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Each
of these beautiful coin sets feature two cast replica coins from
an important time in English history. Each set is regally packaged
in a full color folding display which gives a description of the
history of the Kings and Queens who had them minted as well as the
time these coins were circulated. The clear plastic inserts allows
these coins to be viewed from both sides.
Replica coin sets are on sale for $4 each.
We now have Celtic Coins! (not pictured)
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Saxon Coin Set ....$5.00
Penny of Aethelred II (997-1003)
and Penny of Harold II (1066)
Reproduced
in metal from originals held at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,
England.
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Medieval Coin Set....$5.00
William the Conquerer Penny
(1068-70)
and Penny of Eustace (1138-53)
Reproduced
in metal from originals held at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,
England.
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Richards' Coin Set....$5.00
Penny of Richard I (1189-99) and the
Gold Angel of Richard III (1483-85)
Reproduced
in metal from originals held at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,
England.
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Tudor Coin Set....$5.00
Henry VIII Groat (1509-47) and
Elizabeth I Sixpence (1558-1603)
Reproduced
in metal from originals held at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,
England.
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single coins are are cast in metal in England and are faithful reproductions
of coins in the Ashmolean Museum. The make wonderful trade items,
collectors pieces or betting stakes for the enthusiastic historical
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Edward
I Penny (1272-1307)
$3 per pair
Edward
Longshanks was so named for his great height and stature. An
organized and visionary monarch for his day, Edward consolidated
the power of the Crown and made sweeping reforms to the system
of Law in England. A large part of the stability of his reign
was due to the faith in the currency he issued. The use of the
"long cross" , introduced on coins during his father's
reign, became the rule for English coins for centuries and protected
against the practice of "clipping" and "shaving"
the coins which devalued their weight.
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Yorvic
Penny $3 per pair
This
reproduction Viking trade penny is imported from England, and
based on the coin dies found at Yorvic, in York. Yorvic (or
Yorvik) was once a thriving trade town during the height of
the Norse settlement of Great Britian.
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Richard "Gold Angel" (1483-1485)
$4 per pair.
Most
medieval coinage were minted in silver, but the gold coins or
"nobles" were circulated amoung the very rich. Most
coins were named after their designs. The angel for example
had St. Michael spearing the dragon on the obverse. All denominations
were not minted regularly but only as needed. This was worth
1/3 of a pound.
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Harold
Penny (1065-1067) $3 per pair
Reproduction
of a silver penny Harold Godwinson had struck during his short
reign in 1065 or 1066. The last of the Saxon Kings, Harold suceeded
the childless Edward the Confessor but was killed in battle
with William the Conqueror, after only nine months on the throne.
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Henry
VIII Groat
(1509-1547) $3 per pair.
This
groat (4 penny piece) was minted by Henry VIII (1509-1547),
when he was very short of money at the end of his reign. To
increase the number of coins he could make from his limited
stocks of precious metal, Henry began to mix more and more base
metal with the silver, a process known as debasement. Between
1544 and 1547 the silver content of Henry's coins dropped from
the traditional 92.5% to just over 30%.
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