YeOldeCollector Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 To add to my Guildford-theme sub-collection. This is a Coronation Medal of Edward VII and Queen Alexandria. I know little about it but it did not cost much. Two postcards of my old school, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 It's been a while since I updated this. Here are a few. Due to the drought of early medieval purchases I purchased a few more pieces of Guildford memorabilia to keep me happy. King Edward VII and Queen Alexndria Coronation medal of Guildford, 1902. I managed to acquire this medal presented to a student named Killick at my old school in 1925 for winning the high jump at 3ft 6.5in. I'm very happy to have this. (Thanks to Pat for letting me know it's presence on the market!) I also managed to acquire an original photograph of my old school dated to the 1860s. If that is indeed the headmaster in the photo then it is most likely Reverend Henry Gordon Merriman who purchased Allen House for the school, a c.1660 house which can be seen here in a 1738 etching: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 But now back to coins. A very crude imitation of Henry III's coinage. Base metal and garbled legends. An interesting piece. An eastern European imitation of Aethelred II's Helmet Type. Very different to the Scandinavian issues, coppery and very crude. Appears contemporaneous and follows the same design pattern as the English issue. My favourite. An Elizabeth I First Issue halfgroat with no rose or date. A very well-defined wire line inner circle and one of the best examples I've seen in a long while. Unfortunately it has been polished by the finder, hence the dark patches but it still looks better than the Spink plate example in my opinion. Very scarce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Love the QE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 The high jump record was short of 4 feet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Love the QE Thanks, Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Following the Guildford theme I managed to pick up two 17th century tokens of Guildford at the York Fair. The obverse reads GVIDFORD around the arms of Guildford which is the castle between woolpacks and a couchant lion beneath. The reverse reads F M F S spaced by rosettes and surrounds the arms of Edward the Confessor. Dated 1668. The second names Nicholas Lintott who was a 'Bayliffe' and an approved man of Guildford but his name was stripped of titles as he was thought to be a supporter of Cromwell and refused to take the coronation oath. The obverse features the castle whilst the reverse features a woolsack and reads OF GILFORD 1656 around the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I also purchased these at the fair. Listed as a barbarous obverse on an Aethelred II Last Small Cross penny it has an unusual portrait and a severely illegible legend. The reverse, however, is quite the opposite. Aethelwine on London. What looks to be an imitation due to the obverse doesn't seem right on the reverse, even though there is an absence of an I in AEDELPNE. An odd one. This is also an odd one. Listed as a Cnut Quatrefoil penny it has a colon between the E and X of REX and, on the reverse, a pellet beneath the reversed S of SPRVNT. But the portrait is most unusual and does not conform to the usual issues. The portrait is our of proportion with a large cheek and an incredibly large neck that seems to take out much of the base of the reverse quatrefoil - like some issues at Sudbury. Whether a variant of Thetford or a Danish imitation is an odd one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Very nice purchases Clive. The doubling on that penny is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Edward the Confessor, Sovereign/Eagles penny. Brihtmear on Winchester mint. 1065-69 A.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I have never seen that type of Edward the Confessor coin..very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 It is akin to Edward's official seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Superb Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 the bird is the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 It looks, on the coin as if he is seated facing away (knees are behind the crossbar representing the seat of the throne). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted March 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 A couple of new additions. A nickel medallion depicting Durham Cathedral and Saint Cuthbert's cross. Also, another Tassie resin mould impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Very nice YOC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I could not resist this. The Merriman Medal for the Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Surrey. Dating to 1890 or later - unnamed recipient, if at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Very nice find Clive. It looks to be in wonderful shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Looks like a hefty piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 :bsthumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Looks like a hefty piece! It is! I'll weigh it when I can. I've only seen a couple of these in white metal with the others being in bronze. What's interesting is that all of the bronze ones are named but none of the white metal ones seem to be - the fact they are all in such high grade too makes me think these might be presentation issues as they're 10mm larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Beautiful medal Clive & being from your old school I can see that you had no choice but to buy it. As there seem to be less of the WM, compared to the bronze ones, could they have been given to the proctors? Mind they could still have been named. Whatever, a great piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Beautiful medal Clive & being from your old school I can see that you had no choice but to buy it. As there seem to be less of the WM, compared to the bronze ones, could they have been given to the proctors? Mind they could still have been named. Whatever, a great piece Thanks, Pat - it's even more stunning in hand. As for their reason for issue, that's very true. They might have been given to those on the committee. In researching this I found that there's a Batterson Medal, too. The Batterson Medal is the result of a visit to the school by Reverend Doctor H. G. Batterson of Philadelphia who liked the school so much that he wanted a medal made as a prize for a United States Challenge in 1892 and requested the head of the US Mint to send out a special medal in order to accurately copy the US arms from. I'd love to own one of those, but they're so rare and solid gold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 This just arrived. It's a 9th/10th century Arabic dirham that's been used as hacksilver in Yorkshire (in the north of England) by the Vikings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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