Hammered coins, coming to the end....of the first box....

[Citizen H]

I have started a new page of Hammered coins,

I have the penny's (halved) with all the information stored with them, lower down are the ones that are to rubbed to gain any further information on them.. however Ive kept them and one the hoard is finished sorting I can sit back and figure out what's their future...

following on the better of the group are possibly Edward 1 Penny, the second one is City of London, as for the first...ISTO ? Class?

All and any input greatly welcome, regards "H"     

Edited Wednesday at 02:58 PM by Citizen H

[Paddy]

Not my area, as you know by now, but the ISTO must be Bristol mint? Not listed as substantially scarcer than any others.

From the Spink book, I think that means it must be one of the Class 2 or 3 variations.

[Coinery]

Yes, as Paddy has narrowed it down to,  the Bristol coin is class 3cd, and it looks to me that the London coin is a class 10/11 mule, on account of the angle-backed C on the reverse.

This is an excellent resource if you haven’t any books on the series.

https://www.rodblunt.com/edwardian-pennies

 

[Citizen H]

3 hours ago, Coinery said:

Yes, as Paddy has narrowed it down to,  the Bristol coin is class 3cd, and it looks to me that the London coin is a class 10/11 mule, on account of the angle-backed C on the reverse.

This is an excellent resource if you haven’t any books on the series.

https://www.rodblunt.com/edwardian-pennies

 

Wow, that's great to find out, thank you,  I did have to read up on Mule meaning I have read before and so this is a 

Error coin A mule coin is a type of error coin that features a combination of designs from two different coins, typically due to a mistake during minting.  Wow.. this is very interesting to also learn.  many thanks for all the time taken, its going to be an interesting few weeks as these still need to be worked through.....

 

 

 

[Rob]

It's always good to learn. We all do, albeit mostly through mistakes, not having gone to the effort of preparing ourselves adequately for the items in question.

It is always helpful to acquire a few higher grade items in your areas of interest as well as being cleanly and clearly struck. If correctly identified, then you can use those as a reference for the various design features you need to check to drill down into the sub-type. Don't be afraid of spending decent money on a good coin. It doesn't suddenly become a 50p lucky dip item worth nothing just because you paid more than you normally would.