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<p>[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 2990607, member: 87080"]Great coins [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] and [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] </p><p>I would love to have a penny of Stephen. One theory I read regarding their poor quality, and I wish I could remember where, was that the moneyers purposefully struck the coins that way so as to obscure their participation in Stephen's royal operations. That way, if empress Maude won the war they could deny their involvement and hopefully avoid retribution. It is a interesting theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 2990607, member: 87080"]Great coins [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] and [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] I would love to have a penny of Stephen. One theory I read regarding their poor quality, and I wish I could remember where, was that the moneyers purposefully struck the coins that way so as to obscure their participation in Stephen's royal operations. That way, if empress Maude won the war they could deny their involvement and hopefully avoid retribution. It is a interesting theory.[/QUOTE]
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