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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 923390, member: 6229"]English History from common coin to scarce medal.</p><p> </p><p>First the common coin:</p><p> </p><p>The coin you're going to learn about came into existance during 1066, the year England's reigning Monarch, Edward the Confessor died (January 1066) and was replaced by his son, Harold II (Harold Godwinson or Harold <i>Godwinesson</i>) on January 6, 1066. Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings on October 14,1066 and on the 15th of October 1066 <i>Edgar the Atheling </i>was elected King, but was never crowned King. He was deposed on December 17, 1066. <font face="Arial">William, a once-removed cousin of Edward the Confessor, was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066, and is today known as <i>William the Conqueror</i>, or <i>William II</i>.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>In those early days of Merrie Olde England small denomination coins were always in short supply, so, many coins were struck bearing short or long crosses on their reverses so peasants and business owners could cut the coins into quarters and halves. When you view these coins you'll notice blank spaces between the cross's double borders. There are two reasons for this:</p><p> </p><p>1). To make it easy to cut apart.</p><p>2). To assure proper sizing of the quarter and half cuts.</p><p> </p><p>Here'a a photo of a long cross English Penny minted during Edward the Confessor's reign. It was struck circa 1059-1062 (coinarchives photo) Click photo for enlargement:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=787784&AucID=579&Lot=2052&Val=4d2cae4185335fe22689d2fa3deade2d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=787784&AucID=579&Lot=2052&Val=4d2cae4185335fe22689d2fa3deade2d" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=787784&AucID=579&Lot=2052&Val=4d2cae4185335fe22689d2fa3deade2d</a></p><p> </p><p>Here's another long cross English Penny, from a much earlier period in England's numismatic history (coinarchives.com photo):</p><p> </p><p><b><i><u>Aethelred (978-1016) Struck Circa 997-1003:</u></i></b></p><p> </p><p>click photo for enlargement:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=822523&AucID=606&Lot=1803&Val=6de74da329aa94801809f865cf1fbc93" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=822523&AucID=606&Lot=1803&Val=6de74da329aa94801809f865cf1fbc93" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=822523&AucID=606&Lot=1803&Val=6de74da329aa94801809f865cf1fbc93</a></p><p> </p><p>In an attempt to make halving and quartering coins easier, during 1066 a new idea in numismatics was born; a coin was struck in the shape of a Four Leaf Clover. All one had to do was to pull off a leaf (one for a quarter, two for a half, etc). Unfortunately I couldn't find a photo.</p><p> </p><p>However, while trying to locate photos, I found an interesting medal made of white metal and measuring 38.22mm which was struck in 1820. This <b><i>Kings of England </i></b>Medal was a product of Thomas Halliday. The Obverse of the Medal features King George IV's head in a small circle with glory-like radients emanating from the circle listing the names of England's rulers from William I through to George IV. The reverse features (in a little circle) the words</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">TABLES</p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="2">OF THE</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4">KINGS</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="2">OF ENGLAND</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="1">HALLIDAY INV. E. FECIT</font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>with glory-like radients listing the rulers from Britons through Harold II 1065</p><p> </p><p>Both lists (obverse & reverse) run counterclockwise begining to the left of the arrow (coinarchives.com photo). Click photo for enlargement:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=785224&AucID=576&Lot=1179&Val=0adf32b5318acb24e79e61cb74b19e5a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=785224&AucID=576&Lot=1179&Val=0adf32b5318acb24e79e61cb74b19e5a" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=785224&AucID=576&Lot=1179&Val=0adf32b5318acb24e79e61cb74b19e5a</a></p><p> </p><p>Did you enjoy?</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 923390, member: 6229"]English History from common coin to scarce medal. First the common coin: The coin you're going to learn about came into existance during 1066, the year England's reigning Monarch, Edward the Confessor died (January 1066) and was replaced by his son, Harold II (Harold Godwinson or Harold [I]Godwinesson[/I]) on January 6, 1066. Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings on October 14,1066 and on the 15th of October 1066 [I]Edgar the Atheling [/I]was elected King, but was never crowned King. He was deposed on December 17, 1066. [FONT=Arial]William, a once-removed cousin of Edward the Confessor, was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066, and is today known as [I]William the Conqueror[/I], or [I]William II[/I].[/FONT] In those early days of Merrie Olde England small denomination coins were always in short supply, so, many coins were struck bearing short or long crosses on their reverses so peasants and business owners could cut the coins into quarters and halves. When you view these coins you'll notice blank spaces between the cross's double borders. There are two reasons for this: 1). To make it easy to cut apart. 2). To assure proper sizing of the quarter and half cuts. Here'a a photo of a long cross English Penny minted during Edward the Confessor's reign. It was struck circa 1059-1062 (coinarchives photo) Click photo for enlargement: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=787784&AucID=579&Lot=2052&Val=4d2cae4185335fe22689d2fa3deade2d[/URL] Here's another long cross English Penny, from a much earlier period in England's numismatic history (coinarchives.com photo): [B][I][U]Aethelred (978-1016) Struck Circa 997-1003:[/U][/I][/B] click photo for enlargement: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=822523&AucID=606&Lot=1803&Val=6de74da329aa94801809f865cf1fbc93[/URL] In an attempt to make halving and quartering coins easier, during 1066 a new idea in numismatics was born; a coin was struck in the shape of a Four Leaf Clover. All one had to do was to pull off a leaf (one for a quarter, two for a half, etc). Unfortunately I couldn't find a photo. However, while trying to locate photos, I found an interesting medal made of white metal and measuring 38.22mm which was struck in 1820. This [B][I]Kings of England [/I][/B]Medal was a product of Thomas Halliday. The Obverse of the Medal features King George IV's head in a small circle with glory-like radients emanating from the circle listing the names of England's rulers from William I through to George IV. The reverse features (in a little circle) the words [CENTER]TABLES [SIZE=2]OF THE[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]KINGS[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]OF ENGLAND[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]HALLIDAY INV. E. FECIT[/SIZE][/CENTER] with glory-like radients listing the rulers from Britons through Harold II 1065 Both lists (obverse & reverse) run counterclockwise begining to the left of the arrow (coinarchives.com photo). Click photo for enlargement: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=785224&AucID=576&Lot=1179&Val=0adf32b5318acb24e79e61cb74b19e5a[/URL] Did you enjoy? Clinker[/QUOTE]
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