Edward III quarter noble treaty issue

heres one that i found about 4 years ago

 

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Sweet!

 

the bottom one is an Elizabeth the first penny guilded at the mint

 

Nice pieces

 

That first coin is gorgeous. Beautiful design in the center of the reverse.

I know little of English coins of this time period, could you tell me what you mean when you say that it was ' guilded at the mint ' ?

 

gold plated so they could be given away a bit like maundy money

 

Ah, I see, interesting. I am familiar with the Maundy coins, they are some of my favorite British coins to collect.
So this Elizabeth I penny was not gold-plated in an effort to pass it off as an actual gold coin then?

 

no its far smaller than any gold coin in circulation at that time its less than 1/2 " across

 

Ah I see, nice... sorry, I should have known that. My British coin collection starts with Charles II, at least that is the oldest British coin I have.
I have always like small coins like that, which is why I so enjoyed collecting Maundy coins for so long.

Great coins, thanks for sharing.

 

come on ed when are you taking me out detecting??

 

Oh wow, so you found those coins Metal Detecting? That is very neat!

 

Nice one!

 

tommorow?

 

hey if moneyer is coming im coming too, just let me get my spade. lol

 

it will only take you 5 hours to drive down here and 5 hours back

 

it'd be worth it for some nice british gold coins........