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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25382124, member: 101855"]Really? When I order from Europe, it has usually been in desperation for an old English coin I can't find here. The exchange rates, shipping and taxes they slip in usually make me wish I could have bought it here. The trouble is there are only a limited number of coins like available in the U.S. This is an Edward the Martyr penny (ruled 975 to 978) [ATTACH=full]1625259[/ATTACH] Edward became "the Martyr" because the mother of the next king, Aethelred II had him done in so that her son could take the throne. The story was his step mother, Elfrida, invited him over to the house for a visit. As one guard was offering him a cup of mead*, another stabbed him in the back. The perps dumped his body in shallow grave, but after miracles began to happen in the vicinity of his burial plot, they decided to dig him up and give him a proper burial. Edward was 13 when he became king and only 16 when he was murdered. * Mead is an alcoholic beverage that is made by fermenting honey with water and sometimes fruit juices. I got a chuckle because a couple of years ago Budweiser had an ad campaign that mentioned the drink. The king comes into a bar and offers to buy everyone a beer. One guy says he wants a mead instead. After making some specifications about how he'd like his mead, he ends up in the stocks. I had never heard of "mead" before that ad campaign.[/QUOTE]