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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3119290, member: 19463&quot;]I have a special fondness for these initialed issues.&nbsp; Mine is a bit later issued in the time of Thomas Cranmer, who had the misfortune of living until the reign of the most Catholic &#039;Bloody&#039; Mary who executed him.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]793322[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Many English coins of the period suffer from very shallow portrait die work.&nbsp; Late Henry 8 (so it is inscribed, not VIII) coins also have debased silver making it hard to find pretty ones.&nbsp; Often one must choose between legends or portraits. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]793330[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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