Opinions please, Edward I

[Dumanyu]

Hey gang,
   I am working on getting this coin, and could use some opinions on whether it is worth the 50 bucks I'm putting out for it. Not to mention any other bits of information on it.


Thanks,

[NumisMatty]

Cannot for the life of me identify those 

[CoinCrusader42]

Can't help you, however, nice coin.

I have nothing English which is anywhere near that old.  I hope to add one to my collection someday.

 

[Dumanyu]

Here are a few picks from the QX5...






Maybe this will help.

[Sap]

I don't think magnification is the problem, it's the visible detail remaining (or not remaining) on the coin.

It's definitely post 1279, and almost certainly London mint (the reverse pellet-side inscription reads, without too much imagination, CIVI TAS LON DON). But all I can see clearly on the obverse are some of the king's curly locks, bits of his crown and the end of the inscription: ...L DNS HYB +.

Unfortunately, narrowing down a specific type or variety requires a nice clear view of the portrait, and the beginning obverse inscription to be readable. I don't think either is going to be the case for this coin. Much of the first half of the obverse legend appears to be mostly off-flan on this coin, either through clipping or off-centre strike; probably the latter, since there doesn't seem to be a corresponding missing bit on the reverse.

To address the original question: for an unattributed (and in all likelihood unattributable) penny of the period, I couldn't justify paying that high a price.

[ElleKitty]

I would have to concur.  If I'm going to be spending $50 on a coin that small and that delicate, I'm going to want to see the face and inscription a little better.  Fred, I think I'd recommend putting another $50 together with their brother dollars, and search out a nicer grade coin.

[Dumanyu]

Thanks for the valued opinions.