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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 20506551, member: 101855&quot;]Here is the Irish King John penny which I find more appealing. This one has his name on it, and the portrait looks more like a human being. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers say this coin is common, and Dan Jones, who wrote a book on the Plantagenet British kings claimed that John had a lot of these coins made to pay his mercenary soldiers. I found it hard to find one that was this nice. There are pieces out there, but many of them have problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>John was not a King of Ireland; he was just a British noble with some clout. Since his father didn&#039;t intend to give him any kingdoms when he died, John was known as &quot;John Lackland.&quot; Perhaps that helped to put the chip on his shoulder. He had a big one. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540900[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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