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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4667158, member: 101855"]The three English kings who ruled from 1087 until 1154 made the worst coins in British history. William II was the son of William the Conqueror, who founded the modern British monarchy in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror's coins were pretty decent for their time. Here a William the conquorer penny. [ATTACH=full]1150841[/ATTACH] This is actualy pretty decent for a William II penny despite the fact that the obverse die was broken. [ATTACH=full]1150842[/ATTACH] This William II coin is a "WOW!!!" [ATTACH=full]1150844[/ATTACH] Henry I was William II's younger brother. When Henry I's daddy was splitting up his assets, Henry got money, but no kingdom. He "arranged" a hunting accident in which his brother, William II, was killed. Henry I's coins were the worst ever. This one is mostly held together by the Cointain. Things got so bad that people were testing the coins by cutting little pieces out of them to see if they were genuine. Henry's response to that was to cut little pieces out of them at the mint called "snicks" before they were issued.  [ATTACH=full]1150847[/ATTACH] Stephen was Henry I's nephew. He had no right to the crown, but since Henry I's only surviving child was a woman, he took advantage of that. Women were not supposed to rule countries at that time. Her name was Matilda. Her coins were worse than Stephen's coins and are virtually impossible to obtain. One dealer told me he regretted selling one he owned 30 years ago that was held together by museum glue. * This is a very nice example of a Stephen penny. [ATTACH=full]1150852[/ATTACH] There you go ... three ugly coins ... I hope that they were interesting. * Another story about Matilda coins. A London based dealer told me that a Canadian citizen tried to send him a Matilda coin. When it arrived, it was in something like 30 pieces and was worthless.[/QUOTE]

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