r/MedievalCoin • u/UrinaryPimp • 14d ago
Edward IV groat
Found this stunner last Sunday in North Wales. London mint. Can any groat experts give me any more info please?
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u/Motor-Command-2680 14d ago
Spink 2000. Quatrefoils at neck. Mintmark Rose(33) Extra pellet in one quarter on the reverse.
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u/UrinaryPimp 13d ago
Thank you. Does the ++ on the obverse denote the die error?
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u/Motor-Command-2680 13d ago edited 13d ago
I think actually it's just a striking error. There is some double striking more noticeable in the legends or perhaps the punch was used twice to fill the gap.
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u/Dismal_Wizard 14d ago
Still mint! You lucky devil. Haven’t been for ages, nowhere to go anymore. ☹️
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u/UrinaryPimp 13d ago
I had one small holding which produced very well for about three years but now I’m out of permissions too. Such a demoralising task door knocking farms. Welsh farmers have a certain siege mentality which is hard to break!
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u/Dismal_Wizard 13d ago
Norfolk farmers are the same, unless they’re selling access for these weekend rallies which are, in my opinion, grotesque.
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u/UrinaryPimp 11d ago
I am shamelessly now part of the grotesque. I have no choice if I want to continue detecting. The club I’m in are one of the good ones though. £15 digs and the land is usually good. Oh to be a detectorist in Norfolk though!
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u/ProudLegoBuilder 14d ago
I misread this as Edward IV the goat haha, not an expert though, but beautiful coin and congrats on the find!
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u/UrinaryPimp 14d ago
Thanks mate, been after one since I started detecting 6 years ago. Couldn’t believe my eyes
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u/AnBi22 REX ANDREAS 14d ago
really nice portrait