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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8633583, member: 101855&quot;]I have trying to read more on my British hammered coins. This is quite a task because many of them have mushy or missing letters that impossible to read.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two volume set of books by Jeffery North has extensive listing for the English mints and the many moneyers who worked in them. Given that many of these coins are scarce to rare, how did North or other researchers know about all of the moneyers and mints? Are there records that have survived from the middle ages that provide this information? I can&#039;t believe that it&#039;s based upon the surviving coins that have been seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I purchased this Edward the Confessor penny from Heritage several years ago. I their description, they attributed the piece to the York Mint and the moneyer as &quot;Stircol.&quot; There is no moneyer by that name in North, and the reverse of the coin reads, &quot;+ STIRCOL ON EOFER.&quot;&nbsp; How this signify that this is a York Mint piece?</p><p><br /></p><p>I gave the reverse photo a quarter turn from the Heritage photo because I believe that the &quot;+&quot; (cross) should be at the top. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1516672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1516673[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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