I would tentavily say Edward II, Withers Type 11; s. 1472. Edward III is not my thing, but usualy 'stars' and Lombardic Ns.
My example shows quite a contrast between him and her. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] I originally bought this coin, a demi-teston of Henri II to add to my French collection. The countermark however has given me great fun....
I think you need to become a specialist to understand this coin type. My book - "Doubles et Deniers Tournois de Cuivre Royaux et Feodaux...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ebay (or other) pictures can work both ways. The top picture shows the sellers (a metal detectorist) Ebay pictures, and as I...
[ATTACH] I collect French coins from 700 to 1900, and my collection is in part an adjunct to my interest in history. Some years ago, I was very...
The general view amongst French numismatists is that the Tour 'Chatel' design, evolves from the Hexastyle temple seen on the coins of Louis the...
I'll concur with John Conduitt. Your coin, though a pleasant looking coin was quite difficult to read. Yours is probably quite a late coin in the...
Ooh ~ Henri III of France was stabbed to death by a fanatical Dominican friar Jacques Clement in 1589, and his father Henri II met a grisly end...
Thanks for that - You have got me thinking _ the Capitan of the ship probably kept the coins (approx 700) in a wooden chest or maybe a pot and...
[ATTACH] Weight 24.41 g against 25.0 (book) People usually repeat what they have read or heard elsewhere. I am just supplying evidence, which I am...
[ATTACH] This coin, I am very confident has spent 170 years at the bottom of the Mediterranian, just off the coast of Mallorca, and not in...
I have a few 'counterfeits' in my collection of coins, mostly English and dating from the English Civil War (1640). They were meant to deceive and...
You know what I reckon, so many of you North Americans are into beauty pagents, Miss America coins, what's it worth? Just as well, less competion...
To me coins are history, and the hole is part of the history of the coin. This early Elizabeth I gold Angel was almost certainly handled by Queen...
A comment from Blighty (UK). It's a common coin over here, quite worn, I would grade it as Fine, and possibly a tad more expensive than you would...
I make my own trays, A4 or A5 in size, out of plywood and beading, with coloured 'funkey foam' lining and dividers. They keep being re-organised...
Just to make it a little more complicated and confusing, you must concider the little old isle of Jersey where I live, 15 miles off the coast of...
I like to call them 'four-things', because there are four of them to the penny. Early short or long cross pennies were cut into fours or halves at...
Yea - I'll give it a VF. I hope you use your coin collection to learn a little history. Leopold II was a very bad man. From Wikipedia - "Leopold's...
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