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Fiji.
Edward VIII (1936).

 

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Grand duchy of Finland.
Nicolas II (1894-1917).

 

Republic of Finland.

 

Transvaal.

 

Zambia.

 

Ghana.

 

Nigeria.

 

Southern Rhodesia.

 

Australia Penny, 1964

 

Edward I:

Edward was sometimes called "Longshanks" as he was extremely tall (6' 2") for the time, when the average height for men was 5' 6".

Edward was on a Crusade in 1272 when his father died and for several years England issued coins with his father's name Henry III on them.



Obverse:
HENRICVS REX III, the text starting in the upper left, the first letter is an 'h'.

Reverse:
Voided cross, a "voided cross" has the cross limbs divided by lines.
IOH ON SEINTED, started on the left side just above the cross limb.
The "IOH ON SEINTED" is the moneyer and mint, John de Burnedisse of Bury St. Edmund.
IOH (John) ON (at) SEINT (Saint) ED (Edmund)
Bury St. Edmund was a church town and the mint was run by the church.

This is a tiny little coin.

Weight: 1.47gm
Diameter: 17mm x 19mm
Class: 6, the classes are from Laurie Asher Lawrence's early 1900's numismatic magazine articles on English pennies
Catalog: Seaby 1377 from B. A. Seaby Standard Catalogue of British Coins (Seaby/Spink)

These coins are fairly common and are frequently found by metal detectors in England.

Henry III started making "long cross" pennies in 1247, the design replaced the "short cross" pennies.
People were taking the silver coins and clipping off bits of silver to sell.
The long cross made the clipping more obvious.
Classes 1-5 were issued by Henry III, classes 6-7 were issued by Edward with Henry's name.

 

My oldest Penny:


Athelwulf Penny S1051. He reigned in Wessex 839 to 855AD.

Obverse reads AFTHELVVLF REX.
Reverse has HUNR across the middle, then ED MO up from the bottom, then NETA around the quarters. Thus reads HUNRED MONETA - Hunred Moneyer.

 

There's 91 Pennies here, I'm not about to photograph each one.