finds Rob, congrats! My Lizzie is in very nice condition however, the obverse of Lizzie is also a little weak. HH, Mike

 

[CRUSADER]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

 

[shaun7]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

 

[Silver Searcher]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

They used two dies Shaun one with the portrait on,and one with the reverse ,lay-ed a round disc of Silver in beetween and struck them with a hammer hence hammered coins nice finds Rob get much snow today

 

[shaun7]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

They used two dies Shaun one with the portrait on,and one with the reverse ,lay-ed a round disc of Silver in beetween and struck them with a hammer hence hammered coins nice finds Rob get much snow today

thanks, but some of the hammered coins i see posted seem to have a really heavy relief maybe the lizzies are just thinner?

 

[Silver Searcher]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

They used two dies Shaun one with the portrait on,and one with the reverse ,lay-ed a round disc of Silver in beetween and struck them with a hammer hence hammered coins nice finds Rob get much snow today

thanks, but some of the hammered coins i see posted seem to have a really heavy relief maybe the lizzies are just thinner?

Lizzies are notorious for being poor in quality that's why good ones make good money, her farther Henryv111 also produced poor coinage his coins were so debased he got the knickname old copper nose,as this was usually the place were the copper peered through

 

[shaun7]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

They used two dies Shaun one with the portrait on,and one with the reverse ,lay-ed a round disc of Silver in beetween and struck them with a hammer hence hammered coins nice finds Rob get much snow today

thanks, but some of the hammered coins i see posted seem to have a really heavy relief maybe the lizzies are just thinner?

Lizzies are notorious for being poor in quality that's why good ones make good money, her farther Henryv111 also produced poor coinage his coins were so debased he got the knickname old copper nose,as this was usually the place were the copper peered through

ohhh! is that what all the black areas are on the high points of my coin are? copper content showing through?

 

[Silver Searcher]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

They used two dies Shaun one with the portrait on,and one with the reverse ,lay-ed a round disc of Silver in beetween and struck them with a hammer hence hammered coins nice finds Rob get much snow today

thanks, but some of the hammered coins i see posted seem to have a really heavy relief maybe the lizzies are just thinner?

Lizzies are notorious for being poor in quality that's why good ones make good money, her farther Henryv111 also produced poor coinage his coins were so debased he got the knickname old copper nose,as this was usually the place were the copper peered through

ohhh! is that what all the black areas are on the high points of my coin are? copper content showing through?

No that's just the colour Silver goes in the ground, some times they come out the ground completely black , if it was copper it would be green.

 

[robfinds]

I like the old silver glow of that hammered penny. That is a nice sight.

yes the shield side is nice, but as usual with lizzie coins the head side is weak.

why is that my one is similar!

Don't know Shaun, iv'e got a few with nice portraits but the majority are very weakly stuck.

I don't know either but most of the portraits are weak. Its just the norm, but probably is a good reason

these coins are so thin, how did they manage to hammer an image on both sides in the first place?

is that a really stupid question? i'm good at them

They used two dies Shaun one with the portrait on,and one with the reverse ,lay-ed a round disc of Silver in beetween and struck them with a hammer hence hammered coins nice finds Rob get much snow today

thanks, but some of the hammered coins i see posted seem to have a really heavy relief maybe the lizzies are just thinner?

Lizzies are notorious for being poor in quality that's why good ones make good money, her farther Henryv111 also produced poor coinage his coins were so debased he got the knickname old copper nose,as this was usually the place were the copper peered through

got some henry V111 debased silver and you can see the copper comming through.

 

[kdismuke1]

 

[woody50]

Rob, nice finds, the Elizabeth is very good. How many do you find without the portrait! Shaun, hope you understand now about hammered coins, I thought you were an expert in them!

 

[shaun7]

Rob, nice finds, the Elizabeth is very good. How many do you find without the portrait! Shaun, hope you understand now about hammered coins, I thought you were an expert in them!

i've only ever found one! 19th century copper is more my field