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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 662678, member: 8959&quot;]Hello C.T Friends,</p><p>My sincere apologies for the late reply, but the family and I have been travelling for the last 12 hours, and I am finally home although groggy from jet lag......(not easy to overcome as one grows older).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your comments!&nbsp; Reading Doug&#039;s&#039; post I rushed to inspect the coin to make sure that it was not minted on a Cannon Token as Frank suggested (quite funny actually!), or otherwise defaced as Doug thought it might have been.&nbsp; I am happy to report that it is neither - our brand new 24X Bausch and Lomb loupe reveals nothing but (very difficult to read) mediaeval script. </p><p><br /></p><p>But what does it say?:&nbsp; Thanks to the kind help of De Orc, who directed me to a specialized Hammered Coin Forum, it was possible to descipher the reverse of this coin. And, believe or not it reads&nbsp; &quot; EFPRD ON CENTEE &quot; , or,&nbsp; &quot; Edward in Canterbury&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, it appears this coin was minted by Edward (one of the king&#039;s&#039; many moneyers) at the mint at Canterbury. The opinion of the expert is that it is certainly not a counterfeit, and a fairly uncommon (not rare) combination of Moneyer and Mint. It is double struck on the obverse, which makes the king look a bit funny, but otherwise appealing and of course very historical.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, we decided to keep the coin and my son is now very happy (he will pay me back by relinquishing his weekly pocket money for the next 3 years).</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, thanks to De Orc for his help, and to you all for your comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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