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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3662461, member: 19463"]I recently bought and am enjoying a simple book <b>England's Striking History </b>edited by Perkins, on eBay from CoinGallery. I paid $10.98 including overseas postage so you might find it cheaper locally. The hard part of IDing hammered coins is figuring out the letter forms but the book has pages helping with that. </p><p><br /></p><p>You have already made the first step: long vs. short cross. On the reverse look for the word CIVITAS which tells you that the rest of the legend is the city name or ON which separates the name of the moneyer from his city. You will find this easier with better coins and many field finds will take some practice. Samples below.</p><p>Long cross Edward I farthing with CIVITAS LONDON on reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]984822[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Longcross Henry III with RICARD ON LINC (Lincoln) reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]984823[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3662461, member: 19463"]I recently bought and am enjoying a simple book [B]England's Striking History [/B]edited[B] [/B]by Perkins, on eBay from CoinGallery. I paid $10.98 including overseas postage so you might find it cheaper locally. The hard part of IDing hammered coins is figuring out the letter forms but the book has pages helping with that. You have already made the first step: long vs. short cross. On the reverse look for the word CIVITAS which tells you that the rest of the legend is the city name or ON which separates the name of the moneyer from his city. You will find this easier with better coins and many field finds will take some practice. Samples below. Long cross Edward I farthing with CIVITAS LONDON on reverse [ATTACH=full]984822[/ATTACH] Longcross Henry III with RICARD ON LINC (Lincoln) reverse. [ATTACH=full]984823[/ATTACH] Good luck.[/QUOTE]
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