John Conduitt ✭✭✭✭

I wouldn't call Berwick common, but this type is fairly numerous for Berwick. They're historically interesting as Edward I was fighting over Berwick at the time. Some of the dies seem to have come fr… (View Post)

The mint is VILL/A BE/REV/VICI (Berwick), so it was struck either 1296-1318 or 1333-1344 and doesn't fit the usual classification, but Christopher Blunt's Berwick types. The obverse legend is EDWA R … (View Post)

Another nice upgrade. I read too that most of his farthings and halfpennies were struck in the first 3 years and nothing else until his 11th. (View Post)

Nice list. I've found it hard to predict what people find interesting. My nephew gets interested in very old coins, or anything found near where he's from (like a hoard coin). He's fascinated with cu… (View Post)

I think there is a big difference between collecting modern and medieval/ancient. With modern coins, you can know the varieties and collect them. With medieval and ancient, someone has made up the va… (View Post)