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Title: Commonwealth penny Post by: wet feet again on January 03, 2019, 12:24:02 PM Hi all found this commonwealth penny, no mint mark. We're they all blank. 1649-1660
Title: Re: Commonwealth penny Post by: wittsy1 on January 03, 2019, 03:40:27 PM Don't know the answer to your question, but what a lovely coin. I need to find one of them 8)
Title: Re: Commonwealth penny Post by: Val Beechey on January 03, 2019, 04:36:40 PM Well found that man. I can equal that, I painted a wall ;D
Might be totally wrong but I think they were all minted in London. (Don’t quote me on that ! ) Roland will tell you when he sees it. 👍 Title: Re: Commonwealth penny Post by: Val Beechey on January 03, 2019, 07:21:48 PM There were 2 mint marks. A Sun, placed in between the shields at the top. This was replaced with an Anchor when the striking went mechanical just before Cromwell died.
I can just make out the Sun symbol on yours. Before it was clipped it would have had the date on it. Nice find. Title: Re: Commonwealth penny Post by: probono on January 03, 2019, 10:29:41 PM Yup - all minted in London - none of these had a date on them - too small I suppose :)
Interestingly (for me I suppose!) one of the three hammereds I found in 2018 was also a commonwealth penny - my first in 12 years or so of detecting - they're lovely coins :) It was also the first hammered I'd found in that field in 10 years of detecting there too. |