Awesome Edward the 1st Silver Penny
 

Check what my parents got me as a early Christmas and partying gift before moving to Korea. Supposedly dates from 1279-1307 and was minted in Canterbury. I can't believe some thing so old cost only 22 pounds. I'm not one for numismatic coins. I just prefer cold hard bullion but this thing is beautiful.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...j/DSC01235.jpg

Re: Awesome Edward the 1st Silver Penny
 

Congratulations. :yes:

Yours looks rather good in comparison with the only two Cantuarian-minted ones on here:

http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/pen1.html

Re: Awesome Edward the 1st Silver Penny
 

I was given some Roman coins as a gift a few years back. Evey time I look at them I wonder at the history at which the coins were present.

A *silver* penny? I'll bet at the time of minting, a peasant would have to work for close to a week to earn that.

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And after all that work the poor bugger dropped it in a field for someone to find 700 years later. :bawling:

Re: Awesome Edward the 1st Silver Penny
 

Correction 11 pounds. But just to think a penny was actually once silver and soon will be steel.

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I'll bet the serfs never came in contact with money (only guildmembers and lords), if that's what you mean (by peasant). I guess that makes us modern guildmembers.