help with identifying silver hammered penny possibly Edward 1st

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  1. ali15111111

    ali15111111 Member

    hi i have recently found this coin metal detecting if anyone could tell me what coin it is it would be very greatly appreciated, i am looking to straighten the hammered coin

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  3. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Trying to straighten it is probably a very bad idea. Old coins like that, especially after having been in the ground, can often become quite brittle.

    If you try to straighten it, there's a very high chance you'll just break it.
     
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  4. ewomack

    ewomack 魚の下着

    The letters are very hard to read from the photos. I can make out the usual "civitas," meaning "city," on the reverse, but not much else.

    I second the concerns of @physics-fan3.14 in straightening the coin. That's a risky operation that just may make things worse. If you must go that direction, seek out someone who has decent experience with unbending medieval-aged metal.
     
  5. Seattlite86

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  6. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    It's an Edward penny. Can't really tell if it's Edward I, II, or III from the pictures. There's very little difference among them. Don't try to unbend it. 700 year old silver will not respond kindly.
     
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  7. ali15111111

    ali15111111 Member

    hi i have recently found this coin metal detecting, if anyone could tell me what coin it is it would be very gratefully appreaited

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    regards
     
  8. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    Edward penny, not sure whether Edward I, II, or III. Do not unbend or it will break.
     
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  9. ewomack

    ewomack 魚の下着

    This is at least the second thread on this one. In a prior thread myself and others said that the words were not legible enough to know exactly what it was. I can only make out "civitas." The words are no clearer now than they were then. If you can get a better or closer shot of the portrait side, that might help.

    But yes, it is likely an Edward Penny.
     
  10. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Not entirely sure why you posted a second thread about the same coin.....

    You didn't like the answers you got on the first one?
     
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