Omg !!! Hammered Coin Found.

[Andy2640]

4 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Awesome Andy. Good for you mate. Got to  your  . Did you do a dance? Ok....it isn't gold....but still worth a dance.  Gold one next. Looks like it needs to be hammered to flatten it out.  Way to go. Happy for you.?

Good luck out there

JW 

Kiwi if it were you, would you really attempt to flatten it out, or leave it as is.

 

And.....  If you would flatten it out, whats the safest way to do it?

 

Thanks.

[William P]

Wow, what a fantastic find! Stunning hammered coin, Gratz, sir !

-Bill P

[GB_Amateur]

Beauty, Andy!  You seem to be an enthusiastic, motivated person by nature and I bet this really gets you're detecting blood flowing. ?

Next up, gold coin?

[Dubious]

Nothing like that around here, alas.  Cool find!

[D&P-OR]

Congrats on a GREAT find Andy!-----Man, don't mess with that coin--leave it just like it is & the way you found it.----------Del

[NCtoad]

Congrats on a very cool find!  

[Randy Dee]

On 9/6/2018 at 3:31 AM, sillllvar said:

That's lovely for a first Hammered, It could be a hammered silver Penny of Henry VI 1440's. I mean it could be a half penny rather than a penny (looks clipped) but it's hard to say from here. There are some really talented identifiers of these things ( I'm not one lol) but I think the coin is stylistic of the 1400's. I have the spink coins of England to guide me lol

Thanks for Sharing that one ?

Spot on with your identification for Andy's Hammered Silver it is a Henry VI annulet issue halfpenny of London Mint. Henry VI, 1st reign 1422 - 1430. On the reverse Long cross pattée with three pellets in each angle, annulet in two angles (Dimples).

 

[Andy2640]

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Andy's Hammered Silver it is a Henry VI annulet issue halfpenny of London Mint. Henry VI, 1st reign 1422 - 1430

I've just had kittens!  OMFG ? Thanks for that, made my year.

Thanks everyone for your kind words, feels good.

 

[sillllvar]

2 hours ago, Randy Dee said:

Spot on with your identification for Andy's Hammered Silver it is a Henry VI annulet issue halfpenny of London Mint. Henry VI, 1st reign 1422 - 1430. On the reverse Long cross pattée with three pellets in each angle, annulet in two angles (Dimples).

 

Awesome mate! It's nice to have a the date nailed down. Cracking first Hammy! I sure do miss finding those beauties in the soil. It's an unbelievable feeling to reach down and lift a medieval coin from the earth and see a king/Queen looking back at you ?

[Guest calabash digger]

Congrats on a great find!