WILLIAM 1

[RICHARD]

Can anyone help me indentify the mint of my newly aquired william paxs

[Sylvester]

It's either;

WINC or LINC

I'd say.

PINC/WINC being Winchester and LINC being Lincoln.

However during this period i thought Lincoln was more often than not referred to as NICOLE. (Doesn't mean it's not Lincoln though, as spellings varied)

The moneyer i can't quite make out looks like HESTIIN ON PINC/WINC, or HESTIIN ON LINC. (Winchester is the one i'm inclined to go for at this instance)

I'm at work at the moment, but when i get home i'll look up the moneyers in my North catalogue. It would help me if you told me what class the coin was though.

[Sylvester]

Of course the unspoken rule is that it's always easier to read the moneyer and mint when you know what it's supposed to say! If you don't know then you can stand there looking at it for hours. Even a long time dealer i know who's been handling stuff like this since the 1960s says he was scrutinising one all weekend once and he couldn't make it out. Then a few days later he had another go, he took one look at it and he saw it as plain as day... and that's when he kicked himself!

[RICHARD]

Not to well up on which class it may be, hope the pic of the obverse helps.

[Sylvester]

It's a PAXS penny (which is the 8th coinage issued of William I). On the obverse is crown type 1.

Looking in North it appears the moneyer may be Æstan of Winchester.

But don't quote me on that. I'm pretty sure it's Winchester but i'm no expert on this by any means.