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Nice little haul trappa. Nice to see the older stuff about
Botto you not got that machine back yet. Its been in repair forever :-/
Minelab have had it longer than you've had it
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Tomo wrote:Nice little haul trappa. Nice to see the older stuff about
Botto you not got that machine back yet. Its been in repair forever :-/
Minelab have had it longer than you've had it
It was ready the day i came away to graft so they are keeping it at JA until i get back, should be OK after all this time LOL. Can't wait to try it out n hope i don't have a mess around like you did Tomo.
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The initials on the penny are JW and JH or i am a bloomin martian!!!!!
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I love this coin with the sailing vessel. Found one of those during my stay in UK 2 years ago.
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I love um too olaf,,, were great spending money when i was a nipper!!! does anyone know what the ship is???
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I would imagine, but don't know, that it could be the Golden Hind?
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interesting ... why the golden hind???
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oldartefact wrote:interesting ... why the golden hind???
It is Sir Francis Drake’s ship the 'Golden Hind' maybe he was kind of famous or something and they decided to commemorate him in some way :D
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Britannia rules the waves....
Here's an in-depth ship halfpenny document:
http://www.brushwood.mintrasystems.com/ ... fpenny.pdf
And here's the first use of the design, the Edward 8th one:
http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/N ... /4889.page

http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/histo ... rey-paget/
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