Issued by highly regarded Northumberland merchant and businessman John Robertson, this nice EF example catalogs as Dalton 1 and is one of the few halfcrown British tokens of the Regency Period. Only two or three are denominated "XXX Pence."

As an aside, if you've ever wondered what a hippocampus is, you're looking at two of them.

first sorry for the bad pictures, but I bought all of these for a pretty good price and want to see if any of the more expensive ones were worth grading, specifically the 1896-O

Rooswijk shipwreck 8 reales

This coin came to us as part of an inherited collection. Our questions are if the splotches of copper are normal or considered detrimental to its value, and if it’s worth grading.

Found in my change at Walmart after the kiosk declined my card. What a pull.

^{Mintage 6.6 million, ESC 3043, S3906A, KM734.2.}

Posted on r/UKcoins also; encouraged by Reddit to cross-post.

The Flying Eagle cent was the first “small” cent that was struck in the USA. Originally, we had much larger copper cents. The rising prices of copper, along with the amount you would need to carry to pay for things, caused popularity of these large coppers to drop.

In 1856, 2-3k of these flying eagles were struck and distributed to the government in an attempt to sway them to move to a much smaller design for the penny. This small mintage had become a holy grail for collectors now.

The problem with the flying eagle cents is that they didn’t mint up well. Eventually it lead to them being replaced by the Indian Cent in 1859. So, if you find a decently struck one, I highly recommend picking up one with great details.

I’ve had several coins that photographed well, but this one just didn’t. In person, this is a fantastic coin. Here, the photograph just didn’t do it justice.

I’d like to hear your thoughts on this rainbow toning.