It was Geoff actually. :D
...careful where you lead your conversations Ian, otherwise i think the Bishop of Winchester will be putting in yet another appearance. :D I...
Wow! :D
I knew you collected French Ian... but i figured having most likely started out on English and Scottish coins you'd know some references i did...
Depends on which country you're thinking of. If it was say France then GD would be the one with the answer. If you're thinking Scottish, Ian's...
The one on the right looks like a Commemorative of some kind produced perhaps by the Vatican. Then again it may have been produced privately....
I'd get them out of that box... No problem with the info supplying though, you can ask most coin related questions here and someone will be...
Okay i just thought, i guess it'd have to be this one; [IMG] Why? Well i paid over book value for it, so it kind of suggests itself. I'm...
Not a scenario i ever want to face, and even if i did face it and could get to the coin cabinet, i would actually just pick up the cabinet and...
Well i wouldn't say they're the most beautiful coins in the world. Sorry but my heart was stolen by a Gothic Crown. :D
Usually not more than 20-30 minutes a day. Sometimes upto an hour but that'd be on about 3 or 4 visits throughout the day. I also have to check...
Right, i've seen it now! (I don't get time to check the other forums much). The pics are a bit small so it's hard to tell, if genuine and i see...
It is a replica, sold by the Jorvic Viking Centre in York, England. (It is a blend of Saxon and Viking coins, the obverse is from an Anglo-Saxon...
It should read; EDW R ANGL DNS HYB (Edwardvs Rex Anglorvm Dominvs Hyberniae) [or spellings to that effect] which translates to King Edward of the...
Edward I penny hey? Here's one i picked up today (i don't actually collect these, but if one catches my eye i generally bring it back with me)....
I agree with GD 100% (for once).
Henry I pennies were all give test cuts at the mint. Henry I was perplexed by the fact that people wouldn't accept coins with test cuts in, it...
Henry VI certainly had little to be happy about! He was overthrown by Edward IV in 1461 and he fled for his life. His wife won him back the throne...
To add further to that, the Short Cross penny was replaced by the Long Crosss penny in 1247, and since Henry III was king that too said hENRICVS,...
The sad lot of English kings is that none of them can ever win; Henry I (1100-1135) Condemed because he was inflexible, overly dominant and no...
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