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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3579530, member: 87080&quot;]Those are great coins [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER] especially your Irish penny.&nbsp; The reason these Irish pennies of John are considered common is that vast quantities were minted during his reign.&nbsp; Unlike later Anglo-Irish coinage of Edward IV, these pennies were minted to the English standard and circulated in England and Northern Europe.&nbsp; Large numbers of them have turned up in hoards from England and the continent. If they had been intended to stay for Irish only usage, you would have seen the continuation of the small Dominus coinage from the late 12th century.&nbsp; I have read the Dan Jones claim before, but never seen a citation for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as why the coins were minted in Ireland, the simple answer is that the silver was located there.&nbsp; Large amounts of silver had come to Ireland in trade going back the arrival of the Norse.&nbsp; Also, silver was mined in Ireland, though it became much more extensive under Edward I.&nbsp; Ireland was a source of silver ripe for exploitation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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