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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2694896, member: 44210&quot;]I have very early medieval (couple of centuries after 476 AD) pretty well represented in my collection, but my collection of European medieval coins after 1000 is practically non-existent. It wasn&#039;t much to look even before I sold off my Antioch denier and my two Spanish denaros, so things only got worse for this part of my collection. So recently, I got the itch to add another medieval coin to my collection, so I settled on this AR penny of Edward I Longshanks of England. Its not a problem-free and perfect example but its nicely-detailed and good enough for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The quote of him above (the thread title; from the scene when he was justifying his friendly fire against his own troops) and the fact his nickname is &quot;Longshanks&quot; (can&#039;t get much cooler than that) are the only things I remember about him from Braveheart. Oh, and that he also was a massive certain body orifice (but I realize that might have been played up for the movie).</p><p><br /></p><p>Got a bit of stuff on my plate right now so I won&#039;t go into the history myself but I found a webpage that gives a good biography of Edward (not too long of a read like Wiki and not too short): <a href="http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_5.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_5.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_5.htm</a></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Edward I</u>, Kingdom of England</b></p><p>AR penny</p><p><b>Obv</b>: EDW R ANGL DNS HYB, crowned and draped facing bust, legend around bust</p><p><b>Rev</b>: CIVI-TAS LIN-COL, long cross, tri-pellets in angles, legend around cross</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Lincoln</p><p><b>Date</b>: 1280-1281</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SCBI 39 (North), 168; North 1022; SCBC 1393</p><p><br /></p><p>(not in hand yet so these are from the seller; black background added by me though)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]605265[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]605268[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]605269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>England and territories in 1300:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]605270[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5">Please post anything relevant or just a comment! And thanks for looking!</font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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