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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3145565, member: 83845&quot;]Welcome to Round 1 of CIT 2018!&nbsp; If you are unaware of the tournament I invite you to get caught up with all the fun on the following link:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-it%E2%80%99s-time-the-second-annual-coin-imperator-tournament-2018.320328/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-it%E2%80%99s-time-the-second-annual-coin-imperator-tournament-2018.320328/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-it’s-time-the-second-annual-coin-imperator-tournament-2018.320328/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]804813[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to give a special thank you to the participants for volunteering to play the game.&nbsp; We have a great group of people here at CT.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">............................................................</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><b><u>#3 [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] </u></b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]804814[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Balbinus, AE Sestertius 238 A.D.</font></p><p><font size="3">33mm, 22.9 grams; 12h, Rome mint - 1st emission</font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: COMCORDIA AVGG; Concordia seated left; holding patera and double cornucopia; SC in exergue</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: RIC IVb 22, p. 171</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Price:</u></b> $620</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Why It’s&nbsp; Cool:</u></b></p><p>I like this coin because it was a pivotal time in history, and illustrative of the chaos of the time - CONCORDIA AVGG was just the exact opposite of what was going on so fake news, haha</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">............................................................</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><u><b>#30 [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] </b></u></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]804815[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Edward I AR Penny Long Cross type </font></p><p><font size="3">Class 1c 1279 AD London mint.</font></p><p><font size="3">18mm 1.42g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: EDW REX ANGL&#039; DNS HYB; Crowned facing bust.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CIVI TAS LON DON; Long cross three pellets in each quarter.</font></p><p><font size="3">SCBC 1382</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Price:</u></b> $179</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Why It’s Cool:</u></b></p><p>The Voided Long-Cross pennies of Henry III in circulation in England had become worn, clipped, and were generally in poor condition. Edward’s administration undertook a radical recoinage and produced a new penny unlike anything minted in England before and would set the pattern of English coinage for 200 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The appearance of the penny was greatly improved as compared to the short and voided long cross pennies of the old monarchs. Previously the images of the kings were made up of pellets, crescents, and strokes from a very limited range of punches used to engrave the dies. With Edward’s new coinage more advanced punches with well rendered features were used that gave the penny a higher artistic quality and more life-like portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legends of the penny also changed. Previously, the legend named the king, such as HENRICVS REX III, but with the new penny the legend expanded greatly. On the reverse,the name of the moneyer associated with each mint was removed from the penny. Instead, the name of the mint was all that was present. This was a radical change, as the moneyer’s name had appeared on the English penny since the 8th century when Offa first introduced the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The new penny of Edward was a great success in England and was much admired throughout norther Europe where England had strong economic ties due to the wool trade. The English penny was of high quality and fine silver, unlike much of the coinage of the continent which was debased. Merchants from Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and other regions wanted the new English penny to conduct trade with England. In response, continental mints began producing their own copies. These coins, which became known as crockards and pollards, were often debased and lackedhigh silver content of their English rivals.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">............................................................</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #808080"><u>A Gentle Reminder</u></span></font></b></p><p>We have had a remarkably fun and friendly tournament so far and I want to thank all of our members who have contributed and commented <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Let&#039;s continue to do a good job of keeping our tournament friendly! Instead of focusing comments too much on why you didn&#039;t vote for one coin over the other try to focus on why you did vote for the one you chose!</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that everyone gets 3 votes to choose which coin you think comes out on top in each of the three categories. With that I will open the floor to comments, pile-ons and shameless lobbying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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