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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of a going on a metal detecting tour in England to find hammered coins.

The article discusses auctions of coins and other collectors' items, which were held in the month of October 2012 in London, England which include one at TimeLine Auctions featuring the Douglas Rose Collection of minerals, gemstones and meteorites, Spinks' featuring the George Kanaan collection of bank notes of the Middle East, and Bonhams' featuring the Meyer and Ebe Collection of Greek coins.

The author describes the many treasure finds he unearthed at a farm in Southampton, England with detectorist Shelly Thorne. During the 1980s, Thorne and her mother found an 18th-century gold posy ring with the words "Never to Chainge" inscribed on the inner band. Key finds at the farm include a large iron nail with a loop wrapped around the top, a coin dated 293-296 AD, and a tiny silver Venetian coin.

The author focuses on the methodology of production of Roman coins. He relates his experience of finding Roman coins and artifacts in England with his metal detecting colleagues. He asserts that the process used for minim manufacture is demonstrated by the appearance of the bronze coins including the lack of bronze off-cuts. He argues that the minims he found did not result from reducing a larger issue coin as they are the finished product in themselves.

The author discusses several coin and artefact finds he personally discovered and shared with other metal detectors. He shares the history in making the bronze model Spitfire by fighter pilots from old pre-decimal penny during World War II. The James I gold issue dug by Chris Miles of Cambridgeshire, England is cited. Sontage diggings in a wheat field allegedly revealed great finds such as a fragment of glossed samian ware. Other collections of the author include a Georgian coin and 17th century trade token. The finding of practice bombs is also cited.

The article focuses on Alfred the Great, the King of England, and the pennies and halfpennies minted during his 28 years as King.

Presents an article about the efforts of the author to search for archival treasures in England. Importance of the collection of Roman 4th century bronze coins to the history of the country; Discovery of a 2nd century native brooch; Description of a 13th century door key found by the author.

Presents an article about a collection of medieval gold coinage in London, England. Efforts of the author to search for Celtic gold coins; Importance of English parishes to the preservation of the coins; Significance of the coins to the royal families in the country.

The article offers information on the origin and history of non-English English coins known as Frisian sceattas which are circulated in England minted in Netherlands and coins dating around 670s with variety of geometric patterns and also highlights laws under Portable Antiquities Scheme, England.

The author reports on searching for ancient coins as part of a Detecting England team in Shropshire. He says that the team fanned out in different directions he tried to pick a spot in the near distance. He used the Garrett Ace 250 with the NEL Tornado coil slowly in front of him. He pulled out a George III halfpenny.

The article focuses on several English groats. It cites the admiration of Edward I for the large French silver coin le gros tournois or groat of Tours which has found its way to the major fairs and international markets of England. It also notes that changes occurred in groats and half-groats in terms of their weights, monarch's names and territorial claims on their coins' legends and adds that collectors study mintmarks, privy marks and hairstyles on these coins to date them accurately.

The article presents highlights of the meeting of the Lune Valley MDC (metal detecting club), England, held in March 2016, which includes Pre-1662 Coin, Post-1662 Coin, Pre-1500 Artefact and Post-1500 Artefact.

The article reports on the trio of English cold coins featured at the Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals Sale held from September 22-23, 2014. It mentions that the coins are consist of the half laurel or double crown of James I (1603-1625), a unite of Charles I (1625-1649), and a double crown of Charles II (1660-1685). It adds that the coins represent a lineage among the three kings and were struck during the turbulent periods in the English history.

The article offers information on the coins and artefacts found around South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England by the members of the Coil To The Soil Metal Detecting Club (MDC).

The article offers information about the meetings to be held related to numismatics including the 120th Club Auction on May 14 at the London Numismatic Club in London, England the TBA on April 25, 2014 in Eire and the TBA on May 23 in Essex.

A calendar of events is presented including the Lisbon Collectors Fair on May 17, 2014 in Lisboa, the Bloomsbury Coin Fair on May 3 in London, England and the Coin Auction on May 16 in Gloucestershire.

The author reflects on the designs of the new coins to be released by Royal Mint in January 2013. He comments on the use of simplistic ideas in one-pound, two-pound and five-pound coins. He elaborates on how coin design affects the diversity of coin collecting. He also offers a brief background on how a design is selected by RM.

The article offers information on the open evening meetings of the Loughborough Coin & Search Society that will be held at the Wallace Humphrey Room at the Shelthorpe Community Centre in England on August 6 and September 3, 2009.

The article discusses the highlights of the Blackpool & Fylde Metal Detectors Club (MDC) meeting in England in November 2008 which featured a history quiz organized by Stan Newark. Find of the Month competition winners were Henry VII half groat of John Newton for the Coin Pre-1662 category, William and Mary halfpenny of John Rigby for the Coin Post 1662 category, and Shoe buckle by Graham Turner for Artefact Post 1662 category. It was announced that television personality and historian Mark Olly will be the guest speaker in the December 2008 meeting.

The article focuses on the auction conducted by DNW in September 2008, which generated £546,365 and was the largest auction of ancient coins in London, England in 2008. The buyers in the auctions, which featured ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and early medieval coins, focused on quality and rarity as the event coincided with a day of concern on the international money market. A coin of boy Caesar Diadumenian once owned by Enrico Caruso, a aureus of Didius Julianus and a gold solidus from the reign of Justinian II were among the auctioned coins.

The article highlights the November 16, 2008 auction of Lockdales at the Ipswich Orwell Holiday Inn in England. The auction saw an overall sales of £242, 995 with total ancient and hammered coins sales of £45, 386. Among the auctioned coins include an Edward III gold noble Fourth Coinage worth £1,100, a Elizabeth I gold crown with a surface split behind bust and a £680 Richard I silver penny Short Class Issue.

The article presents a report on the 67th Lockdales auction sale held on July 13, 2008 at the Ipswich Orwell Holiday Inn in England. The total overall sales amounted to £ 201,601 where £ 119,859 went to coin section sales alone. Items that are possible to find with a metal detector are also presented including the Charles I Newark besieged AR halfcrown, the Charles II AR shilling third issue, and the Edward the Elder silver penny.

The article reports on the sale of a unique and unrecorded 1863 English penny with a die number 5 below the date at a specialist Coin Sale by Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn, North Yorkshire on May 21, 2008. The coin, which fetched a record £17,500 plus buyer's premium, was purchased by a private collector. Numbering dies on certain coins were introduced by the Mint in the early 1860s.

The article focuses on the Coinex London Coin Fair being held at the Marriott Hotel in London, England from October 6 to 7, 2007. The event is organized by the British Numismatic Trade Association (BNTA) and it is the only major international coin fair held in Great Britain. About 50 BNTA dealers together with many leading dealers from overseas participate in the event. Admission costs £5 on October 6 and £2 on October 7.

The article reports on the creation of a comprehensive database of Roman Provincial Coinage in the Antonine Period under the direction of Chris Howgego, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum's Heberden Coin Room in Oxford, England. The move is part of an Arts and Humanities Research Council and University-funded research project. These provincial coins have been put online to make the extensive body of information and images about the Roman world be available in the most flexible and user-friendly way.

The article focuses on coin collecting and the increase in the price of certain scarce postage stamps in England as of August 20, 1895. It notes the price increase of the 1978 issue of the brown pound with anchor watermark in unused condition from 15 dollars to 250 dollars, as well as the shilling 1862 with white line across its corners from 50 to 300 dollars. The author further highlights the effort being undertaken in London to identify speculative issues that may impact stamp collecting.