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I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on this coin which I have catalogued as an Edward the Confessor penny. It was an impulse buy many years ago, and totally outside my area of expertise. It seems to be of the Pointed Helmet type. The obverse legend is a bit mushy/soft, and the portrait appears slightly 'cartoonish', but not too far from others I have seen. Is it possible to determine where it was minted? the moneyer's name? Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!    |
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Short answer, yes, your coin can be identified.
Unfortunately I'm not experienced with reading the script so can't quite make out either the moneyer or the mint town!
I'll ask around.
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My friend suggests Canterbury mint. Moneyer is likely to be Aelfred.
Moneyer's name starts with the cross (which is to the right in your photo of the reverse. If you rotate it 90 degrees left it reads from 1 o'clock) +EFRED ON CENTCE:
Spink number S.1179 I believe.
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Tom, thank you very much for the information. It is much appreciated.
I had pretty much given up trying to identify the coin via comparison with similar examples on mcsearch.
(mcsearch does not yield any results for Edwards pointed helmet type for Canterbury)
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I'm not saying yours is counterfeit but the portrait seems very crude to me, I've only seen one as bad as that at auction and the bids were way below the reserve so I think others were worried about it.
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Pertinax, thanks - all opinions are welcome.
Yes, the portrait does seem a little crude (in fact it looks a little like he is smoking a cigar), and that led me to doubt as well. It does seem to have some hits across the face, and that distorts the appearance somewhat.
Also, I am not able to find sales records (in mcsearch) for Pointed Helmet for Edward minted at Canterbury, so that seems a little odd.
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The guy who ID'd it for Tom goodheart was Clive Knipe of Historic Coinage.When he isn't in Scandinavia researching Saxon/Viking coins he will be at the Fitzwilliam,attending auctions or running his business.
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I'd like to thank all of you - Tom, Pertinax, Peter for your comments.
Tom specially for consulting with C. Knipe.
Now I know how to read the legend (cross on reverse should be at top).
I can now clearly read CENTCE; the EFRED part takes a little effort (and imagination).
The coin weighs 1,39 g - this would seem to be in-range for Saxon pennies?
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