Friday Update: 2 September 2022

September 2, 2022September 9, 2022 Paul

Editorial

Many detectorists have spent years searching for that elusive gold coin. Imagine digging up your floorboards in your home to find a tin full of them. A couple from North Yorkshire did just that and are now selling the hoard through Spink.

Some more rare coins have been found by readers including a PAX type penny of Harold II and a very rare cut halfpenny of Henry I. Also this week, I received a fragment of a long cross penny of Henry III which proved something of a challenge to pin down the class, mint and moneyer.

In PAS finds there’s a Roman plate brooch which was still in the process of being made; the insight into the production process that it provides makes it a Find of Note.

Spink sell Ellerby hoard found under kitchen floor

Spink’s auction of the Ellerby hoard includes a couple of unusual errors. The king’s name is spelt wrong on a Charles II guinea and there’s a George I guinea with reverse brockage.

Valuations and Identifications

Eight more readers finds this week.

Find of the Week

PAX type penny of Harold II

Tony Hollis sent in this detecting find. It’s from a rare mint for Harold II

Runner Up

Cut halfpenny of Henry I

Long cross penny of Henry III

Not much to go on with Anthony Hopkinson’s find but I managed to pin down the class, mint and moneyer.

Groat of Henry VIII

One of Marcin Koper’s finds. How does the weakness of the king’s face affect the valuation?

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