Comments on: My Coin Collection https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:40:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: David https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243766 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:40:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243766 “Silver sixpence minted at the Tower of London, 1602”. How much did a sixpence in 1602 represent in terms of wealth? Was it a weeks wage for a labourer? A month’s for a laundress? Is you wearing it around your neck the temporal equivalent of walking around with a thousand quid around your neck?!!

]]> By: Sara from Iowa USA https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243754 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:33:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243754 One of my favorite posts!

]]> By: Susan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243659 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:32:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243659 How good of you to wear history daily for the inhabitants past of London and londonium. They would be amazed at the city that has grown to replace their own, but perhaps comforted that their world is not forgotten.

]]> By: Michelle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243607 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:16:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243607 Yesterday I was shopping online for a Roman coin to reward my daughter for completing a Latin learning milestone. The website dirtyoldcoins.com had some interesting and inexpensive offerings. (The uncleaned Roman coins from Britain that they sell are the hardest to clean apparently. And therefore the cheapest to buy!)

I was surprised to then see this post from you, GA. So glad you didn’t lose your wonderful coins. Thanks for telling us about them!

]]> By: Leana Pooley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243550 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:04:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243550 I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading this and looking at the photos. I now know that all I want for Christmas is a Roman coin with a hole in it.

]]> By: mlaiuppa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243545 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:50:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243545 String them like pearls and tie a knot between each coin. Then if the string breaks you won’t be scrambling for more than one coin.

If I were wearing these, I would put a jump ring through the hole in each coin, then use a chain and put the jump ring through the loop in the chain. Then no breaking and no scrambling. Rather like a charm necklace.

I have a “birthday farthing” I bought on eBay. It bears the date of the year I was born. I bought a coin locket for it so I can wear it as a pendant on a chain as it has no hole.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243537 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:47:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243537 How interesting……..True collectors feel that the coins are, ahem, devalued because they have been defaced by holes. And here I am thinking how much MORE valuable they are, due to the
“wearable” aspect of them. To have such incredibly-fascinating coins……and to ALSO know they have been worn as regalia — Well, that is very special indeed.
Thank you for sharing so much with us, including this admirable collection of wearable history.

]]> By: Jennifer Newbold https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243529 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:02:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243529 I’m touched by the tangible connection these coins have created between you and the souls who wore them centuries ago. I hope their spirits walk with you and give you guidance, comfort and protection.

Blessings,
Jenn

]]> By: Philip Mernick https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243522 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:24:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243522 I like your collection of “ruined” coins. A couple of minor comments however. If the roman coin is Arcadius it can’t be from the London mint which closed under Constantine about seventy years earlier. Also the Charles II 1676 sixpence is a 3d.

]]> By: Ron Bunting https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/06/my-coin-collection-x/#comment-1243518 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 09:54:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170836#comment-1243518 Farthings were gong out of use before I started High school in my country but I had never heard of a half farthing before .It shows how degraded our currency has become with most small demonination coins being discontinued.

Cheers and a Merry Christmas!! Ron B.

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