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RMW Collection of England and Great Britain

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rmw

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Im back after an illness.

Here is a Mint State 1688 sixpence, recently purchased from England.

Probably one of the best in existence.

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Nice piece. I just picked up an mint state 1697 sixpence a couple of weeks ago. Mine is pretty heavily toned. Definitely like the non toned pieces better.

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I like bright non toned pieces too but anything 300 years old would be dipped and might obscure things such as cleaning. So beware.

Any pics of your 1697?

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RMW, sorry to hear you were ill, and glad to see you back!

Once again, well done - that is a very beautiful coin you have there!

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Thanks for your kind words Kohaku.

i should be back in the saddle soon and hope to post more nice British pieces.

Am currently plotting and scheming auction strategy for the NYINC auctions.😉

Many fine pieces are available.

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A very nice piece and better struck on the reverse than most of that date!

The Center of the reverse often comes incompletely Struck.

this coin is a survivor of the Great Recoinage of the mid and late 1690s, led by the Master of the Mint at the time, Sir Isaac Newton. This was his day job after dodging falling apples out of trees and figuring out the theory of gravity as a result.

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