Yes Henry 1 was a bit upset with his moneyers.shaun7 said:robfinds said:Short cross to James 1. Yes I have had better sites, used to detect a late saxon/norman market site. Probably had about 100 hammered of that site,every time you got a signal the hairs stood up on the back of your neck.shaun7 said:fantastic what is the date range so far? have you ever had a better site?
you just forced me to look that up very interesting! gave me something to do, thanks
i can't believe that a badly struck coin could lead to castration and the loss of your right hand! harsh but fair
robfinds said:Yes Henry 1 was a bit upset with his moneyers.shaun7 said:robfinds said:Short cross to James 1. Yes I have had better sites, used to detect a late saxon/norman market site. Probably had about 100 hammered of that site,every time you got a signal the hairs stood up on the back of your neck.shaun7 said:fantastic what is the date range so far? have you ever had a better site?
you just forced me to look that up very interesting! gave me something to do, thanks
i can't believe that a badly struck coin could lead to castration and the loss of your right hand! harsh but fair
shaun7 said:robfinds said:Yes Henry 1 was a bit upset with his moneyers.shaun7 said:Don't think so but I did once find an Henry 1 with the cut in the edge.robfinds said:Short cross to James 1. Yes I have had better sites, used to detect a late saxon/norman market site. Probably had about 100 hammered of that site,every time you got a signal the hairs stood up on the back of your neck.shaun7 said:fantastic what is the date range so far? have you ever had a better site?
you just forced me to look that up very interesting! gave me something to do, thanks
i can't believe that a badly struck coin could lead to castration and the loss of your right hand! harsh but fair
have you ever found any of the ones without the mint marks, made by the cowboys?
Hi Rob...wasn't that the account of the bloody asizers were the moneyers were rounded up and executed for producing poor coinage, nice finds againrobfinds said:Yes Henry 1 was a bit upset with his moneyers.shaun7 said:robfinds said:Short cross to James 1. Yes I have had better sites, used to detect a late saxon/norman market site. Probably had about 100 hammered of that site,every time you got a signal the hairs stood up on the back of your neck.shaun7 said:fantastic what is the date range so far? have you ever had a better site?
you just forced me to look that up very interesting! gave me something to do, thanks
i can't believe that a badly struck coin could lead to castration and the loss of your right hand! harsh but fair
tyre kicker said:Hi Rob...wasn't that the account of the bloody asizers were the moneyers were rounded up and executed for producing poor coinage, nice finds againrobfinds said:Yes Henry 1 was a bit upset with his moneyers.shaun7 said:Hello Tyre kicker, yes at christmas 1124 the famous ' Assize of the Moneyers' was held at Winchester when all the moneyers in England were called to account for their activities and a number are said to have been mutilated for issuing coins of inferior quality [ref.Coins of England Spink ]. Certainly an effective insentive scheme.robfinds said:Short cross to James 1. Yes I have had better sites, used to detect a late saxon/norman market site. Probably had about 100 hammered of that site,every time you got a signal the hairs stood up on the back of your neck.shaun7 said:fantastic what is the date range so far? have you ever had a better site?
you just forced me to look that up very interesting! gave me something to do, thanks
i can't believe that a badly struck coin could lead to castration and the loss of your right hand! harsh but fair
robfinds said:tyre kicker said:Hi Rob...wasn't that the account of the bloody asizers were the moneyers were rounded up and executed for producing poor coinage, nice finds againrobfinds said:Yes Henry 1 was a bit upset with his moneyers.shaun7 said:Hello Tyre kicker, yes at christmas 1124 the famous ' Assize of the Moneyers' was held at Winchester when all the moneyers in England were called to account for their activities and a number are said to have been mutilated for issuing coins of inferior quality [ref.Coins of England Spink ]. Certainly an effective insentive scheme.robfinds said:Short cross to James 1. Yes I have had better sites, used to detect a late saxon/norman market site. Probably had about 100 hammered of that site,every time you got a signal the hairs stood up on the back of your neck.shaun7 said:fantastic what is the date range so far? have you ever had a better site?
you just forced me to look that up very interesting! gave me something to do, thanks
i can't believe that a badly struck coin could lead to castration and the loss of your right hand! harsh but fair