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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5716168, member: 110350&quot;][USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER], do you remember the source of the 1644 date?&nbsp; I was so taken with your coin weight that I did Google and VCoins searches for other examples, and saw nothing attributing the weight to any particular year. I suspect one would have to look at the Withers book, which is apparently the standard authority on British coin weights.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, when I noticed one in decent condition for sale by Ken Dorney and saw how relatively inexpensive it was (certainly compared to almost any actual coin of Charles I, in any metal), I couldn&#039;t resist and bought it. Dorney described it as follows, with no specific date:</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles I, 1625 - 1649</p><p>AE Double Crown Weight, Traveling Mint, 17mm, 4.51 grams</p><p>Obverse: CAROLVS REX, Crowned bust of Charles left small B below (Nicolas Briot, die cutter).</p><p>Reverse: Crown above X over S [ = 10 shillings].</p><p>Withers 992</p><p>ex James Pickering Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll take the risk of posting the photo now, even though it hasn&#039;t been delivered yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242849[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: now I&#039;m completely confused, given Ken Dorney&#039;s identification here last year, when he was still a member, of the former owner of the James Pickering Collection. Do you have two of these weights, or did I just buy the the same weight that you just posted here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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