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Davissons sold one in far worse condition in 2015 for $2800 (E12 Lot 61) 😮

Absolutely, Stu, will do! If his website is anything to go by, he’ll be selling a lot of copies, and very likely become the new name by which we and various auction houses will categorise our/their coins! Looking forward to it!

Many thanks for the pics @Descartes much appreciated! I was discussing the Henry 5a3 with Rob Page today, and he was also telling me it has the scarcer reverse (a possible crossover from class 4, making it potentially an early class 5) and has no example recorded in the Brussels hoard. He’s just put it up on his site which is rather nice! http://www.henry3.com/london---5a3.html He was also telling me that there’s a book to come before the year’s out, a shared project with a friend of his, so that’ll be on my radar.

Been digging around to see what info. I can add to my Class 5a3 Henry. What has turned out to be interesting is it has the less common reverse for this class, being very open and having the larger 14 pellet per quarter inner circle. I managed to find a reverse die match on Rob Page’s site www.henry3.com which confirms a pellet on the last ligated N for me, as well as providing him with some additional information on the second quarter, which his illustrated example doesn’t have. sharing the love! Oh, and would anyone be happy to post up an image of the H3 page in spink (S1367a) - as up to date a copy as poss? They keep updating the numbers, and my old thing (2013) only has S1367 (no S1367a).

A $425 coin before import taxes and delivery - not mine, sadly.

Just amazed at some of the lengthy responses here, simply brilliant! welcome! My thoughts would be you need to decide what it is you like about coins first. Is it the thought of connecting with history, or do you just like pretty things? A lot of people enjoy collecting type sets of all the different monarchs? That would expose you to a) some of the cheaper coins if you start with Elizabeth and work back, and b ) give you the opportunity to start cutting your teeth on something, as you’ll likely change your collecting area a dozen times until you finally settle with something you like. As you work your way back, there will come a point where you might just want to collect one nice example coin from each monarch, could get a tad expensive otherwise. Dont forget to buy a couple of nice hammereds to see if you like them...before you finally settle down to collect pennies! Enjoy!

Goodness, even a tenuous link to that story makes the coin all the more interesting. I so hope you can dig up some more information. Have to spoken to Rob to see if he knows anything more about it?

Brilliant, Frank...I don’t know a great deal about this series, but wouldn’t the cut edges reveal whether it was guilded pre or post hammering?

The Edward Bristol at Davisson’s went ballistic so abandoned it for 2 Henry IIIs instead, one a Terci coin. Grrrr pictures to follow

I really like uncorroded flans, and this one ticks that box! These last two farthings balance out my overspend on the last John penny! Harmony has been restored

New variety Edward I 1301-1310 Farthing for me (sellers pics). The slightly rarer Withers Type 28 (maybe 28c - will check ?apostrophe after REX when it’s delivered), North Class 10 [N1058], with Crown M (Blunt).

I can only see two reverse images above. Had a look at your avatar though, phenomenal coin!

Have you chaps posted this in Hammered just to show off how many posts you can generate in one thread?

Wow, that’s a fabulous reverse - Is the obverse as classy?

I do think of you and Mrs P a lot @Peter it affected us all on here! Hope you’re OK, buddy! I think this is a great idea for a thread, I know you’ve got a couple of hammereds kicking around!

Absolutely, and how cool to have it acknowledged as a new variety in the future editions/addendum of Dave’s book!

Morning, Dave, yes I sold you that one, along with a few others, a very nice triple date springs to mind. Sadly I haven’t access to the other 2 15mm coins, I simply snaffled them from the internet without credit (not very academic I know) for the purpose of this post. I’ll take another look at the source to see if they are available for weighing and imaging for you. Glad we cleared it up...rooting about on coin sites, and digging around in books is just about my favourite thing ever. Have a good weekend!

http://www.galata.co.uk/store.asp?storeAction=showDetail&stockID=6511 I can’t get the link to work, but you can buy the book from Galata Roll over large image for zoom The Hammered Silver Coins produced at the Tower Mint during the Reign of Elizabeth I I D Brown, Chris H Comber and Walter Wilkinson, with photographs by Paul Withers. Published by Galata Print Ltd., Llanfyllin. 2006, the latest revised edition, 2016, with corrections and additions. PB 84 pages. A4, 210 x 297mm. Detailed tables of all privy marks, legend variations and die pairings. Clever detailed line drawings of bust varieties. Photographs in b&w of all denominations. Covers the English, Irish and East India Company coins. New. This highly detailed book begins with the a history of the coinage of Queen Elizabeth I. This is followed by tables of all 11 denominations of the English coins and their various busts, initial marks and where dated, their dates. Then tables of all six of the Irish coins and their initial marks, etc. Then the 8, 4, 2 and 1 testerns of the East India Company coins. Then there are enlarged line drawings of the punches used for all of the coinages. There is a bibliography. The book ends with five appendices: List of privy marks; Indentures; Records of Pyx trials; The research collection, and Estimates of the number of coins struck. Published by Galata Print Ltd., Llanfyllin. Silver coins of Elizabeth I. English silver coins. Irish silver coins. East India Company silver coins. Catalogue number 6511 Quantity Price £30.00

No they were intended 3d reverse dies, made with the large shield. I can’t post the reverses of the large flan coins now because i’m off the PC. Will put them up for you tomorrow. To be honest I think Dave had only noticed the dark shadow of the inner petals of your rose. In all fairness the outer petals are poorly struck up, damaged, and obviously very worn.

What are your thoughts, peops?