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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2901621, member: 40017&quot;]You are right to some extent. Very early hammered coins have no means of dating accurately, although some indication can be got from the particular variants. In Edward III&#039;s reign (1327-1377) they started introducing mintmarks - symbols embedded in the legends that give some idea of the date. </p><p>These became more precise as time went by and by Charles I time (1625-1649) they gave you exactly a year (although the minting year overlapped the date year so, for example a plume would indicate 1630-1).</p><p>In parallel, from Edward VI&#039;s reign (1547-1553) onward modern dates started to appear on some coins, but this did not become universal until Charles II&#039;s milled coinage about 1660. </p><p>The Gothic coins (florins and rare Crowns) in Victoria&#039;s reign were the only time Roman numerals were used.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that helps![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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