Bristol mint hammereds

[Dale]

That Bristol Farthing is very nice. Nice coins. 

Cheers , its took me a while to get that type of square farthing, and one has just popped up on eBay the same day .

[hoover-G]

Here's my Bristol token i thought I'd share up found by myself awhile ago. There's not much detail on the 1side but still made my day when he popped out 

[musket ball]

very nice find mate

[Dale]

Cheers for showing hoover, was it found in or near Bristol?

[hoover-G]

Cheers for showing hoover, was it found in or near Bristol?

black rock area pal 

[hoover-G]

So I guess it proberly hung around a workers neck to get back and fourth across on the ferry

[legio11augustus]

nice one hoover, i found a few roman up there too

[Dale]

Cheers for showing hoover, was it found in or near Bristol?

black rock area pal 

It done a little travelling then, iv only had the copper ones

[probono]

Dale - I thought I would show you my recent purchse of a Bristol Groat - it was a bit dirtier than this when I got it, but it's not bad now - one day I might even buy a Coventry groat......

It's the standard 'VILLA B RISTOW' type mm crown - I like the fact that the crown on the reverse doesn't really have enough room and is partly covered by the cross....the reverse is really much better than the shaky, out of focus camera shot I managed from my phone

[BugbrookeBen]

Sorry, I've only got London, Canterbury and York mint hammered coins

[probono]

Sorry, I've only got London, Canterbury and York mint hammered coins

I'm sure you will get other mints as time goes on - the first hammered I bought was an Edward I, London Mint penny, for £10 - whilst hammered coins are my 'second collection' I'm still a little reminded of the 'from tiny acorns mighty oaks grow'. Sometimes I imagine the holidays I could go on if I didn't spend all that money on coins.......

But - coins I find come much higher up on the scale than pretty much anything I have bought.

[Dale]

Nice coin Roland thanks for showing, I can see the reverse is better than photo shows, iv got a nice mm crown both sides but mines spelt ....BRISTOLL.... I have a ....BRISTOW.... but its a mule mm crown, rose I think with out looking.

Have you noticed the trefoil after VIL on yours, I don't think iv seen that die before

[nonker10]

hi dale i've got a nice bristol token like the one shown and also a bristol groat in good nick out of the soil.as soon as i get 5 mins i'll download it and show you.

[probono]

Nice coin Roland thanks for showing, I can see the reverse is better than photo shows, iv got a nice mm crown both sides but mines spelt ....BRISTOLL.... I have a ....BRISTOW.... but its a mule mm crown, rose I think with out looking.

Have you noticed the trefoil after VIL on yours, I don't think iv seen that die before

No - I hadn't seen that trefoil (or clocked it as different) - it's only the second Bristol groat I've had, and the first was awful (must have it in the house somewhere, but where?) - I did see a BRISTOLL type on ebay but they want 120 for it.... and it's not that nice. Perhaps someone should write a 'Bristol Groats of Edward IV' monogram for the BNS or RNS

[Dale]

There's a few on eBay mm crown and yours is different and better!
Take a look at the Henry VIII Bristol groat listed its a London obverse die, rarer that the normal type but priced the same in Spink? id go for it if the condition was better