I havn't seen much on British coins here recently so I thought I would start up a thread to discuss and post British hammered coins. There are lots of beautiful and interesting coins from pre 1662 England, Scotland and Ireland so if you have any in your collection please post them here as I would love to see them as I am sure many others would. Here are a couple from my collection: An Edward IV silver groat minted in London between 1480 and 1483 And a Henry III silver penny minted in London in the latter part of the 13th century, this particular coin comes from the 'Brussels hoard' uncovered in 1908
nice coins!! :thumb::thumb: here's mine. i know i've shown them many times before, but one more time doesn't hurt... edward i silver penny, bristol mint, class 3d (1280-1281) edward i silver penny, london mint, class 9a (1299-1300/1) edward i silver penny, canterbury mint, class 10cf (1301-1310)
Nice, thanks for sharing. I've started a bit of a modern British coin collection (Victoria and later; mostly staying with the pre-decimal coins but some decimal as well), but the old hammered stuff is something I'd like to expand into.
Acheron, I like the Victorians too, there are some beautiful coins produced during her reign, most people like the gothic coins but I think my favorites are the young head pennies, but only just! heres the best one ive got. 1858 Victoria young head penny. Some very nice Edward I pennies Swish, id like to get a Bristol one myself sometime. Heres one of mine. Edward I penny, London mint, variety with 3 pellets on collar and a pellet before the start of the legend on the reverse. And this is a shortcross penny of Richard I (The Lionheart), Goldwine on Canterbury dating from the 1180's.
Haha, theres nothing wrong with a nice cut half, I would love to see them if you can post them. Ive got a couple myself, I dont have them photographed yet though otherwise I would post them. The Henry III pennies are actually some of my favorites, especially the voided long cross pennies with all their vaious portraits. Henry III shortcross penny Henry II shortcross penny
I have a number allready up on my Omnicoin page, same name as here along with my Celtic and a host of others Not scanned my laterst bit yet though Been busy trying to sort out my Indian
One of my latest purchases: An Elizabeth I silver threepence, mintmark Ermine, dated 1573 with a lovely portrait.
