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<p>[QUOTE="Assur, post: 1775759, member: 25244"]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">I’d like to share a very nice and very rare Henry III penny with you.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">As you can figure out, it is a Class 4b Henry III Voided Long Cross penny in EF condition. It was well struck and has a very nice tone. The mint and moneyer combination is London Nicole, a rather common moneyer at a rather common mint. But please remember that Class 4 is a rare class in the Henry III VLC coinage. And Class 4b is very very rare, much rarer than Class 4a or 4ab. So a rather common mint/moneyer combination is not common any more in this class.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">There is only 1 London Nicole Class 4b penny among the known 20369 London pennies and the known 55275 British pennies from the Brussels Hoard of 1908. There are only 8 among 5117 London pennies and 14076 pennies from the Colchester Hoard of 1969. So this penny doesn’t need any more words.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Just enjoy!</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Assur</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">[ATTACH=full]283257[/ATTACH] </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Assur, post: 1775759, member: 25244"][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]I’d like to share a very nice and very rare Henry III penny with you.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]As you can figure out, it is a Class 4b Henry III Voided Long Cross penny in EF condition. It was well struck and has a very nice tone. The mint and moneyer combination is London Nicole, a rather common moneyer at a rather common mint. But please remember that Class 4 is a rare class in the Henry III VLC coinage. And Class 4b is very very rare, much rarer than Class 4a or 4ab. So a rather common mint/moneyer combination is not common any more in this class.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]There is only 1 London Nicole Class 4b penny among the known 20369 London pennies and the known 55275 British pennies from the Brussels Hoard of 1908. There are only 8 among 5117 London pennies and 14076 pennies from the Colchester Hoard of 1969. So this penny doesn’t need any more words.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Just enjoy![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Assur[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri][ATTACH=full]283257[/ATTACH] [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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