'It is no coincidence that a King who idolised the Confessor and actively restored his famous Abbey at Westminster would wish to be seen in the same high regard. 'Artistically it shows a groundbreaking shift from the depictions of a king restrained by the stipulations of Magna Carta, to his own personification as England's original patron Saint Edward the Confessor. 'Not only was the advent of a brand new gold coinage seismic in the domestic medieval landscape, but also shows the direct influence on daily life of the international trade routes from the gold and spice rich Middle East and North Africa. 'This would however completely disregard the context of the coinage in British history. Mr Edmund said of the coin's origins and significance: 'As an economic experiment, Henry's gold penny has long been regarded as the abject failure of a weakened and even bankrupt king. It was the first time that the economy had not relied on silver coins since the dark ages.įollowing Henry's death, his coins were smelted and replaced with correctly weighed pennies in 1257. In the 1240s and 50s he demanded that all payments be made in gold to build up treasures for major overseas projects. Henry III was king of England from 1216 until his death in 1272. I feel I have to apologise to all those other detectorists who search and dream.' 'My wish that day came true and I just happened to be the fortunate one. Now it is protected for future generations to enjoy and it is truly humbling that I was its finder. The finder, who works as an ecologist, said ahead of the sale: 'The coin was found in an unappealing field and could quite easily have never been recovered. The other surviving examples are in the British Museum in London, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and private collections.
The Stupidity of Others will never cease to be a source of amusement for me.As a result virtually all of them were melted down after they fell out of circulation following Henry III's death. Tsk M'Dear arent you in the Caribee's (Sorry Im reading a story that harkens back to the 1600 and so my speach and text has been effected by it)? Why waste (yes it would be a waste to spend money in Miami) money on a hotel suite there when you could goto Paradise Island and get yourself a Cabana (and whistle up yourself a Cabana boy *wink wink nudge nudge*) like me (ROFLAMO *snort sputter hack*ok a me when I was 21 since Im a horrid looking monster now P)? But yeah I can dig I just give Miami a hard time since I went there after Hurricane Andrew stomped it (And SoBe was still a party spot *shakes head in wonderment), I was born in Homestead and got to see it as a rubble pile. wouldnt use all of it on a game though haha *thinking of a nice hotelsuite on South Beach and convertible rental LOL :p) Serious though 5-10k wish i had that spare.
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