Mr B Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Good afternoon all , heres my hammered coin , im afraid i only have auction pics at this point but they should suffice to ID it ? The seller didnt know what it is nor do i ,it apparantly is an English silver penny but theres many varieties im told, any assistance is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Good afternoon all , heres my hammered coin , im afraid i only have auction pics at this point but they should suffice to ID it ? The seller didnt know what it is nor do i ,it apparantly is an English silver penny but theres many varieties im told, any assistance is greatly appreciated. Well its Edward 1 & London mint....not sure on the class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Very nice looking hammered. Enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thanks Art , i surely will.Thanks to Peter , Edward l wow not a bad start to my hammered's.That puts me in this kind of ballpark, 17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307. And its Edward Longshanks ..wow.. a stunning addition to my early Scots coinage , ill need an Edward ll now I realise its not an addition to any Scots coinage but in light of the history they share i feel they belong peacefully on the same page in my album. Thanks guys,im off for cocoa and a read at Edward I life and times , great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat25 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Congrats on the hammered, looks good! Ive got a couple of the early pennies, it always amazes me that I can own something that is three quarters of a millenium old, makes your mind wonder to who might have held it, what they may have bought with it etc. Enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thanks Mat25 , im enjoying it already and i only have pics You hit the nail right on the head Mat25 , it really does make a person wonder where its been all this time , how many collections , whos collections and as you say what things might it have seen in its day of circulating.A real piece of history and swiftly becoming my favorite coin. ...continuing on from Mat25's most excellent point , i mean..can you imagine the guys that struck this coin ..or the first person to give or recieve it ..how many hands its passed through down through the ages , did any of them think that one day this coin would be on its way by flight to a country that was then unheard of..probably not. Was it lost at any time..how many times has it been lost ..and found..how many albums has it helped fill..sigh..a coin like that really shows the futility of man and his mortality..think im going off it a bit lol kiddin , im hooked and cant wait for the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 I've been waiting for a good hammered for a while now. Ye olde collector would appreciate this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 one of those EDWARD I's was my first hammered too, good cheap stepping stone into hammered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat25 Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 That is why I collect coins, for all that attached history and the way it makes you think about where it has been and what it has seen, each coin takes you on a different journey. And what else could you buy for a similar price that is so old, has all that history, so much detail and I guess artistic quality? I cant think of anything! So what is the next hammered coin you have your eye on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 I have to admit i was a little surprised at how reasonable the pricing was for this one.Sure its not in the best condition but its not the worst ive seen and its whole , im looking at adding to the hammered Mat25 , sure enough , but where i should be looking im going to have to rely on you guys.You might have guessed i havnt the largest budget on the forum but im keen. I have an Elizabeth l sixpence 1565 but i dont think its hammered ? Also a Queen Anne shilling but that one isnt hammered either.You are all correct that the Edward l didnt set me back too badly , very reasonable really , so ill probably look for one or similar in better condition and definately an Edward ll , after that..anybodies guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat25 Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Would love to see the elizabeth sixpence and the anne shilling if you get time to photograph them! My first hammered was an elizabeth sixpence, it got me hooked and now ive got about 20 hammered coins. I think your sixpence must be hammered as if I remember correctly there were no milled sixpences produced in 1565, I may be wrong though. Collecting hammered pennies shouldnt dent your pocket too much, depending on which ones you buy, some of the early or rare ones can cost a lot! I picked up the henry III penny below for £35 which works out at about $50, I dont mind telling you where you can get one if you would like to know. Ive recently bought a couple of hammered medieval groats (fourpences) which you can pick up for not too much more than a decent penny would set you back, maybe $150 - $200 for a nice one. You should talk to ye olde collector though, he is definately the hammered expert of this forum! I look forward to seeing the sixpence and shilling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 That is just stunning Mat25 , absolutely beautiful.Yes , ill be happy to get photos of the sixpence and shilling , im sure i have photos of the sixpence , ill take photos of the shilling.Again , these are not in ideal condition but far from scrap or useless , nice clear designs and dates but some wear and tear. Ill do that this evening as Mrs B assures me i do need to accompany her to town...bah... i should say upfront by the way that i am British,living and working with my Uncle Sam and loving it. I realise my profile might be misleading in that , so thats cleared up and itll make sense now if i use British terms here and there without thinking , which i do often...not think that is My flying eagle cent tracking number tells me its in town , that one excites me.Definately some pics of that one will be forthcoming also.Waiting on the mailman as we speak. Oh..yes please Mat25 , id very much like to get hold of a coin such as that , please do feel free to PM or message as you see fit , thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 i have been getting some late hammered cheap, can also try european pieces, polish lithunaian commonwealth are usualy good bets. and just got this for £2.96 it has a shine too, shame about the bit missing lol the wonder of how anyone could stirke something so small, let alone not lose it when shopping (its smaller then a hole in a CD by a good inch lol) here is my eddie I which was my first hamemred too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Thanks for sharing Scott0 , its cool how so many of us all started our hammereds with Edward (Eddie I didnt know my Elizabeth l was hammered so i didnt count that one , im probably going to give the Eliz l to Mrs B's Dad who has been very kind to me gifting me many morgan and peace dollars and merc dimes , buffalo nickels etc , either that or a bawbee as he speaks fondly of his visit to Edinburgh many many years ago , his granny was Scottish..isnt everybodies? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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