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Managed to get out and had this extremely rare, possibly unrecorded Edward I penny of Class 4c from the Cardiff mint (CIVITAS CARDIF). I believe this was struck around 1287, when a mint opened and closed in a very short space of time in Cardiff.

you spawny ..............
fantastic mate i envy you and about time something so rare came to you

Awwwwwww  chalk one up th the Doc, now thats a find!

Well done fella.

welldone pete.
what a hammered..what a find butty.
great stuff mate.cant fault it.
ray.

Fantastic find Peter, I'm really pleased for you and you only said the other day you hadn't found a hammy yet this year.

fantastic find there peter, and in great condition ! to be honest i didnt know there was a Cardiff mint  ???
is there any idea how many were minted in Cardiff?

p.s. hope this is not an April fool....please tell me its not peter

well done peter nice find mate.broke your duck for this year.now there is no stopping you. ;) ;D 

 :) :)

You got me thinking there Kev, I'de forgotten the April fool effect, just had a check and there was a Cardiff mint at least at the time of Matilda.

rare and good condition, a winning combination well done fella :)

Well done pete :D

Great find Pete, well done fella
Ace  ;)

Another great hit for the F75. Well winkled Peter.  STAN

very nice find well done Pete 8) 8) 8)

thats a great find Peter and a cardiff mint as well ,thats one coin you are not going to forget ever ,great condition as well,pleased for you. ;)

What a fantastic find Peter you deserve it for all the work you do.
                       Pat ;) ;)

Peter your silence is killing me .....please tell me this is a Kosher coin and not an April fool......

Thanks for all the comments. Been at work all day and then went straight out.


The most important thing about this coin is to consider the significance of the date, not 1287, but.......






















today's date ;D ;)

LOL!

Knew it.

 ;D  ;D  ;D

Good job i've been away all day, you'd have had me ;D Well to be fair up until page two, you had :-[
Nice one Pete :P :)

BRAVO - a superb spoof -- well done peter.

I KNEW IT !!!  >:( >:( >:( >:(
i thought  to myself is peter really trying it on ?? ( thats why i didnt enter it in database)
but clung very slightly to the hope that an incredibly rare coin had been found and that peter was a nice guy....wrong on both accounts  >:( >:( >:( >:(




O.K. peter please tell us :-
a) if there was a cardiff mint for Eddy 1st.
b) and if not where/how you got the reverse legend. 

Apologies to all those that were fooled, and well done to everyone who spotted it, especially you kev  ;)

There was in fact no mint in Cardiff at this time, although there was earlier as Geoff spotted - during the reigns of William I, Henry I and then  during the Civil War between Stephen and Matilda in the 11th century.

I produced the picture by using an image editing program, starting with the genuine reverse and then cutting and pasting the other letters from other coins, then smoothing out the edges, and blurring the whole thing slightly so you can't see the joins. I wasn't 100% happy with it, but because most people expect me to be serious I think it worked quite well. ;D

I'll go back to being serious now ::)

Serious , with a humour once a year,  I love it ;D

very well done peter a speical find  :) 8)

only down side to this is, if you do find that 1 in a million, never seen before coin you do realise no one wil believe you now  :D
great send up though peter  ;) and coming from you got more people hooked.

As Bluebottle said in THE GOON SHOW " YOU HAVE DEADED ME, YOU
ROTTEN SWINE"   

I fell for it Peter as I rembered a Cardiff Scan Club member finding the Wenalt hoard but an earlier king with the Cardiff mint but not yours !!!!
Very clever I withdraw all the nice things I said about you !!!
                                         
 Pat. :( :(

PETER you bugger and theres me chuffed for your first hammered of the year i was starting to feel guilty. ;) ;D ;D ;D