1 Penny - Edward I 1296-1318

Weight

1.3 g

Diameter

18 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver (.925)

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Legend around crowned facing portrait within inner beaded circle.

Back design

Long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, mint name around.

Year of Minting

1296-1318

King

Edward I (1272-1307)

Mint location

Berwick , modern-day Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, United Kingdom (1124-1488)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: + EDWAR ANGL DNS hyB Reverse: VILL ABE REV VICI

Context

House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Edward I (1272-1307), New coinage (1279-1307), Blunt types I-IV, Local dies. In 1279, Berwick was under Scottish rule and therefore had no involvement in the initial recoinage process. However, in 1296, in response to a Scottish attack on Carlisle, Edward I invaded the town and brought it under English jurisdiction. Shortly after its capture, Berwick began striking English coins. However, despite the coins being of English type, most were struck from locally made dies, and do not conform to the classification system applicable to the remainder of the Edwardian coinage. The town changed hands twice again during the period under consideration, as a result of which the issue of English coins is split into the two periods, 1296-1318 and 1333-1344. The reverse legend is VILLA BEREVVICI or one of the following variants: VILLA BEREVICI, VILLA BEREWICI, VILLA BEREWYCI, VILLA BERREVIC, VILLA BERREVYCI, VILLA BERREWICI, VILLA BERREWYC, VILLA BERREWYCI, VILLA BERWICI, WILLA BEREVICI and WILLA BEREWICI. Colon and apostrophe-like stops are sometimes present in the legends, and retrograde legends also occur. The coin illustrated is class IVc (North 1080) struck c.1300-1310.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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