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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 76198, member: 1824&quot;]Here&#039;s another section that will interest Sylvester (or anyone collecting British Isles &amp; British Commonwealth coinage).It is about English hammered coins,which were struck at ecclesiastical mints.If you have such coins,then you are more than welcome to post here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have got in my collection one such coin - a King Henry VIII (1509-47) 1/2 Groat (2d.),which was struck as part of the 2nd. Coinage at Canterbury under the authority of William Warham (who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1503 to 1532).This coin has the Cross Patonce mintmark &amp; the mintname, &#039;CIVITAS CANTOR&#039;.My boss who</p><p>is a coin dealer bought this in a collection off another dealer</p><p>nearly 8 years ago.He was going to take this coin back to get his money back,as it has a small hole in it.I said to my boss,&quot;John,you&#039;d be a fool to take this coin back.It is a good coin struck at Canterbury under one of the Archbishops of Canterbury.&quot;He reluctantly agreed with me.I</p><p>ended up getting this coin as payment,&amp; as a spacefiller in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a historic one,as the English Reformation did away with the privilege of the Archbishops of Cantebury &amp; York issuing coinage on behalf of the King.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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