Whilst doing a little research on British pattern coins and preparing for an auction item, I discovered one of these. Does anybody else have other examples from around the world?!
The following coin is a late 1820's pattern using an 1812 nine pence pattern token for the Obverse, and a 1825 farthing for the reverse. You can see the pattern token here
Do you count commemoratives? Because there would be pretty much of them. I believe I saw some Victoria in those island nations, and surely seen 3 emperors coins. Maybe some Romania commeorative gold have some old monarchs there too.
Quote: "Jarcek"Do you count commemoratives? Because there would be pretty much of them. I believe I saw some Victoria in those island nations, and surely seen 3 emperors coins. Maybe some Romania commeorative gold have some old monarchs there too.
I think then it would be very common xD When I made the thread, I was thinking more coins made with those dies, because new ones weren't desirable or available for whatever reason. Like a circulation or pattern coin being struck with that Monarch after their death. But at the end of the day, its up to every person to choose how to define it!
There are posthumous coinages made in the Roman era, usually recognizable to their DIVVS/DIVA lettering (with notable exceptions like the famous gold commemorative found by an Israeli hiker a few months ago, made much more later like modern commemos)
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Quote: "Jarcek"Do you count commemoratives? Because there would be pretty much of them. I believe I saw some Victoria in those island nations, and surely seen 3 emperors coins. Maybe some Romania commeorative gold have some old monarchs there too.
I think then it would be very common xD When I made the thread, I was thinking more coins made with those dies, because new ones weren't desirable or available for whatever reason. Like a circulation or pattern coin being struck with that Monarch after their death. But at the end of the day, its up to every person to choose how to define it!
In Spain, Franco coined in the 60s some gold coins with some late 1800 Alfonso XIII dies, only changing the little stars that reflect the coining date. Nobody really knows why, and the legend says that that gold came from the Nazi reserves through Switzerland banks.
