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This voided short cross penny is another coin from the collection of detecting finds belonging to John Lashmar. Images of

It’s not scarce but any hammered silver coin counts as a good detecting find.

Lots of Elizabeth I coins are unearthed by detectorists but most of them are sixpences or smaller denominations. Therefore, it’s nice when a larger coin turns up.

Some finds are straightforward, others aren’t. Take a look at the coin featured here. It’s a cut quarter penny but to what reign does it belong?

It’s a peculiar looking hammered silver farthing of Edward I and Peter asked if I could say what had happened to it to explain its appearance.

It looks somewhat like a Roman denarius but it isn’t.

Unfortunately, due to its irregular shape, this find counts only a fairly large fragment

This hammered silver coin was found by John Lashmar, who is a regular contributor to my website. The coin is

Bill said he found it in Northamptonshire but he gave up after trying for some time to identify it.

The coin is a Henry III voided long cross penny, examples of which turn up quite regularly as detecting finds but many are defective in some way.