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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 1997514, member: 22309&quot;]thanks for telling me about Wikimedia <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banhappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> you r great on the forum</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Henry VIII (1509–1547)</b></font></p><p>Henry VIII testoon</p><p>The testoon was struck in quantity during the last part of the reign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" rel="nofollow">Henry VIII</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London" rel="nofollow">The Tower</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark" rel="nofollow">Southwark</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol" rel="nofollow">Bristol</a> mints producing testoons in 1544–1551. These testoons were made in the very poor base silver in this period, and are known as base testoons. The coins were struck after Henry&#039;s death in 1547, at The Tower, Southwark, <span style="color: #ff0000">and at Bristol. Ledgend BRISTOLLIE and BRISTOLIE on reverse. BRISTOLIE are extremley rare and were struck pre and post death Henry VIII 1547 with WS monogram in ledgend. [one was recorded pre WW2 at 6.89gms fully round, said to be from BRISTOL used as evidence at the trial of William Sharington]</span></p><p><br /></p><p>The mint-marks for these testoons are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>TOWER (London)</b></p><ul> <li>two lis OR</li> <li>lis OR</li> <li>pellet in annulet</li> </ul><p><b>Southwark</b></p><ul> <li>S OR</li> <li>E</li> </ul><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Bristol</span></b></p><ul> <li><span style="color: #ff0000">WS (for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sharington" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sharington" rel="nofollow">William Sharington</a>)</span></li> </ul><p>The coins from Southwark have the reverse legend &quot;CIVITAS LONDON&quot; (City of London) and the <span style="color: #ff0000">Bristol coins the legend &quot;CIVITAS BRISTOLLIE&quot; (City of Bristol) or later &quot;CIVITAS BRISTOLIE&quot; (City of Bristol) The obverse of these coins shows a facing bust of Henry VIII and the reverse side, a crowned rose with [WS] in ledgend. Very Rare are any BRISTOL testoons which are full, round and not clipped or shaved.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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