COIN COLLECTIONS
Hastings Man's Interesting Specimens Reference in a recent cable message to the discovery of a diifce of 1823 worth 450 dollars in a car purchased for 150 dollars has encouraged amateu'r numismatists in Hastings to seareh through their colleetions to see whether they possessed similar coins. One collector came into the HeraldTribune to-day with a dime of aneient vintage, which unfortunately, has been marred by having a hole punched through it, but the owner stated that the coin had been in his possession for some 40 years, and such date as could be seen, appeared to be either 1817 or 1827. Had this coin not been mutilated the chances are that this collector would have been several pounds finaneially better off. This same collector brought with him a number of old coins, including two early Victorian crowns, and two sixpences, one dated 1834 and the other 1817. The former coin was minted in the reign of William IV and tlie luttci in the time of George III. Another interesting specimen was a silver 4d-, while a penny struck early in the reign of Queen Victoria made a striking contrast with the present-day "copper," being a larger and heavier coin.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 65, 3 April 1937, Page 6
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201COIN COLLECTIONS Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 65, 3 April 1937, Page 6
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