Anyone collect hammered coins?

Steve,have you found any more hammered English coins lately?

Aidan.

 

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Forgive my ignorance, but what are hammered coins?

I assume you are not talking about what my friends and I did as young kids, hammering pennies on the sidewalk until they were 3 inches in diameter and as thin as a piece of paper.

 

Dreamer94,a hammered coin is one that was struck by the old craft method of placing a planchet on a die mounted into an anvil,then placing another die on top of the planchet & striking it with a hammer.

Aidan.

 

dreamer94 Slightly more sophisticated than you did it as a kid LOL except they hammerd blank discs into a coin rather than a coin into a blank disc Not realy Aidan not been looking for any, been concentrating on other things :thumb: quite a good read in the site below

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/C/coinhistory.htm

 

I used to collect a lot of machine struck coins earlier.. but now, I'm a big fan of hammered coins of South India and Portuguese India. Got a bit of collection too.. The South Indian coins are pretty cheap and have not yet been catalogued seriously. But, there are some fantastic coins..

 

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1418

Not plugging for a different forum, its just where I keep my collection. :-D

And yes, I love collecting hammered coins. But they can be rather difficult to get in the US at decent prices.

 

I have about 20 hammered coins, my best one is probably my (french) 1604 1/4 ecu.

 

Do you have any pictures illustrating the thinness of the coins?

 

They would be very hard to take on most early hammered coins. That's how thin.5 sheets of paper is about average.

 

Jerome,can you please post some photos of your hammered coins,especially those from England,Ireland,& Scotland?

Aidan.

 

I only have one, a long cross penny from the London mint. I am pretty sure it's an Edward I issue.

 

Mark,King Edward I's coins are THE most common English hammered coins that are available.You can buy a really nice one for under NZ$70.

Aidan.

 

Doug,that's a lovely hammered gold coin.I can almost swear that is an English coin by looking at the arrangement of the Coat-of-Arms.

Aidan.