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Title: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: Localfisher on March 21, 2016, 08:24:58 PM Hi folks,
And so its my turn, got my first hammered coin a couple of weeks back and have been trying to identify it, and struggling badly. I have a copy of the spinks book and confused by the 'x' marks on the long cross side, at the end of civitas x and london x, and the crosses above these also, which i cannot match to. The closest ive come is spinks 1759, but then the bust doesnt seem to match my coin. Can anyone help please? Oh and found it on pasture land with the trusty ace250 and nel tornado Cheers guys http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/martinmerilaht1/6C51CF23-1E7A-4587-9E95-89431C9DA8E0_zpshbh9i6z5.jpg (http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/martinmerilaht1/6C51CF23-1E7A-4587-9E95-89431C9DA8E0_zpshbh9i6z5.jpg) Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: probono on March 21, 2016, 09:35:34 PM Tried to have a look at the picture, but it won't show - could you upload it to the site?
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: Localfisher on March 21, 2016, 10:38:31 PM Having trouble uploading, but the link should be working now
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: wondering on March 22, 2016, 10:23:39 AM there you go buddy
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: wondering on March 22, 2016, 10:32:57 AM ill take a shot at the Id as well, Edward 3rd groat, London mint
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: Localfisher on March 22, 2016, 10:53:11 AM Thank you wondering
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: wondering on March 22, 2016, 11:05:37 AM could be a half groat depending on the diameter
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: probono on March 22, 2016, 01:11:28 PM Henry VI half groat, London mint - looks like annulet issue (1422-1427)
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: dingdong on March 22, 2016, 07:17:01 PM Great coin find Local fisher,brilliantly searched,and saved.👏👏👏👏👍
Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: Localfisher on March 22, 2016, 07:29:38 PM Cheers guys ;D
The diameter is 23mm How can we tell it may be an annulet issue? On neither of the coins mentioned can i get an exact match, especially on the crosses after london and civitas, what do these mean? Are these significant? Cheers Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: probono on March 22, 2016, 10:39:36 PM Well, it's definitely a Henry - you can read that - plus the mint / privy mark is pierced cross, which Edward III (of whom I have quite a few groats) didn't have.
The crosses you mention are called saltaires - and are used as 'stops' between parts of the legend - you get these on a lot of hammereds - if you have a copy of Spink / Seaby Coins of England your type is no. 1839 - saltaire stops with annulets in two quarters of the reverse - it looks like the 1/2 groats only have single stops rather than the double stops of the groat. Title: Re: First hammered for me - ID please Post by: Localfisher on March 23, 2016, 10:14:23 AM Thanks for the feedback and knowledge, appreciated :)
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