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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 6598759, member: 101855"]Edward V [ATTACH=full]1266023[/ATTACH] I can't post a picture of a coin for Edward V because very little was made in his name. Whatever it might be, it's beyond my pay grade to pay for it. Edward V was the son of British King Edward IV (ruled 1461 to 1470, deposed ruled again 1471 - 1483). When Edward IV died, the crown was supposed to go to his 12 year old son, but his uncle, Richard III, grabbed it from him. Richard imprisoned Edward and his brother in The Tower of London. From then on, no one knows what happened to them. The most widely accepted theory is that Richard III had them killed and buried their bodies some where in the Tower. Those who think Richard III was not such a bad guy say that Henry VI had them killed. I'm in the Richard III camp. Here is an artist's conception of "The Murder of the Innocents." James Northcote painted this picture cira 1786. [ATTACH=full]1266034[/ATTACH] At any rate, here are a few coins. Edward V's father, Edward IV. Edward IV introduced the angle gold coin to the British monetary system. [ATTACH=full]1266028[/ATTACH] Murder suspect #1 Richard III penny. [ATTACH=full]1266032[/ATTACH] Murder suspect #2, Henry VII Groat [ATTACH=full]1266033[/ATTACH] In 1674, the bones of some children were found under a staircase in the White Tower in the Tower of London. The bones were brought to Westminster Abby and buried under the orders of King Charles II. In 1933 the urn that contained the bones were opened and examined. Some of the bones were missing because they had been given away before they were entombed in 1675. They were re-entombed. Today people cast doubt as to whether on not these were the bones of the brothers. As such the case remains unsolved. Here is a Charles II shilling. He had the bones reburied in 1675. [ATTACH=full]1266056[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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