Tiny edward 1st hammered coin

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Hi all here is my edward 1st hammered coin so small 10mm across and weighs 0.3 grams very hard to find so must be worth fee quid  think it's the smallest hammered coin in my book thanks for looking any info would be great thanks in advance Steve.

I would suggest searching Edward I farthing in the England catalogue and see if you can find a match.

Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Former coin and banknote catalogue referee.

Here's a link to the Edward I farthings: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=england&r=farthing&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&cat=y&ru=494&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=0.3&mt=&g=&se=&ie=

 

There's 13 different listings - though I must say they all look about the same to me but I'm not a mediaeval coin person.
Looking at the obverse of your coin, the letter to the left of the cross above Edward's head is an “E”

That rules out Class 1a, 1c, 2, 3c, 10 as they're all “REX” so “X” is the last letter there. It also rules out class 8, 9a, 9b (last letter is “N”)

That leaves you with class 3de, 3g, 4de, 5, 6-7 to work from.
On the reverse side, class 3de & 3g are “LON DON IEN SIS”

Class 4de, 5, 6-7 are “CIVI TAS LON DON”
I'm confident thus far - but sorting between those 5 options seems really tricky & beyond the “easy to differentiate” things.

I can't quite make out what is in the upper left of your coin. The top-right clearly says “LON”, so the part before (top left of your photo) it should be either “SIS” or “TAS”. Annoyingly, both end in “S” which is the most clear letter in the top-left. And the lower left which would either read “IEN” or “CIVI” is worn away so no help there.

 

I personally think it looks more like “SIS” but could very easily be mistaken. Assuming that these coins have a correct orientation - which they may or may not do, not my area of speciality to know - the only one which has “LON” in the top right corner is class 3g.


All the others have “LON” in the lower left corner.
I would also note that Numista has 4de & 5 as being 24/27g respectively, so they're too light if your scales are very accurate. 3de, 3g, 6-7 are all 32g so allowing for a little bit of wear & tear could go down to 0.30 exactly. But again, I don't know if Numista's weight catalogue is 100% accurate.

 

So 3g (N#162087) would be my best identification. But really, happy to defer to a more qualified member!

 

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Value, absolutely no clue! Not my area at all.

A Collector

Here's a link to the Edward I farthings: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=england&r=farthing&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&cat=y&ru=494&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=0.3&mt=&g=&se=&ie=

 

There's 13 different listings - though I must say they all look about the same to me but I'm not a mediaeval coin person.
Looking at the obverse of your coin, the letter to the left of the cross above Edward's head is an “E”

That rules out Class 1a, 1c, 2, 3c, 10 as they're all “REX” so “X” is the last letter there. It also rules out class 8, 9a, 9b (last letter is “N”)

That leaves you with class 3de, 3g, 4de, 5, 6-7 to work from.
On the reverse side, class 3de & 3g are “LON DON IEN SIS”

Class 4de, 5, 6-7 are “CIVI TAS LON DON”
I'm confident thus far - but sorting between those 5 options seems really tricky & beyond the “easy to differentiate” things.

I can't quite make out what is in the upper left of your coin. The top-right clearly says “LON”, so the part before (top left of your photo) it should be either “SIS” or “TAS”. Annoyingly, both end in “S” which is the most clear letter in the top-left. And the lower left which would either read “IEN” or “CIVI” is worn away so no help there.

 

I personally think it looks more like “SIS” but could very easily be mistaken. Assuming that these coins have a correct orientation - which they may or may not do, not my area of speciality to know - the only one which has “LON” in the top right corner is class 3g.


All the others have “LON” in the lower left corner.
I would also note that Numista has 4de & 5 as being 24/27g respectively, so they're too light if your scales are very accurate. 3de, 3g, 6-7 are all 32g so allowing for a little bit of wear & tear could go down to 0.30 exactly. But again, I don't know if Numista's weight catalogue is 100% accurate.

 

So 3g (N#162087) would be my best identification. But really, happy to defer to a more qualified member!

 

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Value, absolutely no clue! Not my area at all.

The OP is left with no work, you did it all for him……

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

@Sjoelund - isn't that rather the point? They asked for some information in the forum specifically for help in identifications. I work under the assumption that anyone asking in this forum has looked through the catalogue themselves but is struggling - perhaps they don't know what details to check (E.g. the legend).

Besides, they still have some work to do - I was able to narrow it down to five fairly easily but they'll need to check the those themselves against their coin, and make their own opinion. I did provide my best opinion out of those five, but I couldn't say with absolute definitiveness.
And I tried to provide my workings too so they can follow that kind of procedure for any of their future coins.

Though to be fair, I quite enjoy rutting through the catalogue & seeing what weird & wonderful things turn up. Especially on the UK end.

Yes, but you masticated the subject very nicely and  now the OP can lay down and ruminate🐄

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

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