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It’s a decent looking voided short cross penny, which is in better condition than most examples I see.

Anthony Hopkinson is the finder of this copper farthing of Charles I. It’s a rough looking coin but it is

When you look at this coin you might say “Not another Henry III long cross penny!

As well as a whole penny of Henry III this week, we have a voided long cross cut halfpenny, which

This is another coin from the collection of detecting finds built up by John Lashmar. It looks large but it

Richard Lyon is the detectorist who unearthed this Roman coin. It’s an antoninianus of Gallienus, whose dates are AD 253 to 268.

Joe Pearson said he unearthed this coin during a recent club dig in North Yorkshire. I’ve been on a few

describe it as a coin but it is a large fragment that was originally a voided short cross penny.

Damian’s find is a halfgroat of James I, which was struck during the first coinage of this king, who gained the throne of England in 1603 after the death of Elizabeth I.

I’ve heard it said that tokens, especially those dating from the 17th century, bring us even closer to the lowest section of society, for it was members of that group more than any other who actually used tokens