Featured Medieval - "All the moneyers who were in England should be mutilated"

Thanks for the article, this is what numismatics should be about, relevance to history, context. Anyone who researched their genealogy will generally hit a brick wall by the 1700s, as only the "nobles" go back further. I was speaking with a local librarian whose ancestry is traceable to around 1200 as she can trace her ancestry to nobles.

 

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Great coin and super cool write up!!! Thanks!!

 

Has anyone found a one handed skeleton that walked with a limp?

 

I ran into this thread during a Google search for an article that I am writing bout the Norman kings. Yes, William II, Henry I and Stephen are all hard to find nice.

I have a low grade Henry I that is similar to the one in the opening post.



A few months ago I found this piece which is as nice as anything I will ever find or can afford.



There was a Matilda penny that copped up in a Heritage auction a few months ago. I bid on it, but turned out to be the under bidder. Now, under their "make an offer to the owner" program, the buyer wants over $25,000, which is quite a bit more than he or she paid.

 

It seems like a number of decent Henry I coins have popped up lately. Always going for more than I want to pay, of course...