tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58804352011-11-22T19:15:57.426-08:00English Hammered and Roman Hammered Coin InformationInformation about English Hammered Coins and Ancient Roman Coins.beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-90834879563270456322011-11-22T19:15:00.001-08:002011-11-22T19:15:57.434-08:00Coming soon, regular posts concerning English Hammered Coins and a bit about Ancient Roman coins.beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1156954369299005472006-08-30T09:05:00.000-07:002006-08-30T09:12:49.333-07:00Beeker1 coins has recently obtained some of the more difficult to find Elizabeth I sixpences. Any of the dates around the Spanish Armada utilizing the Crescent Mintmark are difficult to find. Beeker1's site has an example of all three dates 1587, 1588 and 1589. Of course 1588 is the year the English defeated the Spanish Armada and is the most popular and most difficult to find of the three.Alsobeeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1122500008775054522005-07-27T14:20:00.000-07:002005-07-27T14:33:28.780-07:00Scarce Sixpences of Elizabeth I and James IThere are a couple of date runs during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I that the dates on the sixpence are very difficult to obtain. For Elizabeth I the years 1596 to 1599 are very hard to find and rarely offered. Most of these carry the Key mintmark and some carry the very rare Anchor Mintmark.Also during Elizabeth's reign the Crescent mintmark is beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1105801604022985652005-01-15T06:58:00.000-08:002005-01-15T07:08:34.736-08:00Featured Coin of the Week
Improvements to English Hammered Coins website. Recently, Beeker1's English Hammered Coins and Napoleonic Coins website has made a bit of a change. For frequent visitors, you will have already noticed the new "Featured Coin of the Week" area. Usually this will be a recent purchase, but can also feature a coin that has been in stock a little while, but is noteworthy.
beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1099347760388187662004-11-01T14:17:00.000-08:002004-11-01T14:22:40.386-08:00Here is the latest update with the Beeker1 website. I have finally acquired another Briot Sixpence of Charles I, this one has CHRISTO on the reverse, the coin is not here yet for me to scan and apply to the website, but is on the way. Coming soon will be a 1627 sixpence to go along with the two 1625 sixpences and the 1626 sixpence already on the site.
For the dated sixpence of James I only beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1089819552659475482004-07-14T08:35:00.000-07:002004-08-04T15:29:50.710-07:00Italian States - Kingdom of Napoleon
As Napoleon Bonaparte conquered his way through Italy, he set up the Kingdom of Napoleon, with himself as the ruler. Quite a variety of coins were issued from the small copper centimos to the fairly large gold 40 Lire. Some are fairly common and others quite scarce.
Of the coppers, the largest of these are the Soldo, just under the size of a US Half Dollar, beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1089235400218041592004-07-07T14:17:00.000-07:002004-07-07T14:23:20.216-07:00I have now acquired a decent 1610 Sixpence. A very hard to locate date. To view click here. beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1084464495730225112004-05-13T09:05:00.000-07:002004-05-13T09:11:05.680-07:00I have recently added some dated Charles I sixpences to my site, namely two 1625s and a 1626. They are not in the greatest of condition, but not bad. These dated sixpences are very difficult to locate.beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1083086249745994772004-04-27T10:17:00.000-07:002004-04-27T10:21:44.186-07:00Some of the hardest coins to find in the reign of Charles I are the early dated Sixpences. These were dated from 1625 to 1630. The 1625 and 1626 sixpences seem to be fairly obtainable. but the 1627. 1628, 1629 and 1630 sixpences are fairly tough to find. I am always interested in picking some of these up, let me know if you have any available.beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1082481625798384732004-04-20T10:20:00.000-07:002004-04-20T10:24:30.670-07:00Looks like I need to get on the stick and add some content. Still looking for 1610, 1612 and 1616 sixpences. Can you help?beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1076003583729718802004-02-05T09:53:00.000-08:002004-02-05T09:55:25.810-08:00I sure need to post here more often. Things have been a little hectic lately. I do have a decent 1625 Sixpence of Charles I zooming my way across the pond even as I type. Should be here in a couple of days and I will post it in my website. I have just put out on eBay for auction a hard to find 1611 Sixpence. A very popular year as it is the year the King James Bible was commissioned. Often beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1072980239710793622004-01-01T10:03:00.000-08:002004-01-01T10:04:17.970-08:00Now that the new year has arrived and things (hopefully) will start getting back to some version of normalcy, I will start adding more information to this blogging site.
If you are interested in the James I sixpences, there is a near complete date run in Beeker1's Coins of James I section Some very hard to locate dates, including the 1611 sixpence, popular as it is the year the King James versionbeeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1070899952198028142003-12-08T08:12:00.000-08:002003-12-08T08:12:44.020-08:00It has been a little while since my last post here. I have been a little under the weather with this influenza that has been going around. I am just coming out of it after more than a two weeks battle. If you can avoid getting it, please do, it is miserable!
I will do a little more research and finding pictures to give some grading ideas for more hammered coins. As always I am on the look outbeeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1068584725723886872003-11-11T13:05:00.000-08:002003-11-11T13:05:30.750-08:00Identifying the shillings of James I
Above you can see the six different bust types used during the reign of king James I, these are in order from first to sixth busts. Sure make you wonder if he had a nose job somewhere between the time the first and second busts were designed. The first bust has somewhat coarser features. The second bust's most distinguishing feature is the beard that beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1068502018677288742003-11-10T14:06:00.000-08:002003-11-10T14:07:03.446-08:00In the near future I hope to tackle the topics of hammered coin identification and grading. On the English hammered coin identification area, I will try to locate nice examples of each of the six bust typesof James I Shillings and Sixpiences (although the 5th bust is only on the rare 1618 sixpence, I probably won't be able to find a picture of that. I will try to cover some of the milled coins beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1067889370390600092003-11-03T11:56:00.000-08:002003-11-03T17:01:11.213-08:00Grading Elizabeth I Hammered Sixpences
For a larger view of these coins, please click the picture.
