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Message:: [QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5334652, member: 109923"]Yes Richard the Lionheart's English coins aren't cheap for what you get, although the one I have (or should I say the half I have) was $20 and has about as much of his face as you get on many of his whole pennies: Richard I the Lionheart Cut Halfpenny, 1189-1199[ATTACH=full]1225722[/ATTACH]London. Silver, Class 4b. + hENRICVS REX. Short cross, +FVLKE ON LVN (S 1348C). The mint is not on the coin, but the only moneyer named Fulke was at London. I don't have a continental Richard coin. The only other Richard I have is Richard II, whose nickname was the less inspiring Richard of Bordeaux, but who Shakespeare portrayed even less flatteringly. At least he had his name on his coins. Richard II Halfpenny, 1377-1399[ATTACH=full]1225727[/ATTACH]London. Silver, 0.47g. Early bust, intermediate, Lombardic Ns. +RICARD REX ANGL. Long cross, CIVITAS LONDON (S 1699).[/QUOTE]