Help: Magna Carta Coins

ASUtodd

Ok guys, this post is TWO fold.... one, does anyone know of a coin that commemorates the Magna Carta...... two, post some coins from the 1215 to 1297 era. The Magna Carta was written in 1215 but the final version, which is the one that is in the statute books of England and Wales, wasn't until 1297..... I'm doing this for a guy at work who likes to have historical debates!
Todd

coachleonard

Well don't have any pics to post at the moment, but English coins of 1215 and 1297 are very obtainable, especially the 1297 era. In both
cases the English silver penny was the standard coin of the day. Silver pennies of Edward I are easy to track down (he ruled 1272-1307).
Silver pennies of 1215 are trickier, because that was at the very end of King John's rule-- and his coins aren't easy to identify. The silver
pennies of King Richard, King John and King Henry III (who ruled right after John) are virtually indistinguishable from each other visualwise.
I think only minor variations in the legend (which are usually very hard to read) enable experts to distinguish which King that coin was
issued under. But at least we know with these c. 1215 pennies, any penny with a short cross -- as opposed to a long cross-- was struck
1189-1248.

Come to think of it, the silver pennies of Edward I look awful similar to the silver pennies of Edward II and Edward III as well

Dawg144

Can't find any Magna Carta commems, but here's a John Lackland (1199-1216) penny:



And here's Edward Longshanks (1272-1307):

BS

John 1199-1216

Short Cross - class 6c1 Minted 1215-16




Henry III 1216-72

Short Cross - class 7a3 Minted 1220-22



Short Cross - class 8c Minted 1244-47



Voided Long Cross - class1b Minted 1247-48



Voided Long Cross - class 2 Minted 1248



Voided Long Cross - class 5 Minted 1251-72




Edward I 1272-1307

Voided Long Cross - class 6 Minted 1272- ?



Long Cross - class 1c Minted 1279



Long Cross - class 2a Minted 1280



Long Cross - class 7a Minted 1292-96

Sapyx

A CoinArchives search for the phrase "Magna Carta" only comes up with two hits, both medals commemorating William III - one Scottish, one Dutch.

BCNumismatics

Todd,
There has never been a coin that commemorates the Magna Carta,but there are coins that commemorate the 1689 Bill of Rights/Claim of Right (British 1989 2 Pounds coins).

Aidan.

ProofArtworkonCircs

The Magna Carta has an interesting section on reforming the abuses of widows. It states that a widow is the absolute master of her husband's house for 40 days after his death. During this period, the heir must assign the metes and bounds of her dower without charge.
Dower was typically 1/3 of any real estate the husband had owned during the course of the marriage.