UK hammered detecting find!!!

nice unknown hammered penny

found in UK

I can see it is York mint, maybe Richard III?

 

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Use this to identify it:
http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/pen1.html

For a definite answer swish will help you or moneyer

 

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Nice find. What is bump? I see it all the time here.

 

henry iv maybe?? the obverse legend almost looks like it begins HEN... plus the bust has a long neck and squared jaw, which is found on york mint pennies early in henry iv's reign.

how much does it weigh?

 

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thanks for the info so far, a friend said it could be a fake of the time?

it weighs 0.81g

 

i can confirm what swish has said, it is henry IV and is a superb detecting find well done!!

 

Okay thanks for the help, any other information on this would be good

 

it is possible that it could be a contemporary imitation. i believe you have a henry iv heavy coinage penny minted between 1399-1412 in york. the normal weight of a full flan coin is 1.16g.

 

thanks a lot

 

is this coin worth much? I can't find many for sale

 

if as swish says it is a forgery then it will be worth very little, i have looked at it very closely and cross referenced it, an it sure looks fake to me as the portrait is quite amateurish this is an example of a real coin obverse and you will see there is quite a difference.................




the reverse is quite different also..................

 

oh ok...

 

I have been told this is henry iv, v and vi...which henry is it?

 

Can anyone help?