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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1769309, member: 19463&quot;]This may draw laughter from those who know all about these but I&#039;d say the packaging on this coin is a good deal better than we have come to expect from such items.&nbsp; The text explains a number for things that could help you interpret your coin which, IMHO, really is not a bad example of these usually crude little things.&nbsp; The face is clear and all of the legend can be read with less added imagination than common on these.&nbsp; On point you might need to know is that many letters were run together to the point that one stroke is part of two letters.&nbsp;&nbsp; For example the city name is abbreciated CANT with the C (closed on the right as was common in the day) before the cross arm on the left and ANT filling the entire fourth (upper left) quadrant.&nbsp; Notice how the right side of the A is shared with the left side of the N.&nbsp; WILLEM occupies the two right quadrants.&nbsp; If I were complaining about anything on the reverse in might be that the N of ON looks more like OI.&nbsp; The obverse is mostly there but not as bold.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ripley&#039;s coin is NOT like yours.&nbsp; It is what is termed a &#039;short cross&#039; penny because the cross does not cut through the legend but remains in the center of the coin.&nbsp; Your packaging&nbsp; explains why the cross was important in the day and the change to a long cross probably made that purpose easier to execute.&nbsp; Ripley&#039;s legend looks like it starts with WIL so it may be WILLEM also but this coin is clear on the ON (now right since the reverse is shown upside down) followed by LVN (London).&nbsp; Ignoring the hole, it is not such a bad coin either.&nbsp; Seriously, we see a lot of these that are just scrap silver but anyone that melts one of these (especially considering how light they are) should be beheaded (an appropriate end for those who messed with the Royal coinage, I suspect?).&nbsp;&nbsp; You card suggests the coin should weigh 22 grains which would be 1/20 ounce.&nbsp; Allowing for the likelihood that your coin is a bit under weight from wear, a melt value of about $1 would be close.&nbsp; I personally would bid 25X but I hope you will keep this coin and make it one of many oldies that some of us find a lot more interesting that those Lincolns that got away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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