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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7633502, member: 101855&quot;]Thank you for the great opening post. I knew that the Normans claimed some lands in the holy lands from the First Crusade, but did not realize their involvement in Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the Norman coins I have are British with exception of a Richard I denier because it was the one coin I could get with his name on it. His English coins were issued under the name of Henry II.</p><p><br /></p><p>For what its worth, here are my best Norman pennies.</p><p><br /></p><p>William the Conqueror Paxs Penny. Some believe this was issued during the time of William II, so I might be looking for an earlier piece in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313091[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>William II a.k.a. &quot;Rufus the Red&quot; Profile type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313094[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>William II with a reference to &quot;the Great Comet,&quot; the stars on either side of his portrait, which appeared during his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry I</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313096[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A more typical Henry I penny</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313097[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313098[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry II - Note that someone counterstamped, this piece, &quot;H II&quot;, I suppose, to separate it from the coins of his sons, Richard I and John. This was officially the beginning of the House of the Plantagenets, but they still had Norman blood in their veins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313099[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard I, a.k.a. &quot;the Lion heart&quot; British Penny</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313100[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>John, British Penny</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313101[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>John, Irish Penny</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313102[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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