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Eric Haraldsson (Eric Bloodaxe) issued coins as king of Northumbria. Unfortunately they are extremely rare and expensive and I don't have one. Here is an example that sold at CNG (View Post)

Here are some British Anglo-Saxon coins from the collection of Archbishop Sharp: John Sharp (1645-1714) was Archbishop of York and an early coin collector. His English hammered coin collection was ke… (View Post)

I’ve been on the hunt for a real St Eligius coin, the one made by Eligius himself before he was a saint. Unfortunately they’re rare and expensive. There are semi contemporaneous imitations out there … (View Post)

I have a suspicion that if you decide to sell it "all" there is a low chance you will return to coin collecting in the short term. Maybe years later. On the other hand, if you sell coins th… (View Post)

Interesting story. Sounds like she had a pretty sad life though despite its length. Our connection with the past isn’t so severed as we think. I just read recently that John Tyler has two living gran… (View Post)