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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2203286, member: 74712&quot;]I meant to add this earlier, but I had to leave - here is my first Hammered Coin (forgive the photos, I&#039;m still trying to improve on my photography...):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]429500[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Richard I penny from the Duchy of Aquitaine (If I remember correctly - I bought this in the 90s and didn&#039;t keep good records at the time - I&#039;m waiting for the new Seaby Catalogue with Anglo-Gallic coins to come out to categorize it...).&nbsp; During Richard&#039;s reign as King of England, he was only in the country for a couple of months, and the coinage continued to carry the name of his father, Henry II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]429501[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This penny bears the name &#039;Henricus,&#039; but has been struck during Richard&#039;s reign (the number of dots on the crown is the give-away.&nbsp; Unfortunately I don&#039;t have my Catalogue on me to give the Seaby number...).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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