Easy Like Sunday Morning

robfinds · Feb 1, 2015

Four more hammered said hello today. Also a Roman silver, popped up. The coin top right is not English, in poor condition though. The nice round one top left is the smallest un clipped Henry III I think I have ever found. The mint looks a bit different also, will post a picture after cleaning.

Robert.

Charlie P. (NY) · Feb 3, 2015

Wow! Just boggles the mine to imagine a 750 year old coin. Who dropped that and who passed over it since?

Congratulations.

robfinds · Feb 3, 2015

dirtlooter said:
congrats, has to be very cool to find something that has you wondering

Cheers dirtlooter, yes it's nice, when a hunch is proved correct.

robfinds · Feb 3, 2015

Charlie P. (NY) said:
Wow! Just boggles the mine to imagine a 750 year old coin. Who dropped that and who passed over it since?

Congratulations.

Hi Charlie, it's great to be the first person to touch such things, in centuries.

RobRieman · Feb 3, 2015

Great find Rob! Any coin you find is a "rare coin" over here.

Professor of Engineering · Feb 3, 2015

Congratulations on the coin find, very nice detail too!

robfinds · Feb 3, 2015

RobRieman said:
Great find Rob! Any coin you find is a "rare coin" over here.

Cheers Rob, I would love to find a pine tree hammered, they do turn up in England. :thumbsup:

park pirate · Feb 3, 2015

Sweet old coin..

Westfront · Feb 3, 2015

The BM is very fast with IDing. Here you have to wait a year or more.... Congrats on a nice addition to the collection. Bad continental forger we are.... :tongue3:

Ahab8 · Feb 3, 2015

Wow that's a killer find buddy. I'm not afraid to be the first to vote Banner. By what you were told this is obviously a very rare piece. So here you go my friend. Hope it makes it's way to the top. I think it's tough for us over here to understand what of what you fellas digs is worthy and what's not. It just all looks super old. Hard to differentiate what's rare and valuable. I'm not afraid to walk out on this limb lol.

Ron (CA) · Feb 3, 2015

Very Cool! Congrats on a nice score!

robfinds · Feb 3, 2015

Westfront said:
The BM is very fast with IDing. Here you have to wait a year or more.... Congrats on a nice addition to the collection. Bad continental forger we are....

Hello Westfront, emailed an image to a guy I know at the BM this morning. Got an id this afternoon !!!!, can't complain about that. :thumbsup:

robfinds · Feb 3, 2015

Ahab8 said:
Wow that's a killer find buddy. I'm not afraid to be the first to vote Banner. By what you were told this is obviously a very rare piece. So here you go my friend. Hope it makes it's way to the top. I think it's tough for us over here to understand what of what you fellas digs is worthy and what's not. It just all looks super old. Hard to differentiate what's rare and valuable. I'm not afraid to walk out on this limb lol.

Cheers Ahab, rare certainly, probably not too valuable. There's only a small specialized market for these things. Most collectors are on the continent, I would guess. :thumbsup:

Carolina Tom · Feb 3, 2015

Very nice find my man. Over here in the colonies, we are impressed with a coin that is a 100 years old. My oldest silver is from 1903, and I consider that a treasure... I just can't fathom finding a coin that is 800 years old. Congrats.

pepperj · Feb 3, 2015

jeff of pa said:
Where is the Thread ? This needs to be Moved in it or Moved to Coins
This is not a todays Find Post unless it is in that Thread

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/449216-easy-like-sunday-morning.html

Great ID Rob and I really believe it should be up there also! Cool a rare one of, or not recorded as of yet. :occasion14:

robfinds · Feb 3, 2015

Carolina Tom said:
Very nice find my man. Over here in the colonies, we are impressed with a coin that is a 100 years old. My oldest silver is from 1903, and I consider that a treasure... I just can't fathom finding a coin that is 800 years old. Congrats.

Hello Tom, it's all relative. Coins go back over 2000 years in the UK. In the states a few centuries, therefore 1903 is a very nice find, good luck, and keep digging. :thumbsup:

CRUSADER · Feb 4, 2015

robfinds said:
Got an id from the BM, on one of the coins I posted the other day. I did think at the time, it looked a little strange. The BM say, it's a sterling imitation (continental) of an Henry III, long cross penny 1247-72. The reverse reads, INE/OLE/OIE/ANT. Based on a coin of the moneyer Nicole, Canterbury mint. Apparently an un-recorded type. Very pleasing to find.

Well that explains a lot, I tried reading the moneyer & mint & give up scratching my head, immitation never crossed my mind because the silver looked good & I'm not used to seeing H3 versions. That would be a welcome change in my small imitations collection.

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