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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 23978, member: 708&quot;]As requested...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not much to look at artistically, this is a particularly nice specimen (don&#039;t laugh! people not familiar with the series would think it pretty poor, but actually it&#039;s quite a mid grade specimen), flat patches predominate. Although there are some beautifully struck ones out there they are rare, very very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a Watford type, which is the most common type. But it&#039;s Shaftesbury mint which is a rare mint. Struck around 1136-1145ish. Probably in the early 40s. No way to tell for sure though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen (a nice guy by all accounts) had usurped the throne from his cousin, Matilda (a woman with a ferocious temper, and extreme stubborness) who was the rightful heir and thus a period of civil war and anarchy ensured that would envelop much of the country till 1153 a year before the king&#039;s death.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S the king is looking right, not forwards, but can you find him?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/pics/hamm/s1do.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/pics/hamm/s1dr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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