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Leaving the round milled coins of Europe behind, we travel East to the isolationist world of Edo-period Japan. For the Western collector, Japanese coinage from the 19th century…
My journey backwards through time has landed in the 17th Century, specifically the Restoration period of Charles II. This coin represents the “Genesis” of my copper collection. Before this…
Continuing the journey backwards through time, my collection reaches the reign of George II. This coin represents a significant leap in age compared to the Victorian and William…
Stepping back from the Victorian era, my collection takes us to the reign of Victoria’s uncle, William IV. Known as the “Sailor King” because of his youth spent…
As I continue to catalogue my collection, I find myself returning to my numismatic roots. Like many, I started collecting as a child, grabbing whatever interesting shapes and…
As part of the project to update my collection and seek out examples for a “Type Set”, I am starting with one of the most iconic designs in…
One of the first things a collector learns is that condition is king. However, “condition” is not a single, static standard. The way we judge a machine-made milled Crown…