Apr 11, 2014 · The coin you illustrate is a silver penny of the titled issue of 1463. The original coin is copper so if it is Irish it belonges to an earlier anonymous issue in 1460/61. The reverse cross looks right for the issue - but the crown is not right at all.

Apr 1, 2020 · The double striking is most evident on the obverse of the groat. Starting at 7 o'clock on the rim of the, there are four partial letters still readable from the reverse die. They are TOR/E from the reverse legend DIVTOR/EM·MEV.

What are hammered coins? Hammered coins were produced by placing a blank piece of metal, gold or silver (known as a planchet or flan) between two dies in order to strike the required pattern into both sides.

Identification of hammered coins involves three general categories; the issuing ruler, the denomination, and the issuing mint. By working out one or more of these, it is possible to build a picture of exactly which coin it is that you have.

Aug 29, 2015 · A mixed up flip-over double struck short cross penny, probably of King John, but very difficult to identify. In general, short cross pennies are tricky to identify, as the coins of Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III are all inscribed in the name of 'Henry'.

Any coinage struck off centre has a weak point for future wear in use. These coins will with use immediately display wear around the area where the edge bead is missing. Check out these two hammered halfcrowns for surviving detail and weakness due to absence of outer beading.

May 19, 2016 · I have some questions regarding English hammered coins. I understand the original long cross with the void had a practical purpose of identifying clipped coins and the voids assisted in the cutting of the coins for half pennies and farthings.

Hammered coinage was the most common form of coins produced from the invention of coins in the first millennium BC until the early modern period of c. the 15th–17th centuries, contrasting to the cast coinage and the later developed milled coinage.

One of the most common types of hammered coin found by detectorists is the voided long cross penny of Henry III, and in this two part article we will look at how to identify such finds. Many millions of these coins were produced over the issue’s 35 year life span from 1247. A fascination with this coin series is the extreme

The increasingly sloppy workmanship was not, however, the final nail in the coffin for the Short Cross Penny. The coins had proved themselves a better alternative to their predecessors but the old enemy of hammered coins, clipping proved to be their ultimate downfall.