HistoricCoinage

I've not done Tough Mudder but many of my friends have and, as PWA says, it's more about the taking part with these events - something you'll look back on fondly but probably be in pain during. I used to run competitively and have done ultramarathons so am used to training schedules for these sorts of things. Let me know if you have any questions but I'm sure you'll be fine!

It's a Scandinavian issue in the imitative style of Aethelred II's Longcross issue. This is the English issue: Try and get your hands on some of Brita Malmer's work as that will have it in if it's an official issue and not a Baltic/Scandinavian contemporary forgery/imitation.

Very rare because it's unresearched... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNRESEARCHED-HAMMERED-PENNY-VERY-NICE-CONDITION-VERY-NICE-RARE-COIN-/252120779344?hash=item3ab391ca50:g:DpoAAOSwl9BWGjnj

My thoughts are with you and your daughters, Peter.

I'd highly recommend The Galata Guide as a starter - great images, too.

Didn't think it was, but, for some reason, I'm not buying a reverse die struck underneath. Do we know of any better images of such a phenomenon?

Perhaps 'ghosting' from the reverse? Friend's picture, again. It's a W4a farthing with it in incuse.

Here are his images. Both look to have the repaired back to the E in my eyes.

Afraid not, Peter. I moved this time last year but can still give recommendations on what to see at the Fitz, especially as I spent many an afternoon holed up there.

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=21219

I spoke to a friend regarding this and he said he knows of two different EDWADVS varieties, one known from two obverse dies. He also said: "In other words, this mistake has been made three times! I wonder if it was the same person cutting the die each time, who couldn't spell the king's name" and that yours is is a variety of Withers type 30b reading +EDWADVS REX A. He has one of these from a different die to yours, as the initial cross is in a different position. He's very interested in this if you so choose to sell...

Henry VI Annulet Issue of Calais. Dates to 1422-30 but badly clipped. Should probably be able to realise around £20.

NSFW: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191675366847

eBay have very precise dates for their coin categories, it seems.

Welcome back, Tim!

Hope you have a great birthday, Richard!

Getting there! Orthopaedic surgeon says I'll just need extensive physio and I've ordered this so I can commute to work in style.

Are we sure it's a mistake? I find coins like this very interesting. I've done work on secondary treatment of coins found in Viking Age Scandinavia and it's clear that many were withdrawn from the economic sphere - whether German coins with original suspension loop present or English coins crudely folded and avoiding much pecking. Whereas the example you post is an intriguing one. Looks to have just one peckmark and was found a way out of the Viking homelands - couple these with the evidence for suspension and it looks as if it's an example of jewellery taken away by a Rus trader from somewhere closer to Sweden. I've seen many examples like this crop up from Estonia in recent years. But back to the identity of the coin itself, more than 50% of Scandinavian/Baltic imitations of Aethelred II's Longcross are minted on square flans with many having die links to legible issues minted in Sigtuna. A possible explanation for the high prevalence of square flans is that these were meant purely for payments for a new taxation system and so were hastily produced having never had the intention of circulating as currency. If you can get your hands on some of Brita Malmer's references I'm confident you'll find something similar if not a die link/pattern to her examples. Brita sadly passed away a couple of years ago but I am in touch with another numismatist who has her files and is continuing with her research so let me know if you want me to send him an email. Have you purchased this?

Yes, this is one of the most common types of modern fakes available at the moment and, as Rob says, the weight is wrong.

Looks fine to me contrary to what others have stated. There are a variety of Viking issues which are square and the museum collections in Denmark, Norway and Sweden are testament to this. The Sigtuna issues are just one such example of a square flan imitating the English Longcross type. I attach my photo of a similar example:

I've just uploaded some items to my Summer List. Please take a look: http://www.historiccoinage.com/newadditions.php Includes this:

One for you, Peter. Tealby of Bury.

Looks more like a farthing than a penny. Appears to be an earlier class of Edward I, upon a quick look.

Nice find. Any chance of larger images?

Thanks for the well wishes, gents. I spent much of last night in a whiskey bar with good company and will continuing celebrations this weekend, too.