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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24652248, member: 101855&quot;]The quality of hammered coins can be all over the place. It&#039;s the same with machine made coins. If the dies are well made, the person doing the hammering is careful and you have a good quality planchet, the coin can be nice. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an Edward VI shilling. Edward was Henry VIII&#039;s much anticipated but very sickly son who died when he was 16. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570181[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If the dies are worn out or not well made, the coin will not be so nice. The coins, all pennies, that were made under the Norman kings after William the Conqueror, were mostly very poorly made. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that were issued by Stephen, who was William the Conqueror&#039;s nephew, were notoriously bad. This is actually well above average for a Stephen penny. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570182[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Greek and Roman coins were hammer struck. Some of them were works of art. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Caesar Augustus</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570184[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Vitaious </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570185[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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