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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4830669, member: 101855"]Let’s face it. When I was strictly a U.S. coin collector a decade ago, I would have looked at that Henry I penny and dismissed it out of hand as nothing special. I might of thought, “late die state, uneven strike, there must be sharper examples.”</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure there are better examples in the British Museum. There are pictures in the reference books, like the North work, which appear to be of better coins, but they are so small that it’s hard to tell. That’s one of the problems with the guide books on British coins. The photos could be larger and sharper. One solution is to search the Internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4830669, member: 101855"]Let’s face it. When I was strictly a U.S. coin collector a decade ago, I would have looked at that Henry I penny and dismissed it out of hand as nothing special. I might of thought, “late die state, uneven strike, there must be sharper examples.” I am sure there are better examples in the British Museum. There are pictures in the reference books, like the North work, which appear to be of better coins, but they are so small that it’s hard to tell. That’s one of the problems with the guide books on British coins. The photos could be larger and sharper. One solution is to search the Internet.[/QUOTE]
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