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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4621371, member: 101855"]The William II, or "Rufus" penny is a lot tougher than the William I coin. Getting a William I coin mostly takes money. You have to wait in line to get a decent Rufus. I have had two on them. This is my current piece, which is the same variety as your piece. I think that this is the most common Rufus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144184[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I traded up from this one, which was really high grade, but made with a broken die.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144185[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The quality of the British coinage really went down from William II and didn't get better until the later coinage of Henry II.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that Henry I's coins were the worst. This ground salvage piece is the second best one I have seen. I was out bid on a somewhat better one. It went for 10 times what I paid for this one. The coin cap is probably holding it together.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry I, who was William II's brother, became king after Rufus (William II) died in a "hunting accident." Henry was high tailing it to London to claim the treasury and the crown before his bother's body was cold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4621371, member: 101855"]The William II, or "Rufus" penny is a lot tougher than the William I coin. Getting a William I coin mostly takes money. You have to wait in line to get a decent Rufus. I have had two on them. This is my current piece, which is the same variety as your piece. I think that this is the most common Rufus. [ATTACH=full]1144184[/ATTACH] I traded up from this one, which was really high grade, but made with a broken die. [ATTACH=full]1144185[/ATTACH] The quality of the British coinage really went down from William II and didn't get better until the later coinage of Henry II. I think that Henry I's coins were the worst. This ground salvage piece is the second best one I have seen. I was out bid on a somewhat better one. It went for 10 times what I paid for this one. The coin cap is probably holding it together. [ATTACH=full]1144191[/ATTACH] Henry I, who was William II's brother, became king after Rufus (William II) died in a "hunting accident." Henry was high tailing it to London to claim the treasury and the crown before his bother's body was cold.[/QUOTE]
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