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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 4769707, member: 73099&quot;]You’re just gonna need another Henry VII coin then in his own name <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don’t let anyone tell you how to collect.&nbsp; Collect what you like.</p><p><br /></p><p>As previously mentioned there are many posthumous coins in the name of the king’s father.&nbsp; Generally these are assigned to the reign in which they were struck, not on the portrait or name that features on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As one example, English coins of Richard the Lionheart are in the name of his father Henry II.&nbsp; If you want a coin of Richard, it will say ‘Henry’ on it but the portrait is of Richard.&nbsp; Alternatively you can get a coin of Richard from Aquitaine or Poitiou, which have his name on them but these do not have a portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Henry VII “tentative portrait” groat</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161909[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is my debased testoon of Henry VIII, with the recognizable portrait of the old king</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161910[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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