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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HammeredCoin, post: 2230873, member: 75598&quot;]Richard,</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ware interested in continuing to collect Edward I pennies, I have a thread going over in the ancients section called English Hammered Coins.&nbsp; That may be useful to find out more on collecting this highly specialized area of English hammereds.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am an avid collector of these coins for years now.&nbsp; I can tell you that your penny looks perfectly fine.&nbsp; As Davey correctly noted above, was most likely a recent metal detecting find and years of not only under the soil but in actual circulation does that to the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you post full pictures of the coin I can go into much more detail regarding its history.</p><p><br /></p><p>To ease your mind further, the pennies of Edward I are almost never copied.&nbsp; This is because they are (relatively speaking) quite common and don&#039;t command enough money to make it worth a counterfeiters time.&nbsp; There are some more valuable examples that are worth good money even in a worn state, but it&#039;s VERY rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a new addition to my collection so you can get an idea of what you should be looking for.&nbsp; And if you ever have any questions about English Hammered coins please feel free to reach out to me.&nbsp; As I noted above, it is a highly specialized area of collecting.[ATTACH=full]438528[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]438529[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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