I thought I would start a little discussion on the grading of English Hammered Coins, starting with the coinage of Elizabeth I, at least the sixpences.
Grading hammered coins is difficult to say the least, where they are hand made, they are very inconsistent. You would be hard pressed to find beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1067443021721792892003-10-29T07:57:00.000-08:002003-10-29T07:57:44.346-08:00New Purchase added to stock.
Pictured is an attractive example of a 1593 Sixpence that I just added to my website. Sporting a reasonable portrait of Elizabeth I, and a strong reverse. There is just a little bit of weakness in some portions of the legends, but the other half is quite strong. These hammered coins are hard to find fully struck. You can click the above picture to take you to beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1067372661326077592003-10-28T12:24:00.000-08:002003-10-28T12:24:22.483-08:00Do you have any coins to sell???
If you are a coin dealer or an individual with a few coins, perhaps we can do some business. If you do a search on most of the major search engines, you will note that Beeker1 English Hammered and Napoleonic coins is usually in the top 5 search results. For English coins, I usually show up in the top 40. I also get hits from searches for Briot coinage, Newark beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1067275166557309352003-10-27T09:19:00.000-08:002003-11-03T17:04:56.460-08:00The coinage of Nicholas Briot
Once early in the reign of Elizabeth I and again during the reign of Charles I, the mint experimented with machine made, or milled coinage. Usually these came out as very beautiful coins as opposed to the hammered coins of the era. The problems that arose were that they were slower in the making and not very popular with the masses. I will touch on the coinage of beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1066665192345907312003-10-20T08:53:00.000-07:002003-10-27T08:57:06.466-08:00
They're here!!
Yep, the Postman didn't have to ring twice for me to get to the door in anticipation of the arrival of this batch of coins. They are everything I had hoped they would be. An excellent group. Pictured is one of the nicest 1st Bust James I sixpences I have seen. I have posted all of the James I coins on the site and also the Charles I coins. I have yet to post the nice Liz I beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1066075495067898622003-10-13T13:04:00.000-07:002003-10-13T13:04:55.160-07:00 Another sixpence of James I that is on the way is a very nice example of the sixth bust dated 1623. This one sports an above average portrait and the legends are strong to boot. Just a little nick at 9 o'clock, but doesn't detract. Soon these will arrive and I will post them at my Beeker1 coins web site. Keep checking back here as I present pictures of what else is on the way. Barrybeeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1065797763492453162003-10-10T07:56:00.000-07:002003-10-27T07:55:46.890-08:00 Here is a very interesting coin. This is the first 1615 sixpence I have had a chance to pick up. It is in decent looking shape and has a pretty good sized planchet. I'm very excited to receive this coin. If you have any James I sixpences with dates after 1609, please contact me. I would be happy to make an offer after inspecting the coin. For that matter any James I Sixpence with a nice beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1065735103795213192003-10-09T14:31:00.000-07:002003-10-09T14:31:43.660-07:00This is not one of the pieces that will be coming, this is one that arrived yesterday. This is a hard to find 1611 Sixpence of King james I. This is one of the more popular dates that both collectors and those interested in the bible like to hunt for. This is the year the King James Bible was finished. Quite hard to locate! Although this is a lower grade example, it is clearly dated 1611. Thebeeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1065632231477476952003-10-08T09:57:00.000-07:002003-10-08T09:57:11.706-07:00 Here is another of the coins on the way, this has a very nice portrait for the hammered coinage of Charles II. The planchet is a bit irregular, but it is still an outstanding piece. beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1065542903474954022003-10-07T09:08:00.000-07:002003-10-07T09:33:00.073-07:00
I am pretty excited, I have located a nice batch of hammered sixpences that will soon be winging there way across the pond to me. I am going to post a picture or two up here daily so you can see what is on the way. Here is a very nice 1595 Sixpence of Elizabeth I mintmark wool pack. This is a slightly more difficult date, and are quite scarce this well struck and this nice of beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1065022317509481782003-10-01T08:31:00.000-07:002003-10-01T08:31:57.270-07:00I don't know why I have a particular interest in the coinage of King James I. Perhaps because of the King James Bible which was commissioned in 1611, making that a very popular date for collectors, or even Bible enthusiasts. I have been lucky enough to have owned a couple of these and thought I would add a picture of the dated side of a 1611 James I sixpence. Clicking the picture will take beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1064947847910749362003-09-30T11:50:00.000-07:002003-09-30T12:16:39.470-07:00Just wanted to add a note. My particular interest is the hammered (and some milled) coinages of Elizabeth I through Charles I. If you have nice coins from this era, please let me make an offer. I do have some interest in milled coinage as late as the reign of Edward VII. If you have nice material to offer, contact me as well. As far as Napoleonic Coinage goes, about anything from his rule inbeeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880435.post-1064939090324732002003-09-30T09:24:00.000-07:002003-09-30T09:24:50.273-07:00Hello, blogging is a new experience for me, but it looks like a lot of fun. I hope to bring some interesting insights on English Coins, particularly English Hammered Coins as well as the coinage of Napoleon Bonaparte. Feel free to email me at beeker1@english-hammered-coins.com if you have a question, or something interesting to discuss.beeker1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04407212446088717876noreply@blogger.com