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Title: Todays silver Post by: benny on February 27, 2011, 08:38:15 PM Spent hours today trudging round with mud stuck to my search head,spade,gloves and about a stone of the stuff stuck to each boot and dodging hailstones wondering why the hell I was still there detectingwhen this little un popped out.
It's 15mm diameter and I need help to ID it please! Also had a buckle just wondering if its the same sort of age as the coin? Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: geordiefred on February 27, 2011, 08:39:46 PM Nice finds m8, well done ;)
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Humfrey on February 27, 2011, 08:47:49 PM saw a buckle that looks like this dating 1620 to 1680
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: 16.5DD (richard) on February 27, 2011, 09:01:31 PM can you get a focused picture of coin it has a disinct symbol in centre need a focused picture of both sides try using magnifying glass
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: The Doc on February 27, 2011, 09:02:30 PM Nice finds. The buckle is as Humfrey said, 1620-1680. The hammered is a lot earlier, 15th century I think. The pics are not very clear, any chance of some better focused ones?
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Humfrey on February 27, 2011, 10:20:44 PM Might the coin be edward I 1272-1307 silver penny?????
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Solas The Scot on February 27, 2011, 10:32:13 PM Edward the lll
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: benny on February 27, 2011, 10:32:49 PM Thanks for your help will try and get some more pics when there's some natural light.
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Humfrey on February 27, 2011, 10:44:56 PM or Richard III ...i didn't notice the thing in the middle before
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Metalmickey on February 28, 2011, 12:12:33 PM Well done on the Hammie Benny ! ;)
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: tyna on February 28, 2011, 12:13:39 PM Nice one Ben :)
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: handyman [Alan} on February 28, 2011, 05:22:20 PM well found that man - good to see u ain't lost the knack! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Kev on February 28, 2011, 05:56:56 PM nice coin Benny m8, like the buckle as well, well worth getting through that muck . ;)
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: benny on March 02, 2011, 09:37:49 PM Tried to get some more pics in daylight and fiddled with the brightness and contrast to see if it makes it any easier for IDing.
Quite worn and a lot of the lettering is clipped or mis-struck off but any info would be appreciated! Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: nfl on March 02, 2011, 09:52:39 PM well benny,we know its a archbishop issue and correct me if im wrong guys but i believe these coins were minted for a limited time,so that should narrow it down a bit.
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: The Doc on March 02, 2011, 10:03:56 PM Hi benny - the photos don't really show any more detail - the main problem is they're not in focus. What camera are you using?
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: benny on March 02, 2011, 10:10:24 PM It's a Fuji Finepix A800,quite a few years old now!
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: The Doc on March 02, 2011, 10:23:07 PM I just looked up the camera specs, and you should be able to get better focus on macro than that as long as you're not nearer to the coin than about 10 cms.
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: benny on March 02, 2011, 10:32:09 PM Think it's the age of the camera,used to focus better. Time for a new camera I think!
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Chef Geoff on March 02, 2011, 10:49:15 PM He's been on the infamous "Benny's Home Brew"
Title: Re: Todays silver Post by: Sweeper on March 03, 2011, 02:38:53 PM Hi Benny - nice finds - I believe the coin is a hammered penny of Edward 1V ( second reign , (1471-83 ) purely because of the design of the centre 'long cross' they did'nt have these fancy centre scrolls in Edward l period.
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