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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 9889008, member: 101855&quot;]Yes, that&#039;s my other Richard II coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522829[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Richard III is also hard to get in nice condition. PCGS called this piece &quot;EF-45.&quot; The guy who graded this piece probably looked like this. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522830[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope to up grade this in 2023. </p><p><br /></p><p>Richard III&#039;s successor, Henry IV, is also hard to get. Dealers showed me pieces that looked like they had been run over by a railroad train, and told me they were &quot;a bargain&quot; at $2,800. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I ended up buying a gold noble. It is also over graded by PCGS as an AU-58, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but it&#039;s a presentable coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>All of these coins are hard to get because they many of them were melted. The British finally lowered the weight of their coinage at the end of Henry IV&#039;s reign, but he only had a little over a year to live after they did it. Therefore the lower weight coins are still scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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