1 Penny - Edward I Sterling type; class 4b 1282-1289

Weight

1.39 g

Diameter

19 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. Note: comma-shaped contraction mark, late S, face and hair shorter

Back design

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

Year of Minting

1282-1289

King

Edward I ( 1272-1307 )

Mint location

Bury St Edmunds , England (1042-1166,1205-1377); Canterbury , England (757-1272,1457-1649); Durham , England (1154-1547); Royal Mint (Tower of London) , United Kingdom (1279-1810)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: + EDW R’ ANGL’ DNS hyB Reverse: CIVI TAS LON DON

Context

House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Edward I (1272-1307), Sterling coinage (1279-1307), Class 4b penny. Struck at the London, Bury (Sp#1417), Canterbury (Sp#1419) and Durham (Sp#1423) mints, 1282-89. For more detail, please see Rod Blunt's website here . Spink SCBC reference numbers: The Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins lists reference numbers in order for individual Edward I New Coinage types struck at the Tower mint, London and after that section, all the different types struck at a given provincial mint are grouped together under one reference number.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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