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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 73268, member: 283&quot;]So, you have choices within choices. Sadly, none of which include Eleanor in her own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could go for a coin of Louis VII of France, Eleanor&#039;s first husband. There are a few coin types and denominations (obol Parisis, Denier Parisis) you can choose from as your `target&#039;. Some are portrait coins, some have castles/ buildings/ simple inscriptions. The portrait coins are quite good in comparison to Brit coins of that period.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could go for an Aquitaine coin of Henry II of England (aka Henri d&#039;Anjou Eleanor&#039;s second husband). They do exist but they are not portrait coins. There is however more of a joint link with that region than there is with England. As an aside, there are Aquitaine issues for Richard the Lionheart too, as well as from Poitou. Not common though.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could go for a silver penny of Henry II of England. These are&nbsp; usually pretty crude, and you would pay upwards of £80 for one that was&nbsp; even half discernable . Not particularly good value for money in my books. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the question is...where to look for these. My first port of call for the french ones would be <a href="http://www.cgb.fr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cgb.fr" rel="nofollow">www.cgb.fr</a> (after checking out ebay.fr that is). Failing that try an auction house like Elsen (Belgian). I&#039;ll have a look to see if there&#039;s anything on the go at sites I know of if I get the chance, and post here if I find anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>A penny of Henry II of England...well, you can try ebay.uk for starters, then Spinks, but i&#039;ll defer to Sylvester or someone more into UK coinage for ideas where to get one. I can&#039;t in all honesty recommend any UK dealer for that particular coinage, not because there aren&#039;t anty worth recommending but just that I don&#039;t know of any on a first hand basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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