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Paddy

My Saxon Coin Collection

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This forum seems to have been a bit quiet for a while!

A long time ago I set myself the target of getting one coin from each of the Wessex/All England kings. I got to seven about 4 years ago and have stalled since then. Here's what I have so far for your comment/appreciation. (I hope not to hear the word "fake" too much, but if you have your suspicions please say so.)

Aethelred II:

Aethelred II.jpg

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Athelwulf:

 

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Cnut:

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Eadgar:

 

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Eadred:

 

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Edward the Confessor:

 

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Athelstan:

 

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A wonderful collection Paddy there is some great history behind everyone of those coins. I know next to nothing about hammered coins so I won't comment on there quality etc. By my recollection of early English kings you are about half way to completing your collection, but I don't know if the likes of Sweynforkbeard, Edmund Ironside or Eadwig issued any as they were only around for a short time.

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You are right - Svein forkbeard and Edmund Ironside are impossible, Eadwig very difficult. By my reckoning going back to Egbert I need 11 more, so it could be some time!

 

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Nice coins , congrats !!

You should improve your skills as photographer ;)

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I think they're scans? But he's right, you should up the scan quality!

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I think Egbert, Edward Martyr, Harthacnut and Harold II would be the four most rare/expensive.  

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21 hours ago, Paddy said:

You are right - Svein forkbeard and Edmund Ironside are impossible, Eadwig very difficult. By my reckoning going back to Egbert I need 11 more, so it could be some time!

 

You're lucky. I've got 110 gaps in my Saxon/Mercian list :(

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2 hours ago, Nordle11 said:

I think they're scans? But he's right, you should up the scan quality!

Yes they are scans as you supposed. I do not have the camera equipment to take better shots, and the only option on the scanner is to double the dpi - which runs into the picture size limits!

One day I will get into better photography but at the moment my cash is spent on the coins, not on photographing them. :-)

 

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