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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 2993677, member: 87080&quot;]Thanks for posting this list [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] it makes for a very fun read.&nbsp; Even though this list is of culturally significant people, which enables someone like William Wallace to land on it, its still a bit of a head scratcher. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ill toss out a medieval penny of King John, the villain of Robin Hood and singer of the Magna Carta which is the foundation of the individual&#039;s freedom against the capricious nature of despotism.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]739258[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>John I</b> AR Short Cross Penny 1205 AD Canterbury mint; Arnaud moneyer; struck in the name of Henry II.</p><p>18mm 1.51g</p><p>Obv: Crowned head facing; scepter to left; HENRICVSR EX</p><p>Rev: Voided short cross; quatrefoil in each angle; +ARNAVD*ON*CANT</p><p>SCBC 1351; North 970</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll also add a coin of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland and hammer of the Catholic Irish.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]739259[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commonwealth AR Halfgroat 1649-1660 AD London mint.</p><p>15mm 0.88g</p><p>Obv: English coat-of-arms within wreath.</p><p>Rev: English and Irish coat-of-arms; II above.</p><p>SCBC 3221; North 2728[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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