Oh my god they are beauties! The details and condition are stunning. Alot of the ones i've seen for sale are shall we say a fair way below that kinda standard!
You know i thought hammered coins were addictive, but Anglo-Saxon stuff just moves in and takes over your life.
I particularly find the second coin amusing, it reminds me vaguely of the Æthelred II portrait with the mohichan look to it.
The third coin is a good one, a nice Northumbrian issue, but perhaps since i live in the area that was grouped under Northumbria i might be a tad biased!
Auldfartte, yes all three are silver. They are pretty much early silver pennies.
Sylvestius, I agree on the Anglo-Saxon stuff. I hope to add lots more through the years. I think my favorite it the first coin, I really like the bird on the back
Auldfartte, yes all three are silver. They are pretty much early silver pennies.
Sylvestius, I agree on the Anglo-Saxon stuff. I hope to add lots more through the years. I think my favorite it the first coin, I really like the bird on the back
Thank you Both >>
Oh i like the first one as well... heck i like all three.
I've seen some of the base metal sceattas knocking about here and there and i've been mightily tempted to get them. But must focus on my two line type pennies! Well for now. I've abandoned most of my other sets because of the Saxon coins. All my sixpences went to fund the addiction...
I'll say (again) Python: you're amazing!!! Those coins are unbelievable.
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"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
Auldfartte, yes all three are silver. They are pretty much early silver pennies.
Sylvestius, I agree on the Anglo-Saxon stuff. I hope to add lots more through the years. I think my favorite it the first coin, I really like the bird on the back
Thank you Both >>
Oh i like the first one as well... heck i like all three. >>
Yeah, I wouldn't kick any of 'em out of bed for eating crackers either
I love Anglo Saxon coins-- conjures up images of the Dark Ages and Vikings. I remember what a thrill it was 10 years ago to get a decent Northumberland copper sceat for around $15 while visiting York, England.
<< <i>I love Anglo Saxon coins-- conjures up images of the Dark Ages and Vikings. I remember what a thrill it was 10 years ago to get a decent Northumberland copper sceat for around $15 while visiting York, England. >>
Can i ask where about in York?
Was it the antiques centre (like a long room, with some stairs on the right leading downstair to a railway section?) upstair is jewelry, antiquities, coins and medals.
Or did you happen to buy it from the coin shop on the Shambles?
(I frequent both regularly as i live only about two hours travelling distance away)
<< <i>i'm almost positive it was a small coin shop in the Shambles. This was July of 1995. I loved York--- history galore! >>
Smith's Coin shop, yeah he's still there i went and bough a Cartwheel twopence off of him only two weeks ago for someone in the US.
I agree York's a lovely place, you can see the medieval history in some parts clear as day, but to me the street leading to the minster past the antique shops and the rock/mineral shop and that place that sells swords feels very Victorian. Walking around there at Christmas time feels very much like something straight out of a Charles Dicken's book.
If you liked York then one other place i can recommend is Lincoln, nice big castle there.
i remember my brother and I hit the Shambles right after taking an early evening ghost tour. It was kind of funny cuz they had 2 competing ghost tours going on at the same time: the dignified historical one (the one we were on) and a more theatrical one with more grisly stories
<< <i>i remember my brother and I hit the Shambles right after taking an early evening ghost tour. It was kind of funny cuz they had 2 competing ghost tours going on at the same time: the dignified historical one (the one we were on) and a more theatrical one with more grisly stories >>
The one with Mad Alice? lol.
I forget her exact name, i've seen the posters. I've never been on one of these tours though!
Did you get to see the Jorvik Viking centre? They've got a whole Viking Street setup in there with realistic 'smell', and they even sell repro Anglo-Saxon-Viking muled struck on the spot coins.
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You know i thought hammered coins were addictive, but Anglo-Saxon stuff just moves in and takes over your life.
I particularly find the second coin amusing, it reminds me vaguely of the Æthelred II portrait with the mohichan look to it.
The third coin is a good one, a nice Northumbrian issue, but perhaps since i live in the area that was grouped under Northumbria i might be a tad biased!
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I love 'em. Those are all silver?
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Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
<< <i>Those are great, Python >>
<< <i>I love 'em. Those are all silver? >>
Auldfartte, yes all three are silver. They are pretty much early silver pennies.
Sylvestius, I agree on the Anglo-Saxon stuff. I hope to add lots more through the years. I think my favorite it the first
coin, I really like the bird on the back
Thank you Both
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<< <i>Those are great, Python >>
<< <i>I love 'em. Those are all silver? >>
Auldfartte, yes all three are silver. They are pretty much early silver pennies.
Sylvestius, I agree on the Anglo-Saxon stuff. I hope to add lots more through the years. I think my favorite it the first
coin, I really like the bird on the back
Thank you Both
Oh i like the first one as well... heck i like all three.
I've seen some of the base metal sceattas knocking about here and there and i've been mightily tempted to get them. But must focus on my two line type pennies! Well for now. I've abandoned most of my other sets because of the Saxon coins. All my sixpences went to fund the addiction...
Get out whilst you can, and leave more for me!
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
DPOTD-3
'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
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<< <i>Those are great, Python >>
<< <i>I love 'em. Those are all silver? >>
Auldfartte, yes all three are silver. They are pretty much early silver pennies.
Sylvestius, I agree on the Anglo-Saxon stuff. I hope to add lots more through the years. I think my favorite it the first
coin, I really like the bird on the back
Thank you Both
Oh i like the first one as well... heck i like all three. >>
Yeah, I wouldn't kick any of 'em out of bed for eating crackers either
My OmniCoin Collection
My BankNoteBank Collection
Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
PYTHON YOU SUCK!
(Especially after dropping that Martyr penny on me unawares...)
Northumberland copper sceat for around $15 while visiting York, England.
<< <i>I love Anglo Saxon coins-- conjures up images of the Dark Ages and Vikings. I remember what a thrill it was 10 years ago to get a decent
Northumberland copper sceat for around $15 while visiting York, England. >>
Can i ask where about in York?
Was it the antiques centre (like a long room, with some stairs on the right leading downstair to a railway section?) upstair is jewelry, antiquities, coins and medals.
Or did you happen to buy it from the coin shop on the Shambles?
(I frequent both regularly as i live only about two hours travelling distance away)
<< <i>i'm almost positive it was a small coin shop in the Shambles. This was July of 1995. I loved York--- history galore! >>
Smith's Coin shop, yeah he's still there i went and bough a Cartwheel twopence off of him only two weeks ago for someone in the US.
I agree York's a lovely place, you can see the medieval history in some parts clear as day, but to me the street leading to the minster past the antique shops and the rock/mineral shop and that place that sells swords feels very Victorian. Walking around there at Christmas time feels very much like something straight out of a Charles Dicken's book.
If you liked York then one other place i can recommend is Lincoln, nice big castle there.
<< <i>i remember my brother and I hit the Shambles right after taking an early evening ghost tour. It was kind of funny cuz they had 2 competing ghost tours going on at the same time: the dignified historical one (the one we were on) and a more theatrical one with more grisly stories >>
The one with Mad Alice? lol.
I forget her exact name, i've seen the posters. I've never been on one of these tours though!
Did you get to see the Jorvik Viking centre? They've got a whole Viking Street setup in there with realistic 'smell', and they even sell repro Anglo-Saxon-Viking muled struck on the spot coins.
Very fascinating.
Couldn't agree more...
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato