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Title: Any idea? Post by: rjm on November 04, 2011, 05:20:57 PM Bit battered but anyone any idea? It's 15mm diameter. (http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/16/14/73/21/hammer10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=69&u=16147321) (http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/16/14/73/21/p1040221.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=74&u=16147321) Thanks! Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: Mike on November 04, 2011, 05:23:59 PM nice unusual find mate , very nice ,no idea to what it is though
Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: Techony on November 04, 2011, 05:47:03 PM Look under James I, he had a pomegranite fetish. Handed down from ole'Lizzy.
I think its a half groat of his. Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: jtalbot0001 on November 04, 2011, 05:48:30 PM It looks like a Halfgroat (Two Pence) of king James 1st. One side shows the the rose with crown and the other is a thistle with crown. Looks like mint mark could be a Mullet, in which case it would date to 1611-1612. Very nice!
Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: rjm on November 04, 2011, 05:50:13 PM Look under James I, he had a pomegranite fetish. Handed down from ole'Lizzy. I think its a half groat of his. I suspected it was a James 1st penny but wasn't sure. Looks like it may be a half groat. Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: rjm on November 04, 2011, 06:18:00 PM It looks like a Halfgroat (Two Pence) of king James 1st. One side shows the the rose with crown and the other is a thistle with crown. Looks like mint mark could be a Mullet, in which case it would date to 1611-1612. Very nice! The mint mark is in fact a spur rowel dating it to 1619 - 20. Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: The Doc on November 04, 2011, 06:31:26 PM Yes - James I halfgroat.
Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: rjm on November 04, 2011, 06:34:31 PM Yes - James I halfgroat. Am I right with spur rowel mintmark? Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: nobby on November 04, 2011, 08:37:07 PM roman Rays got an interesting story about these James 1st's....come on roman tell us ;D
Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: rjm on November 04, 2011, 09:01:39 PM roman Rays got an interesting story about these James 1st's....come on roman tell us ;D Well, if it's anything like the 'Roman' coin found on Gilfach Coch mountain I'll need to get my nappy on! :D Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: Roman (Ray) on November 04, 2011, 09:26:45 PM nobbys lost me on this one..or id join in otherwise.lol.. ;D
Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: nobby on November 04, 2011, 10:05:32 PM no no RJ, this is actually factual....because it comes from Stephen King....so it must be true ;D
i wasnt paying full attention, but it was somthing to do with a big ding dong between english and the scots about the monetry value of the coins being 12 times more for the same coin....cant remember which way though ;D Title: Re: Any idea? Post by: Chef Geoff on November 05, 2011, 12:04:33 AM Yes late medieval and post medieval Scottish coins were incredibly debased and were worth only one 12th of the equivalent English or continental coinage.
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