recent unusuall coin finds

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

 i recently found a couple of unusuall coins on days out,
 one is a copper toy coin from 1887 and is smaller than the 5p coin,
its designed on the half sovereign, or an imitation  Edward Beasley calls it,

the second one a silver hammered,. from Poland,  of Sigismund August  1547 - 72,
4 groschen for Lithuainia,  1567

English: Sigismund II Augustus (1 August 1520 — 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

[Neil]

Well Done Al  - love the Polish one.

I often wonder how readily accepted the Johnny Forigner coins were by the local masses. I know the French and Scottish coinage was commonly accepted, but what would your average Medieval person make of a Polish coin. I suppose it was a silver weight issue at the end of the day and as long as the weight was there.

Thanks for posting

Neil

[Richy]

Unusual and interesting finds, well found Al.

Richy.

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

Thanks Neil and Richy.
 Mark Lodwick said last night that it was proberbly passed as a sixpence as it is the same size and weight.
 though it was not too far from where there was a monastry,  i was thinking a monk had come over and lost it, maybe selling stuff in the field,

 another one i found there was a dollar forgery, bank of England, George 3rd, circa, 1804.
nearly all the silver had come off though,  i think its all off now since i cleaned it, there was only a spot on there anyhow,
Alan