bulgarin Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Can anybody please help me to ID this coin? its 16mm in diameter. Thanks in advance!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Apart from it is a "long cross with three pellets in each angle" I am no help Perhaps one of the "hammered" experts will have an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie582 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Pure guess but it looks like a heavily clipped halfgroat of Henry VII. Possibly Class IIIa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulgarin Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Thanks geordi! It does look like a halfgroat of Henry VII london mint! But why is it clipped? what was the logic behind it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie582 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Pure greed. It was widespread practice to pare a little off any silver coin to be melted down and presumably sold. Unfortunately they carried on 'paring' even if it had been previously mutilated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Thanks geordi! It does look like a halfgroat of Henry VII london mint! But why is it clipped? what was the logic behind it? In the 15th century English groats were clipped heavily and passed off as currency in Ireland due to the sheer dearth of Irish coins being minted. So this would perhaps explain this. Are the photos representative of the coin's natural patina? It looks rather green in these images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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