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constantgardener New Member United Kingdom 8 Posts	Posted 07/09/2009 1:07 pm Hi, I understand that (prior to the current undated 20 pence issue!) the UK Royal Mint last allowed undated coinage into circulation some 300 years ago... -Can anyone tell me what the coin was, the year, and any likely value please? Would be fascinated to know, but I can`t seem to turn up any information when doing repeated searches. Thanks! Geoff Report this Post to the Staff

yotie Pillar of the Community United States 3077 Posts	Posted 07/09/2009 1:34 pm look here this may help https://goccf.com/t/49289 Report this Post to the Staff
constantgardener New Member United Kingdom 8 Posts	Posted 07/09/2009 2:06 pm Thanks yotie, I`d read that, but there is no clue as to what was circulated in error 300 years ago ;-( ? Report this Post to the Staff
yotie Pillar of the Community United States 3077 Posts	Posted 07/09/2009 3:42 pm i just spent 10 mins on google myself wish ya luck but I bet some one on here may know the anwser Report this Post to the Staff
constantgardener New Member United Kingdom 8 Posts	Posted 07/10/2009 03:54 am Wish there was someone out there who could help out with the answer! ;-( Report this Post to the Staff
kena Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1682 Posts	Posted 07/10/2009 04:41 am All I can find so far is the following link: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/values/maund.html Maundy Sets (Four coins: 1d, 2d, 3d and 4d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles II Year F VF EF MS No date 170 290 625 No pictures. Dated coins in the series run from 1668 to 1684. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 07/10/2009 06:43 am The various press reports and websites about these mules are mixing their messages. The "dateless coins issued 300 years ago" were not errors, they were intentionally issued without dates on them. Putting dates on coins is a relatively new concept, in Europe at least. Most British coins prior to the 1600's had no dates on them. Instead, the mintmasters would sometimes place mintmarks on the coins, so the king would know who was responsible for striking which batches of coins, and (roughly) when they were struck. By 1700, all British coins were bring struck with dates on them. The last regular issue coins to be struck without a date were the silver coins of Charles II, as mentioned by kena above; these would have been struck sometime in the period between 1663 and 1670. 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
constantgardener New Member United Kingdom 8 Posts	Posted 07/10/2009 12:26 pm Thanks for the interesting feedback sap and kena.. I bought a Charles II groat today (dateless). Seems to be relevant to what we are talking about here. I`m rather pleased with it to be honest! Report this Post to the Staff
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