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Thanks, Paddy, no worries Nice sixpence, and on the money with your classification.

if anything at all it might be a 6 … or a cud

Can anyone help me with this hammered found last week. I know it’s in very poor condition, but what caught my attention was the size of the shield on the reverse. It’s looks unusually large for a threepence. Mint Mark is Pheon, and date I think is1561, although the one isn’t clear. Spink list two types ,large flan,(inner circle 15mm) and small flan (inner circle 14mm). I’ve measured this one and the reverse inner circle is 15mm and the obverse 14mm. As yet I haven’t been able to track another threepence down like it thanks in advance Richard i

Hello all, Purchased this coin at Morton and Eden the week before last in a bulk lot...I note the obverse reading of HIBE which is unusual - would anyone who has a copy of Bull kindly confirm if published? I like the old ticket but don't know how far back it is from, there seem to be three different hands on it ! Presumably post-1920, as "Francis" I assume refers to G. R. Francis Collection (Glendining, 24 March 1920)...but a long time before Brooker or even Lockett (?). All the best, J

One of the class 5’s, RENAUD ON LUND. Will have a look at the books later. Jerry

Hi all After a period of abstinence from English coins (thanks to Brexit) I've finally found a nice penny to buy from a French dealer. Edward I , Penny from Bristol. I have just some doubts on the proper class, I would say 2b but I am not 100% sure...I hope you can help me

OK so here goes. Firstly the OP coin is definitely not a large flan obverse die, and without even looking for a die match I think we can clearly see that from the first of the below images, in which I also encircle the rose, which is definitely the large Rose 4 - the third coin in the row is also a regular flan, but with rose a 5 for comparison. The second row of three coins are regular flan 3ds which have the large rose 4 - I think the proportion of the OP bust, relative to the inner circle, and relative to the rose, indisputably show that it is the same type as the second row of images, namely a regular flan die with large rose 4. The third row of coins are large flan 3ds with rose 5 - from those 3 images we can get a good idea of scale to compare with OP coin. So I 100% stand by my mule classification BA-3B:a namely it's a large flan reverse paired up with a regular flan obverse. BCW lists one muled pairing of this type, but not this particular obverse legend, making it unrecorded by them, and rare regardless. The punctuation wasn't included in my classification because BCW don't use it, saying themselves that it has no significance, other than I guess in identifying die matches and maybe for further micro-organising the series? Phew! Glass of wine and shower - you might recognise one of the large flan coins, Dave? Have a good Easter.