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Ã†theling Valued Member United Kingdom 188 Posts	Posted 06/16/2005 2:08 pm Since these hammered issues have generated a bit of interest. I might as well post a few more (strike whilst the iron's hot and all). You might as well just go here for them; http://www.omnicoin.com/user_view.a...id=Aetheling Report this Post to the Staff

Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 06/16/2005 5:07 pm The detail in the Henry VI noble is astounding! [:p] Report this Post to the Staff
SFDukie Pillar of the Community United States 980 Posts	Posted 06/16/2005 5:40 pm Wow. 1422, and in amazing condition. wonder how that coin made it through almost 600 years without being buried, melted, scarred. Wonder what happened to the man who hammered that coin, and those who held it. you shouldn't be posting coins like that Aetheling- I don't need a longer list of coins I like but will never hold! Don Report this Post to the Staff
Ã†theling Valued Member United Kingdom 188 Posts	Posted 06/16/2005 6:11 pm I often wonder where that one was myself. Although Henry VI nobles often turn up nice. I think it's because of a little event known as the War of the Roses which kicked off in 1460 or thereabouts. I think alot of the nobility decided to stash the coins somewhere safe... alot turn up in hoards. Coins of this face value (6 shillings and 8 pence or one third of a Â£) were such high value back then that they didn't tend to do much but go out of one chest and into to another. Then to be hoarded away and forgotten about, especially if the noble got killed in battle. Report this Post to the Staff
Ã†theling Valued Member United Kingdom 188 Posts	Posted 06/16/2005 6:13 pm Oh and to give you an idea of the size it's as big as a Double Eagle. Although to be honest I don't make a point of posting pics of that coin so much. Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 06/16/2005 10:54 pm I think the York-Lancastrian wars started around 1453-55. I'll have to go research that to be sure, though. Report this Post to the Staff
Ã†theling Valued Member United Kingdom 188 Posts	Posted 06/17/2005 04:06 am They did start around that time, little battles here and there. I think i'd be right in thinking the crisis point started in about 1458/9, trhat was around the time when the Yorkist leader was killed in battle and his son Edward took over (Later Edward IV) and it then when the real successes started. By 1461 Edward was king, Henry was deposed. Report this Post to the Staff
Mike Rest in Peace United States 2884 Posts	Posted 06/17/2005 11:12 pm Just when I think I've settled on a new direction or six, you guys post something that blows me away! The quality of these "hammered" coins is amazing! I guess there's alaways room for a few more "Directions"! The 1422 Henry VI Annulet issue Noble is unreal! Mike [:p] Edited by Mike 06/17/2005 11:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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