Citizen H

big silver, little silver, and piece of gold offends me not in the least! errrmmmm I think this is what happened, with me, All the best "H"

Hello all,,,,,, again another that I have no idea about other than it looks Hammered, could it be finally a Groat in the collection ? I have others one is the same size... I cant make out a face on this coin after the Half penny has been explained it is now obvious when looking at it the right way up, once again Many thanks for all of your help. Rgds "H"

Many thanks, these last 2 days has been of a great help and direction, wrongly I thought the groats were older one Henry III penny is dated 1232-34, so made up that this is so old, once again many thanks one and all with this new information, I really couldnt have done this by myself, Rgds "H"

Stuart your a gent, this has help no end to untie a mystery and now I will now try to identify a coin before showing more. allowing for the rubbed coin I think it looks like 1232-34 date, and wow I'm guessing its the eldest so far that I have in my collection so far , once again many thanks "H"

Many thanks Stuart, is there a way to date or is it a general date that the coin Henry III was around 1 October 1207 – 16 November 1274 The short cross coinage came to an end in 1247. No recoinage had been undertaken since the renovation of 1205, some forty-two years earlier, and the circulating currency had progressively deteriorated to the point where it was in a completely unacceptable condition. Not only were the coins generally very worn, but more significantly many were also clipped. The authorities recognised that the only solution was a complete recoinage, and this was duly ordered. In an attempt to address the problem of clipping, it was decided that the design would be changed such that the reverse cross extended to the edge of the coin. The resulting issue, known today as the long cross coinage, is the subject of a separate article. many thanks once again. "H"

How have i missed this in my life, thank you for your no fuss explanation, ironically I think I've just loaded up a topic in regards to the identification of what looks like the one in your illustration... so I may have got this right 👍 many thanks "H"

I guess like many others whilst wandering around I find interest in other items, I've bought items to sell on and fund the military Medals & Coins. to be honest I inevitably keep said items, Sunday 05/01/25 was a poor turn out and I was miffed to have wade through a pile of old items "one last stop before charity shop donation" box. fortunately one dealer is chaotic, random, and can be described as the most uncommitted coin dealer of all sorts, I went through 3 boxes of coins all different ages, countries & beaten up, I hate to think how many others have gone through and your just dealing with the left overs, on another note its impossible to know how he works out how much the coin may be worth... its a buyers luck if you come away with a bargain.... none of your nicely organised books of coin holders here!!!! Any ways, I like this dealer!?!??!?! and can chat and happy with my lot that i found in one of the boxes of "coins from hell and back" its a letter Seal (made of steel) i do like it, it looks like it would have been for a watch chain, Coat of Arms to be advised..... £15 was talked down to £10.. all in all a nice piece of cool Junk! Many thanks "H"

Hello Paddy, its was a unusual find and will keep me interested, I have researched (once) a medal named Smith, it took a long time to find the Right Smith at the public records office Kew, over 2 Hours..... never again! once again many thanks "H"

Hello, New to the forum, Ive been interested in a multitude of items over many years and now I have time on my hands so need to play catch up as time is catching up on me as well. I've had a stroke in April 2024 and need to keep my head working as some time its broken. I have a collection (of sorts) of coins and will show and tell what I can remember, a few years back a pile of worn out silver ones were sold for scrap and a bought some others to replace these. many thanks for adding me to the forum I really need a new this in my life now, all the very best "H"

managed to achieve two coins today, Again its possibly before i can remember so maybe picked up in 1992, smaller than 20p bits are missing and couldn't even guess how old it must be. please offer all related information as I need to keep a catalogue these coins are, so when I pass them on in the family its the least I should do. Many Thanks for this, all the very best "H"

Hello Rob Many thanks you for your input, theres no way after hours looking would i have it correct, .... learning more about coins from this day onwards oh and im sure Groats are amongst ones to follow, once again many thanks "H"

Hello Tom, and many thanks, its more now than I could read or understand the coin to have been so how the heck anyone else could do is amazing, I have read earlier this week that they were made in Calais (at the time of things) its been a great help and thank you. Rgds "H" 👍 Ive also read........ Calais mint. In case you're wondering what right England had in minting coins from Calais, the answer is that England owned Calais from the reign of Edward III until Mary's reign in 1558.... so the coin may date 13 November 1312 - 21 June 1377 ?