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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3634244, member: 87080&quot;]A post on medieval coins by Doug, what a treat!&nbsp; Congrats on the great cut farthing, John has wonderful detail for being quartered.&nbsp; Your coins of Edward I are also great coins.&nbsp; I always enjoy seeing what coins people have in their collection that are outside of their collecting area.</p><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely love English and Scottish cut farthings and half pennies!&nbsp; They are a lot of fun to collect to identify and classify.&nbsp; They are also one of the few ways rare coins can still be found for cheap.&nbsp; It is interesting to note that cut half pennies and farthings are very rare in English hoards, yet regularly show up in French and Northern European coin hoards.&nbsp; In England they were the daily medium of exchange and circulated widely.&nbsp; They could also be redeemed for uncut pennies at a mint. In continental Europe their silver content was often greater than the debased local coinage, and therefore worth hoarding.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll add a nice cut halfpenny of Henry I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]974954[/ATTACH] </p><p>Star in Lozenge Fleury coinage (BMC xiii). London mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 1121.</p><p>19mm, 0.69g</p><p>Obv: [+hENRICV]S R. Crowned bust left, holding scepter.</p><p>Rev: + ALFR[ : ON : LV]NDE :, lozenge with incurved sides; star at center, fleur at each end, and trefoil in each quarter.</p><p>North 869; SCBC 1274[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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