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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HammeredCoin, post: 2224581, member: 75598&quot;]That is a fabulous cnut specimen!&nbsp; They don&#039;t come any better than that really.&nbsp; As for the Edward I you have, that is my area of expertise.&nbsp; Edward I pennies are almond the most difficult hammered coins to date and classify which is why I am so fascinated by them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Edward I penny is of class 3g and minted between 1280-1281.&nbsp; The Lincoln mint was only active during the first major recoinage undertaken by Edward between 1279 and 1281 to replac the voided long cross coinage of his father Henry III. The Lincoln mint was only open from 1280-1281 so the date of minting is easy to ascertain.&nbsp; The &quot;3g &quot; classification is what collectors of these pennies want to know.&nbsp; This classification tells us which style of dies used to produce the coins and serves to further pin down the approximate date of it being minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The clues in your specimen to give it the 3g classification is first the style of the crown (this takes a long time to learn) and on the reverse you have what are called &quot;pellet-bar&quot; N&#039;s.&nbsp; This and the style of the drapery depicted on the obverse gets us to that class.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that is helpful!</p><p><br /></p><p>Adam[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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