Medieval Coin Cut In Half | Long Cross Penny Of Henry III

Okay, two more ligatured letters on the reverse. The long cross divides the legend into four quarters. The upper quarter here has a ligatured E and R, followed by a W. The lower quarter reads NEV. That N is the second letter of the word ON; these will read [name of moneyer] ON [name of town]. The town, then, is EVERW, short for Everwic, a medieval rendering of the Latin Eboracum, the name of the city of York. A few moneyers of York laid out the legend this way: TOMAS ON EVERW, ALAIN ON EVERW.

Thank you both very much! Especially some great & detailed info there, philadelphian So.. was it a halfpenny to start, or became one after it was cut and started life as a penny? Sounds like it's a halfpenny now, but just wanted to make sure.

Also, any idea on a value?

OK, I have one too! I know they're not that unusual (LOTS AND LOTS of them on VCoins) but I just thought it was cool--I wanted to have that little piece of history from a day when if you paid a whole halfpenny for something only worth HALF of a halfpenny, they'd just cut the sucker in half and give you your change! I was actually looking for a QUARTER halfpenny, just because it looked like a slice of pizza--I know, it's silly, but still...

Anyway, here's my half. (Opinions welcome if you can stop yawning.)