Penny

England, John, AR penny, Short Cross class 5b2, Canterbury, Simon, 1.19g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Canterbury
Ruler: John (1199-1216)

One of eighty-two coins and medals from a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee (d. 21 May 2005, aged 78) to the Art Fund, which has allowed various public collections to make selections from it.

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Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

England, Edward I, AR penny, class 10ab5, Canterbury, 1.35g.

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Mint: London
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

England, Edward I, AR penny, class 4b, London, 1.41g.

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Mint: London
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

One of eighty-two coins and medals from a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee (d. 21 May 2005, aged 78) to the Art Fund, which has allowed various public collections to make selections from it.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

England, Edward I or Edward II, AR penny, class 10cf3b2, Bury St Edmunds, 1.46g. Ex ‘Willders-Gale’ 1964.

Maker(s)

Mint: Bury St Edmunds
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

One of eighty-two coins and medals from a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee (d. 21 May 2005, aged 78) to the Art Fund, which has allowed various public collections to make selections from it.

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Ruler: George V (1910-36)

Ireland, Edward I, AR penny, Waterford, class Ib, 1.19g.

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Mint: Waterford
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

England, Edward I or Edward II, AR penny, class 10cf2a, London, 1.27g.

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Mint: London
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307) (Or)
Ruler: Edward II (1307-1327) (Or)

England, Edward I, AR penny, class 4c, Canterbury, 1.21g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Canterbury
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

England, Edward I, AR penny, class 9b2 (9bC), London, 1.42g.

Maker(s)

Mint: London
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

One of eighty-two coins and medals from a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee (d. 21 May 2005, aged 78) to the Art Fund, which has allowed various public collections to make selections from it.

Maker(s)

Mint: London
Ruler: Charles I (1625-49)

England, James I, AR penny, second coinage, privy mark Rose (1605-6), 0.45g.

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Mint: London
Ruler: James I (1603-25)

England, Edward I (1272-1307), AR penny, Berwick, Blunt class I, 1.51g.

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Mint: Berwick
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

One of collection of 335 coins, tokens and paper notes formed by the late Prof. F. Martin Post (d.2005) as a teaching collection when he was Professor of Business at Orange Coast College in Orange County, CA. His son, Mr Ritchie Post, has also donated to the Fitzwilliam $150,000 to establish a Visiting Fellowship in memory of his father and a Book-Purchasing Fund in memory of his mother, Margaret R. Post.

Maker(s)

Mint: Canterbury
Ruler: Henry III (1216-72)

Ireland, Edward I (1272-1307), AR penny, Dublin, class IVa, 1.36g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin
Ruler: Edward I (1279-1307)

England, Henry VI (1422-61), AR penny, Annulet issue Calais, 0.84g.

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Mint: Calais
Ruler: Henry VI (1422-61)

One of 139 coins, seven tokens, three medals, and one banknote purchased from the Christian Blind Mission. The Department of Coins and Medals has been advising the Christian Blind Mission on the fruits of their public appeal for foreign money on the eve of the introduction of the Euro in much of Europe, and we were allowed to pick out items of interest to the Museum. These Prof. Buttry kindly paid for.

Minted during Cardinal Wolsey's administration of the bishopric of Durham between February and August 1529, and said to have been found at the site of Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace.

Maker(s)

Mint: Durham
Ruler: Henry VIII (1509-1547)

Utrecht, John of Sierck (1282-96), AR penny (Chijs 9.1), 0.56g. From Westfalische Auktiongesellschaft sale 16, lot 3097.

Maker(s)

Mint: Utrecht
Ruler: John of Sierck (1282-96)

Continental imitation of Henry III (1216-72), penny, obv. Irish Long Cross type (1251-1254), rev. English Long Cross type, NICOLE ON LVND; base silver, 1.06 g.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry III (1216-72)

One of three medieval coins:

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Mint: Durham
Ruler: Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83) (Second reign (1471-83))

England, Edward I (1272-1307), silver penny, Long Cross type, class VII, Durham mint, Robert, 0.95g. One of four known specimens of this class from Durham.

Maker(s)

Mint: Durham
Ruler: Edward I (1272-1307)

One of six medieval coins:

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Ruler: Leopold VI (1198-1230)