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Stephen of Blois, later King Stephen, was supposed to be on that same White Ship, but came down with dysentery and decided to stay home. Quite fortuitous diarrhea for Stephen, though for the sake of … (View Post)

Nice set! The most imposing Henry VIII portrait, and the one that reminds you of the famous painting, is on the testoon, which is unfortunately a very expensive coin when "nice". (View Post)

I see nothing obvious of concern to condemn it's authenticity. There are several main types of Edward the Confessor coins and this is the "pointed helmet" type. Designs typically changed ab… (View Post)

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Toughest monarchs: Edward VIII (only a few patterns known) Edward V (only a few angels are thought to be his, but the sequence of die emissions is a bit challenging and it may be that more or fewer c… (View Post)