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Aberystwith Ęthelstan Ęthelweard ANGLIE annulet appears armour breast Bristol Canterbury centre of rev cinquefoil CIVITAS coinage coins collar Cross crosslet cross fleury Cross pierced cross voided CUFF Durham E. J. SHEPHERD Eanred Edward Edward III engraved forks Front face garnished groats hair half-crowns half-groats halfpence halfpenny Henry VII horse inner circle issued king king's bust king's head legend letters LONDON lozenge mantle marks Martlet Maundy money mint marks moneyer's name moneyers mullet obverse ornament oval shield pellet at sides pence pennies pieces place of mintage plain Portcullis quarter quatrefoil quatrefoil at sides rare reads reign resembles reverse Roses & plumes roses and plumes rosette rude Saxon sceptre shillings sides of crown sides of neck silver similar sixpences small cross Snell spandril specimen square shield star struck Thistle three pellets titles trefoil TRICESIMO viii weight workmanship xvii xxxiii xxxvi York
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Page 255 - These pieces," says Mr. Hawkins, " are said to have owed their existence to the pressing instance of Mr. Hume, from whence they, for some time, bore the nickname of Joeys. As they were very convenient to pay short cab-fares, the Hon. MP was extremely unpopular with the drivers, who frequently received only a groat where otherwise they would have received a sixpence without any demand for change.
Page 208 - ... is looking or turned to its proper right, showing the left cheek. This is the only coin of Victoria engraved in the 1840 edition. (" Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and its Dependencies," by the Rev. Rogers Ruding. Third edition, 3 vols. London : Printed for John Hearne, 81, Strand. 1840.) " Charles II. — Upon the restoration of Charles II. it was resolved to coin money upon the same principles as those of his father, regardless of the improvements in the machinery and manufacture of...
Page 72 - Such were the only known Saxon halfpennies previous to the year 1840, and of the three one was impugned by Mr. Hawkins, who thus wrote,* — " Edward the Confessor's coins are exceedingly various "in type, size and weight, some weigh as high as " 28 grains, others as low as 15, yet they must all be " considered as pennies, the very lightest weighing "more than half the heaviest; the two extremes are " rare, every intermediate weight is common. Half" pence and farthings were formed by cutting the...
Page 212 - Roettiers [qv] were ordered to engrave dies for the new 'milled 'coinage, but, 'by reason of a contest in art between them,' they could not be brought to an agreement. They were therefore each directed (7 Feb.
Page 259 - ... that so the money from which they were not yet discharged might be distinguished from those for which they had already received their quietus: which new mark they then continued to stamp upon all their moneys, until another trial of the pix also gave them their quietus concerning those.
Page 244 - The whole was actually coined into shillings ; but the very day on which the bankers were, by appointment, to have received the coin, an order of Council was received, commanding it all to be melted, upon the ground that the proceeding had been irregular, and that no coinage- was lawful without the sanction of a royal proclamation. Very few indeed of these pieces escaped the crucible. Specimens however exist in the collection of the British Museum, etc.
Page 145 - The coinage of her first three years, which consisted of shillings, groats, half-groats and pennies, and were marked with the martlet, cross, crosslet or lis, contained 11 oa.
Page 142 - ... consisted of shillings, groats, half-groats, and pennies, which were of the same fineness as the last of the preceding reign. But inconvenience being felt for want of small money, she soon after issued a coinage of sixpences, threepences, three-halfpences, and three farthings, of the full old English standard of 11 oz. 2 dwts. fine silver, to 18 dwts. alloy. Of these coins of three-halfpence and three-farthings, none were issued in previous or subsequent reigns ; and yet Shakspeare, with that...
Page 43 - MB. 382. pieces we can scarcely consider otherwise than as caprices of some one engaged in the mint ; it is highly improbable that they should have formed part of the general currency of the country. There are a few coins existing from which it might appear that /Ethelred and his father Eanred held at one time a united sway, unless the coins in question were accidentally struck on one side with the dies of Eanred, after the accession of .iEthelred, (114), Archeeol.
Page 211 - Blondc-au, the opposition was successful and he left the kingdom. The pattern for a half-crown which he produced is the first piece struck in this country which bore an inscription upon its edge. After this successful resistance to the introduction of improvement, coins continued to be struck by the same inefficient process as before, till the year 1662. Towards the close of the preceding year it had been resolved to introduce the new process, and houses, mills, engines, and other materials for...