my longshank penny collection grows!

i just wanted to share my latest edward i penny... hope you enjoy. i've been giddy with excitement for the past week waiting for it to arrive.

edward i (1272-1307), silver penny, 1.41g, class 9b (1299-1301), york mint
obv: facing bust of king, trifoliate crown, star on breast +EDW R ANGL DNS HYB
rev: long cross with trefoil of pellets in each angle, CIVITAS EBORACI

thanks for looking!! :smile

 

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lovely unclipped example, what did you pay for it? i would put it around £180........

 

A very common coin but nice none the less.

 

not quite as common in this condition...........don't forget it's almost 900 years old

 

That is a really nice coin. How many do you have? I would really like to see your collection!
Thanks,
Mark

 

i paid $95 for it. i think that's around £59.

 

i have 4 edward i, and 1 that falls right at the time edward ii took the throne (class 10cf3). so, 5 total.

 

excellent buy swish, i have seen them for sale for more in the uk..........., just get it authenticated first as there was an unscrupulous person called trevor ashmore in the uk who made almost perfect copies of ancient and medieval english coins..............

 

so noted. thankfully, it comes with a lifetime guarantee of authenticity, so if it turns out to be a fake, i get my money back.

is there something about this one that says fake to you? or were you just offering friendly advice?

 

I agree it is a nice coin but would appreciate a post explaining why this particular Edward I causes you more joy than other coins of a similar type. Is it grade, York, 9B or what?

 

When a penny was silver..... Those were the days!!

 

just friendly advice, ashmores fakes were so good they even fooled some of the best dealers in the UK but this one looks ok to me. the grade is around XF in european grading and although the york mint is is one of the more common mints this particular coin is one of the best examples i have seen for many years. great pick up, now look for a henry III penny in the same condition...............

 

that is a great looking example. Thanks for sharing.

 

i was so giddy over this one because i daven't been able to add to my collection in over 8 months. i was just excited to add to it. also, the fact that it was minted in york didn't hurt. i did not have a york example previously.

 

Thanks. Of the several mints, do you see a difference in the coins other than the reverse legend naming the mint? For example, are there characteristics of the style or strike quality that are consistent with each mint so it is harder to find a decent coin from one mint than another or is it more like US coins where the dies appear to be produced in one location and shipped out to branch mints? I only have one Edward I (a Durham) and am certainly not skilled enough to look at the obverse and guess what the reverse might read. Is that a skill that you might develop in time or are they pretty much all the same?

 

longshank. haha
Man, I am immature.

 

it is actually edward longshanks...........pertaining to his height. longshanks is an old british euphenism for tall people.

 

i am not an expert, nor have i read everything out there on the subject, but from what i have read, it may be possible to tell without flipping it over. it seems that dies were produced both locally and sent from london to the other mints.

 

oops! i always forget to put the "s" at the end.

and he was very tall for his time, 6'2", when the average height was 5'6". quite a difference!!