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Title: coin for ID please Post by: paulpop on April 11, 2017, 08:56:46 PM a friend found this coin and im a bit stumped to be honest , any info would be greatly apprieciated
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17523219_1738030622890141_7209980547808914963_n.jpg?oh=185fdbf43b42cc1dca31756dec481295&oe=5987C218) (https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17629907_1738030846223452_7751379409262442899_n.jpg?oh=d005298dbfbf761cfb74ba68ec9f2c8e&oe=5996B0F4) Title: Re: coin for ID please Post by: The Doc on April 11, 2017, 10:32:41 PM That's a strange one Paul - not sure if it's a continental imitation or a contemporary forgery.
Is it silver - hard to tell from your pictures? Title: Re: coin for ID please Post by: paulpop on April 14, 2017, 06:26:59 PM yes peter it seems to be silver and i thought maybe edwared iv Drogheda Mint , which is a rare irish mint
Title: Re: coin for ID please Post by: probono on April 23, 2017, 10:32:37 PM It doesn't look like any of the Irish Pennies I have (or have owned) - firstly it's on a fully struck and full flan - you just don't get them like that - the mint signature is always the first casualty. Secondly, the style is wrong - unless you have enhanced the edge sharpness on your image - it looks wrong, and the lettering doesn't look right - it seems more like something - at best - non official - in fact it reminds me most of something that someone like Grunal the moneyer has made.
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