In March 1995 I made a note of a group of five coins of Eadmund of East Anglia shown to me on a visit to the Baldwin firm by the late Michael Sharp. The coins had come to the firm as a group, with no other accompanying coins, and it is reasonable to suppose that they had been found together. The present-day whereabouts of these coins is unknown to me, but they doubtless ended up in the possession of a customer or customers of the Baldwin firm, and maybe the present note will jog the memory of one or more readers of this blog. Details of the coins are provided in this brief article. Click here to access the article.
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The Late Coinage of King Eadmund of East Anglia – Steve Green
Described are three coins of Eadmund (855 – 869), with comments on how they may throw new light on Eadmund’s late coinage and illustrate a kingdom in turmoil. Click here to access the article. Scroll down this page in order to comment on the article.
The John Casey Fund
The purpose of the fund, financed from a generous bequest to the British Numismatic Society by the late John Casey FSA (d.2016), Reader in Archaeology at the university of Durham, is to provide grants for research by individuals into the coins, medals, tokens, jettons and paper money of the British Isles, the British Commonwealth and other territories that have been subject to British rule. It is envisaged that the annual sum of money available for distribution from the fund will be around £3000 and that within that total each grant made will normally be for a sum of not less than £500. Applications will be particularly welcomed from younger scholars enrolled with higher education institutions, although applications from independent scholars and from other researchers will also be considered favourably. Purposes for which grants will be made may include travel costs, the acquisition of specialist software, the costs of metallurgical analysis and of image reproduction, and similar expenses directly related to
The Recent Finds of Two Late Coins of London from the Long Cross Series in the Name of Henry III – Bob Thomas
Two previously undescribed Henry III long cross pennies are described and discussed. Both are late coins of Renavd of London, issued posthumously in the early years of the reign of Edward I. Click here to access the article. Scroll down this page in order to comment on the article.
A Newly Discovered Silver Farthing of James I – Tim Everson
A Norfolk metal-detecting discovery has turned up a James I Harington farthing made of silver rather than copper. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
A Lost Cambridgeshire 17th Century Token – by Gary Oddie
Under Tokens and Jettons will be found a new article by Gary Oddie on a lost 17th century token from Cambridgeshire – hopefully this brief article might cause it to re-appear. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RESEARCH NOTE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
An Intriguing Edward I Penny mule of Berwick – Denis Martin
The BNJ of 1977 included an article by C.J.Wood examining early penny dies of Edward I from the Berwick mint. In it he mentioned a mule coin of type Ia/IIa which displayed a double initial cross although there was no indication as to where he had seen an example. The author of this note has been looking out for this die combination for many years but only recently, like London buses, two have come along. Annoyingly, the first to turn up had the region of the initial cross poorly struck up although in other respects it had the other features mentioned by Wood. Fortunately, the second coin to come along was much more conclusive…..! CLICK HERE TO READ THE RESEARCH NOTE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
BALLINDALLOCH WORKS CHECKS Contemporary Documentation Discovered – Eric C. Hodge
Contemporary records for any research are often difficult to trace and harder to place in context. The legal documents discussed in this brief article specifically identify known persons, places and issues of the Ballindalloch Cotton Works in more detail than previously understood. They corroborate the issues of checks to the value of 5/ and 7/ and give more insight into the reasons for their short period of issue.
The writer would appreciate details of any known Ballindalloch Works checks not listed in Table 1 of the article.
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A new privy mark on a Robert II groat prefigured on false coins – by David Rampling
In 1853 Dr Aquilla Smith published a find of fourteen Scottish coins from the County of Fermanagh in Ireland. The lot included two false groats of Robert II displaying a large cross pattée behind the king’s crown, a feature hitherto unrecorded on genuine coins. The purpose of the current note is to record what appears to be a genuine coin having the large cross privy mark. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RESEARCH NOTE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
Privy Mark Crown on the Sixpences of Elizabeth I – by Walter Wilkinson
The earliest of five crown (“coronet”) privy marks has been found to consist of two separate punches. These are the main body and a central part taking the form of a lis. It is suggested that the lis was struck first in error, the die sinker believing that the newly introduced lis privy mark on Mestrelle’s milled series also applied to the hammered coins. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RESEARCH NOTE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
