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The first attempt at ‘modernising’ the silver coinage of England was made during the reign of Henry VII. A profile

It’s a halfgroat of Henry VIII, which was struck during the second coinage of this king.

Most of the hammered silver coins found by detectorists are the low denominations but occasionally a larger specimen turns up, like this one.

It’s a penny of Edward I, which means it is fairly common, but it was struck at one of the provincial mints rather than London.

On the obverse is a very abstract head facing right. It has a curved hair line made up of pellets, lips on

It’s a voided long cross penny of Henry III, specimens of which turn up quite regularly as detecting finds.

As I’ve said before, groats of this type used to be very scarce but I have seen several as detecting finds.

At first sight is looks like a penny of Edward I or II but after taking a closer look it obviously isn’t.

The find is a voided long cross penny of Henry III, which is in above average condition.

This is another find that came in from Tony Hollis. This one is a voided short cross penny, which was