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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 2238687, member: 73099&quot;]This is a cut halfpenny of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumberland</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o582/napoleoniii/IMG_2171.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o582/napoleoniii/IMG_2172.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>O: N[ENCI COM]I (Henry Count)</p><p>R: [WILLEM] ON:C[AR]D (William on Carlisle)</p><p>Stewart Type 2, cross fleury</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an extremely rare coin, only a few dozen known (including damaged coins), of which there are 3 distinct types.&nbsp; A cut halfpenny is the only example I could realistically afford to add to my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry of Northumberland was the son of King David I of Scotland, and the grandson of King Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland (the Malcolm of Shakespeare&#039;s Macbeth).&nbsp; He was given the title &quot;Earl of Northumberland&quot;.&nbsp; He and his father were opportunists of the &quot;Anarchy&quot;, when Stephen of Blois and Matilda of Anjou, the rival claimants to the English throne, went to war.&nbsp; The Scots fought against Stephen, and though defeated at the Battle of the Standard, they won the strategic goal of territory in the north of England.&nbsp; Henry, son of the Scottish king, was made Earl of Northumberland, and both he and his father issued coins, the first coins issued by Scottish monarchs.&nbsp; David&#039;s coins are rare, Henry&#039;s even more so.&nbsp; Henry was not a well person, and predeceased his father, so he was never King of Scotland; the throne passed to his son Malcolm IV.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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