World Premiere!

[FilthyBroke]

And how about some French feudal coinage?  This is a denier of the Bishops of Valence, dating around the 12th century (though I've seen similar examples dated to the 13th century) -

[FilthyBroke]

...and yet another!   This one was a nice surprise as the condition is much nicer than I had expected.

Anglo-Gallic Edward I deier au leopard (1st type).

[coinsarefun]

Hmmmm, you are starting to make me want to pick up a few.
As if I can't focus as is it. Now I have to look at finding a few 

[Deagle74]

Nice coins FilthyB....I love the coins of that era!!
R.

[FilthyBroke]

Thanks, it's about time I got back to collecting these, I've put it on hold for so long now.  Now I need to find another Spink guide, I sold mine a while back.

Stefanie, what is this "focus" of which you speak?   

[coinsarefun]

Thanks, it's about time I got back to collecting these, I've put it on hold for so long now.  Now I need to find another Spink guide, I sold mine a while back.

Stefanie, what is this "focus" of which you speak?   




LMAO as if I can focus
Actually maybe I do focus.......any coin that has toning on is my focus........lol

[Zantetsuken]

Gotta love them. I don't collect much in this area, but they certainly are nice pieces. Thanks for sharing.

~Daniel

[FilthyBroke]

Here's a Henry II tealby penny (Winchester mint).  Named the tealby penny after a hoard found in 1807 at Tealby, Lincolnshire, these coins are notoriously crude and poorly struck, until the short-cross pennies replaced them in 1180.  Most interesting to me is the story of the power struggle between King Henry II and Thomas Becket.  It's a cool story if you have time to read about it.

[Zantetsuken]

Here's a Henry II tealby penny (Winchester mint).  Named the tealby penny after a hoard found in 1807 at Tealby, Lincolnshire, these coins are notoriously crude and poorly struck, until the short-cross pennies replaced them in 1180.  Most interesting to me is the story of the power struggle between King Henry II and Thomas Becket.  It's a cool story if you have time to read about it.

Interesting coin 'FilthyBroke'. Considering how crude some of the coins were, one has to wonder if the ones who minted them had been hitting the rum a bit hard  .  However, crude minting wasn't just restricted to the ancient and medieval period. Here are a couple examples of very crude modern age coins. The first is 10 Tenge from the EMIRATE OF BUKHARA dated 1337 AH/1919 AD, the second is 200 Cash from the SZECHUAN-SHENSI SOVIET dated 1933. Considering, how crudely these were struck, you'd think these would 500 years or older.


BUKHARA (EMIRATE)~10 Tenge 1337 AH/1919 AD


SZECHUAN-SHENSI SOVIET~200 Cash 1933

[FilthyBroke]

They do look much older than that.  I wouldn't have thought that poor coining was an issue in such modern times.  Well, at least the planchets are still round.  These tealbys are some of the worst I've seen, even worse than the civil war era coinage of Stephen and Henry I.

Here's another tealby penny that I got last week, now I just need to decide which one of the two to keep...which do you like better?