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Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 06/18/2014 8:16 pm Does anyone know what this coin might be? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 06/18/2014 9:04 pm It's an English hammered groat, or fourpence. The king's name is Edward; Edward IV, I believe. I'm a bit worried about the colour. It looks very coppery in the photo; I hope that's just a trick of the lighting? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 06/18/2014 9:08 pm Hello, yes, it is the lighting . It is a medium silver color in person. There is very light rainbow toning that is impossible to see except when looking at the coin under a direct bright light. Also forgot to add 25.5 mm and 3.1g, very thin. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 06/18/2014 10:56 pm I agree with Edward IV groat. I'm thinking the mintmark is pellet-in-annulet, though on the obverse it looks like just an annulet, and the reverse just a pellet. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 06/19/2014 4:25 pm From a reference book : Edward IV (1461-1483) Groat EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC Edward dei gratia rex angliae et franciae POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM I shall make God my helper CIVITAS LONDON city of London I did not find any explanation on the mint mark Coin can be found in : http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfb...Thorburn.pdf Coin no 58 on plate VI, explanation on page 34 or : http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfb...ey_Leake.pdf coin no 26 E4 on plate III Report this Post to the Staff
Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 12:24 pm Cool! Can you let me know where the mintmark(s) are on the coin? I don't know much about identifying / looking at older coins such as this. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 12:47 pm There's an obverse and reverse mark at the beginning of the legend, before EDWARD and POSUI respectively. A list of the mintmarks of Edward IV's coinage is here: http://www.psdetecting.com/Mintmark...tml#EdwardIV Report this Post to the Staff
Rmassey210 Valued Member United States 160 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 2:41 pm Awesome, thanks everyone for helping me out on this. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 06/20/2014 2:59 pm thanks Phil for the mintmark link. Report this Post to the Staff
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