davetmoneyer

Hi have another look at the last coin the crown has a base-band shaped shaped to the fleurs ( Class2), Otherwise nice coins. Took me 50 years to get my 1b then 3 come up for sale in a year or so!

Hi would certainly agree cross pellet issue York mint. The scarcity of this issue means few coins to compare with, there are two possible explainations, 1/ London die sent up to York and used there with a York reverse die Quite feasible this has happened many times with provincial mints. 2/ New die for York with saltire on neck instead of leaf (probably the earliest issue for cross pellet) either way a new diepairing / type for the issue nice find - well done

First a pleasant 1c and the second 3c Cant

Hi the letter C is anglebacked so class 11b or 11c, the letter A is normal so not 11c therefore class 11b

Hi Edward II penny of Canterbury class 11b

Edw I groats are very expensive but not rare (I have photos of just over 100!)

practice, practice practice, its all a matter of looking at what is visable on the coin

Hi Legend ends with ANGLIE , annulet stops, Scroll tailed R, Edward III pre treaty series D or E looking at what remains of the I'm I would say PTS E

thought Id put these up for comparison, Todays diecutting Hardcnut Lincoln penny for stock will post as 4 separate posts

Hi TY that one is a trial piece struck in copper - actually looks better in the hand! I tend to strike in pewter but occasionally strike in silver or 22 carat gold - I have just done a group of 30 or so silver coins for display at Wattlington - Alfredian hoard recently acquired by the Ashmolean Museum. I always mark the coins deliberately to identify them usually with the moneyers name Grunal - (a long-lived moneyer who struck from 620 AD through to 1278 ) and also, when applicable, the mint signature TANVATS

And the original source coin OSGERTH ON LINCO

reverse +GRVNAL ON LINCO

Figures for all the threepences can be found in my book 'The Galata Guide to ......Threepenny pieces 1551 - 1663' available from Galata coins (Shameless plug)

hi not really suitable die cutting in the dark, figures for 3ds obverse dies 11, reverse dies 15 ( numbers found and published) 3 different punches for 9/6 7 dies use the broken 9/6. 32 individual coins seen

Hi, am currently in pub, when I get home will see how many dies I recorded for the 1569 threepence

Re the Edward IV halfgroat the obverse is either DIG 20 or 21, B&W VIb2, reverse is DIG 13, B&W VIa, JJN 1590 Spink 2025

OUCH! that looks very badly cleaned, dig a hole and bury it for about 50 years to try and correct the damage done

Gaz no, silver does not strike well when heated - it goes very brittle and you get a lot of striking cracks. To strike correctly the silver needs to be heated to red heat for no more than 15 seconds and then quenched in a cooling/blanching solution to disrupt the crystalline structure that develops when heated These annealed blanks are then struck cold

Edward IV first reign, light coinage Archbishop Bouchier ( Canterbury mint) no marks by Bust, spur under CAN. do not have my book to hand to give you the Blunt and whitton / DIG reference numbers

The Obverse die or pile ( the one that has more complex design - usually the portrait) is the one that has the locating spike. The reverse die or trussleis the one that takes the hammer blow and is the one that wears way quickly ( usually the die reduces in length by approx. 8 mm every 1000 coins). easy to remember Trussles in the hand , piles on the bottom

Hi Yes a proposed coin for the Wirral mint copied from an ilse of man penny, copied from an Irish copy which was copied from an English Longcross penny of Aethelread II. Made to look barbourous deliberately. Die set made for a Re-enactment group situated around the Wirral area

Sorry Rob but the Majority of hammered coins (shilling to farthing) are struck with just a single blow of the hammer production speed doesn't allow time to mess around. Some (a lot) of double strikes are caused by the lower die working loose in the wooden anvil block and when this happens the lower die bounces in the block whilst re-seating causing multiple impressions on the coin. I demonstrated this perfectly at York coin fair several years ago then striking a groat the lower die did bounce and the resulting coin showed 4 distinct strikings Several witnesses to this. The Threepence is an example of actual double striking from dies correctly made

Striking not sticking ( damn predictive text)

Interestingly I often wondered why the slower technology of making separate molds and casting when the much faster technique of striking was available Then I tride making a Thurrock style die set and blanks of potin ( high tin bronze) the first blank struck effectively destroyed the dieface as the potin seemingly shattered ( like sticking a glass blob) I then realised that the only way to use potin as a coinage metal was to cast the coin !

I'm waiting for a coin of Bristol from the Annulet issue Henry VI ( Dies made and shipped to mint - no coins yet known!)