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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 2223547, member: 73099&quot;]I have a Tealby penny of Henry II but for some reason I forgot to image it.&nbsp; Will have to shoot a pic next time it comes home from the safe box.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, my only Plantagenet coin is this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o582/napoleoniii/doublestruck.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>A mixed up flip-over double struck short cross penny, probably of King John, but very difficult to identify.&nbsp; In general, short cross pennies are tricky to identify, as the coins of Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III are all inscribed in the name of &#039;Henry&#039;.&nbsp; There are features that can tell them apart, such as the number of pearls on the crown, or the size and direction of certain letters in the legend.&nbsp; Given the double strike here the legend is hard to read.&nbsp; The moneyer is probably Raul or Rauf of London, unhelpful to identification because this moneyer struck for multiple monarchs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Double struck coins of this era are not uncommon, but flip-over double strikes are fairly unusual, especially with a quite visible portrait on both sides.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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