An Introduction to the Study of Ancient And Modern Coins
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— PENNIES OF WILLIAM THE CON- QUEROR AND OF RUFUS. REVIEW OF THE ENGLISH SERIES TO THE REIGN OF JAMES THE SECOND. — FARTHINGS OF QUEEN ANNE. It is a lasting record of the policy of William the Conqueror, that he made no alteration in the current coin. Some of his pennies so closely re- semble those of Harold the Second, that they are only to be distinguished by the legends. Even the Saxon W (f) is retained or rather repre- sented by the Koman P; although on his great seal the Koman W is used. A...t the commencement of the last century the coins of William were extremely scarce: they are now, with the exception of particular types, among the commonest in the English series. Notwithstanding the discovery of his pennies at York in 1703 — at Dymchurch in Kent, in the year 1739 — and near the church of St. Mary-at- Hill, in London, about five years afterwards — they 124 ENGLISH COINAGE. continued to bring high prices till in 1833 an immense number, amounting to about twelve thousand, were discovered in a leaden chest at Beaworth in Hampshire.
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