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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Milesofwho, post: 2942372, member: 91469&quot;]I was gifted a King John penny as a Christmas gift, and I am very excited to own it! The main reason I am happy about it is because that the moneyer’s name on the reverse is my name. The mint is Winchester, and can be specifically dated to 1205-1207 reopening of the Winchester mint for a recoinage. At this time there was a series of five moneyers at the mint, with Miles being one of them (along with Adam, Henri, Iohan, and Ricard), all using the dies cataloged as 5a, with the total number of moneyers rising to eight later in the year, with all using dies cataloged as 5b. The aforementioned recoinage was called to replace the clipped coins in circulation and restore the quality of the currency. It also served as a financial measure, due to the mints charging a fee to re-coin the old money. However the recoinage did not solve John’s financial problems and his need to levy heavy taxes led to a war against the barons, and of course the Magna Carta. Here is the coin and its specifications. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]716753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]716754[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR penny, John (18 mm, 1.27g) </p><p>mint: Winchester moneyer: Miles</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your eponymous moneyers or King John pennies, and please excuse my photography, my iPhone 5S can only do so much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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