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<p>[QUOTE="sylvester, post: 73457, member: 708"]Well from the looks of it it's a decent coin at a decent price. If i had been you though i would have held out either for a King John penny (these turn up here, there and everywhere... but they are a bit like buses; you have to wait a while and then they all come at once).</p><p><br /></p><p>A cheaper option for Henry II and Richard I is to buy cut-half pennies (basically round pennies that were cut in half to make up small change, this was common practice). These often look better (condition/grade wise) with clearer design and clearer legends. Depends how you feel about them though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sylvester, post: 73457, member: 708"]Well from the looks of it it's a decent coin at a decent price. If i had been you though i would have held out either for a King John penny (these turn up here, there and everywhere... but they are a bit like buses; you have to wait a while and then they all come at once). A cheaper option for Henry II and Richard I is to buy cut-half pennies (basically round pennies that were cut in half to make up small change, this was common practice). These often look better (condition/grade wise) with clearer design and clearer legends. Depends how you feel about them though.[/QUOTE]
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