The most common English hammered coins are...

Ian,I know Martin Purdy.He is the current President of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand.He & I don't see eye to eye nowadays.He is known for his tactless attitude.While I respect him for his numismatic & linguistic knowledge,I take umbrage at
his arrogant way of dealing with the members of the Society who are not members of Council.In other words,his constitutional knowledge certainly leaves a lot to be desired though.I won't attend meetings now because of him.

Aidan.

 

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That's strange. Although i've never met martin in person, over the past few years he has always proven to be very willing (and able) to help. Certainly he helped resolve an issue I had concerning items I had purchased from a seller in NZ.

Bit of a laugh really. I sent off cash via mail to NZ in payment for items. three months later seller stated `not received'. I had Martin help me out by getting in contact with the seller and acting as my agent. Turned out that a few days later the original payment arrived. It had been miss directed somewhere along the line to Singapore. The funny bit was that seller sent the original envelope on to me along with the goods. The envelope was stamped `mis-sent to Singapore'. Well, I thought that it was funny that NZ postal services had a stamp they could use for that event. I would have thought it more prudent to resolve the event arising in the future rather than to make a stamp as an ongoing explanation

Obviously Martin has done or said something to rattle your cage, but it is sad if you allow personal likes and dislikes to interfere with your enjoyment of numismatics. You should do your best to resolve this.

 

Ian,I finally picked up a King Henry III 'Short Cross' 1d. & a King Edward I 1/2d.,which is a London Mint issue.These coins are not really that common,especially over here.

Aidan.

 

I agree if you are not in The United Kingdom some nice Hammered coinage is not easy to get. What Type of Henry III were you able to pick up, I recently was able to get a Henry III ShortCross Nichole On London Spink 1356C7c one thing I have been wondering about is with the moneyer's names I saw a documentary awhile ago where they said Nichole was a name for a water spirit and was related to the practice of throwing swords and items into rivers before trips or on the death of the person who owned them, and that has had me wondering if that became mutated into a name for people or if it was the monyer being cleaver, being close to the Thames river it would have been a nice play of words.

 

Good on yah! I know that you can't show us them, but what do they grade as?

These coins aren't really all that common here either, at least not in decent grades that are also affordable.

Ian

 

I got really lucky I would grade it as VF for the series, but because someone was evil and had it slabbed it,not many people were bidding on it, I guess people don't understand you can't use a North American type grading system with hammered coins, there are just too many factors to consider because they were hand made. I don't want to give the grade the slabbing company gave it because at some point I want to do a grading contest with it when I can get proper pictures of it.​

 

Wasn't Edward I also know as "The Scott Hammer?" Here is a poor example of an Edward I penny I have.

Take Care
Ben

 

Yes he had the Nickname Hammer of The Scots from his wars with Scotland, some historians feel his wars put the unification of England and Scotland back by 400yrs, some have speculated that if he had not engaged in war with Scotland, that Scotland would have joined England earlier rather than deal with the interference of The French monarchs. I can't see it very well but is that a Civitas Cantor penny of Edward I ? I still find Lombardic letter's difficult at times. I forgot as well that there were lightweight copies from the mainland and Easterlings.

 

Afraid I'm not versed in determining the origin of early English Coinage. Haven't got a clue... dd: :goof: Any takers?

Take Care
Ben

 

Ray and Ben,
Yes it is indeed from the Canterbury mint.It's actually quite easy to make out the letters if you know what they're supposed to look like,from 12:00
First quadrant CIVI
second TAS
third CAN
fourth TOR
Only the final OR are illegible but it doesn't really matter.

 

I thought it was but was not 100% sure and when in doubt it's all ways great to have a consesus from a few people.

 

Thank you Mike & Ray for the information. I marked the flip as such

Regards
Ben

 

Ian,I bought them as is - ungraded.Grading is a real minefield that I have never looked into.

Aidan.

 

I finally picked up a silver 1d. of King Alexander III of Scotland.

Here's an article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland .

Aidan.

 

Sorry to annoy you, but I disagree, you can buy Charles I (1600-1649) farthing for as little as $10.....

 

Jerome,the English King Charles I Farthings were actually issued privately under various licences granted by the King,as the issuing of copper by the monarchy was considered to be beneath the dignity of the monarchs themselves.

I have never been offered one under NZ$35,but I will eventually get one.

Aidan.