Coinery Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) BCW cite Challis in their book, saying that the Anchor coinage was light. Taking a look at the anchor penny I've just bought, would suggest that the pennies were clearly struck on much smaller flans!Here's a size comparison (different busts, of course) of a threefarthing (0.48g) and the Anchor penny (0.50g):Also, below is the same bust as seen on the anchor penny, but here on a threefarthing (rose behind bust) AND a different Privy Mark penny in the next post! I think the inner circle is clearly smaller on the anchor penny when compared to the other penny? It looks to me that the inner circle is far more threefarthing-like, suggesting that the 1599/1600 punters were only getting threefarthing's worth for their penny? Edited January 11, 2014 by Coinery Quote
Coinery Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 And the penny (sorry about the images...just a quick photo from a book). Quote
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