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Magnificent work, thanks so much!! 👏 Yes I can see that moneyer name clearly now, a big clue of course is the similarity of the moneyer's name to the king's name, should really have noticed that! 😯 Thanks for the precise sub-class classification as well, I would've just been happy with designating the main class but you went a few steps further! Kind regards, Joe

Help would be most appreciated here. I have a nice example of a short cross penny but not sure on class or moneyer? I'm told it's a King John and moneyer is Willem on London but that reverse legend looks way off to me - think CANT is the only thing I can make out which would imply Canterbury. I also think the class is later than a King John as indicated by bust type - a class 6 Henry III I think is closest but thoughts please as really have no idea about the moneyer!

Well thanks anyway for your continued efforts, much appreciated!! 😃

Thanks so much for the clarification! I am okay with not knowing for sure it's sub-class but I did want to make sure the dating was correct and fortunately both 8a & 8b are dated 1294 - 99. Nice to learn class 8 is rarer as well. 😀

Thanks for this! Right I see, so contraction mark after the H isn't always a given for an 8b. Important to note as what I had read seemed to suggest this was a defining feature of that sub-class. And just so I'm clear, you feel it's unlikely to be class 9? I have been staring at both S' for a while and they feel almost indecipherable as lost all detail but I would lean towards top-titled on the obverse. The reverse looks less like a top-tilted one though.

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Hi everyone. Picked up this nice looking Edward penny recently. It was sold to me as class 8b but thinking it might be 9a1 though as do not see an apostrophe like contractive mark after the H of HYB and I also am unsure if the H has a notched tail or not? Hopefully someone out there could confirm either way! Thank you. Joe

Cheers gents, much appreciated!

Hi there all, I have just purchased this Edward Farthing & I was wondering if there are any (much more qualified) people on here that could possibly identify it's class and denote which Edward was it's issuer? It's been sold to me as an Edward II farthing. The edges have been clipped a bit so might not be easy to do this but can tell it's London minted at least. Many thanks. Kind regards, Joe

Thanks a lot for bringing that to my attention Rob, looks ideal! At 500+ pages & with smaller dimensions, it still should be comprehensive enough whilst being more shelf-size friendly than the Spink one. By modern I was really just meaning a recent printing as that would likely be available both in excellent condition & at a cheaper price. I was not referring to the content of the coins covered because, as to your point, the modern commemoratives from these nation's mints is oversaturating. I would probably only be interested in collecting the initial post-independence issues. I've now found this book from a coin dealer for £20 so very affordable & even come across a full, complete e-book which is even better value at £0!

Does a comprehensive modern one exist? I've come across James Atkins' 'The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire'. This is a good starting point for early colonial coinage but was published in 1889 so naturally doesn't cover anything past that! I'm looking for something that would include all the 20th century including Commonwealth coinage. Then there is also the 'Spink's Catalogue of British Colonial and Commonwealth Coins' which sounds ideal at 700+ pages but it's quite pricy - and it's still 40 years old - so is there another more modern & affordable option that anyone knows of? Many thanks! Kind regards, Joe

Thanks for input & sharing that guidebook. Yes I would agree that it is most likely 5b2. 👍

London, Nicole?

Dear all, Recently purchased the attached coin with seller ID'ing it as a class 5a2 Henry III penny but is this designation correct as have noticed the chin is pointed which supposedly shouldn't be the case in class 5a2 coins according to link below? Would appreciate any confirmation on this, many thanks. Joe https://www.rodblunt.com/long-cross-pennies-class5