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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8076096, member: 19463&quot;]I like the cut pennies when they are identifiable.&nbsp; That usually means having enough of the moneyer name to ID him.&nbsp; It is best when the name you have was only used from one mint unless you have some of the city name, too, and if he only worked under one of the kings which pins down which of the kings that used the name Henry is involved.&nbsp; For example there were two Willelms working at London under John so they added the last initial.&nbsp; My coin has the .L. following the partial M and before ON LVN making the ID obvious while the other half of this coin would not have told you which Willelm it was even though it would have had almost the full name.&nbsp; Also, the other half of the coin would have just shown the hair/crown of the king.&nbsp; Not all cut haves are equal.&nbsp; I really should redo this photo rotating the reverse&nbsp; to reflect the proper die axis. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401815[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose I understand why whole coins sell for more than the cuts but the John penny below that matches my half just seems boringly easy with all the letters present.&nbsp; I would like more of these coins but I do want ones that allow ID.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401819[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite English coin is this cut John farthing showing only WA but only Walter of London had WA. Again I feel lucky to have one eye on my quarter.&nbsp; I have never gotten interested enough in these to care about the types as cataloged by the books but I enjoy the concept of the moneyers.&nbsp; I do wish we had a catalog of them that might include some &#039;biographical&#039; information like &quot;executed for stealing silver&quot;. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401816[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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