Medieval English & Irish Hammered Silver Farthings:

    Site Update Information

Recent site updates:

        04 December, 2012

• Updated "Overview" to the setting up of the Calais mint during the reign of Henry V

June 2012 - Summary

• Added information about known examples to the Henry III page

May 2012 - Summary

• Added information on mint records to the Edward I Dublin mint page
• Added information on mint records to the Edward III Dublin mint page
• Updated Henry IV Overview information.
• Updated Henry V, London mint information.
• Updated Henry V, Calais mint information.
• Updated the history bit for Henry IV, London mint.
• Updated the history bit for Henry V, London mint.
• Added the information about the Corofin Hoard of Anglo-Irish coins found in Ireland.
• Added a new type of Henry VIII farthing that can be attributed to the period following the death of Henry VII (1509) and before the new design farthings were authorised (1523).
• Updated the history bit for Henry VI, Calais mint information
• There is a lot of debate about when the various issues were struck during the reighn of Henry VI. Updated the dates for the Henry VI, London mint.
• Added information on the mint officials during the reign of Richard II

April 2012 - Summary

• Updated Homepage and the "Coin of the Month."
• Added new images for the Anglo-Irish farthings of John as Lord of Ireland and John de Courcy

March 2012 - Summary

• Updated Henry VI - London information.
• Added photo of Edward I - London Type 11.
• Added information and added photos to John I - Dublin information.
• Updated Stolen Coin Register. Please contact the site administrator or phone: 07918 076403 if you are offered or have seen any of these items offered for sale. Any information will be treated in confidence.
• Updated Henry V Calais information.
• Updated Henry VI Calais information.
• Created a Stolen Coin Register to track and help identify stolen hammered farthings. Please contact the site administrator or phone: 07918 076403 if you are offered or have seen any of these items offered for sale. Any information will be treated in confidence.
• Updated Homepage and the "Coin of the Month."
• Added new image of an extremely fine Edward III Treaty Period farthing - Type 9.

2011 - Summary

• Added a new variant (with photo) to the extremely rare Edward IV "Light Issue" farthings.
• Updated the Richard II information.
• Added information and photo for the Edward I Bristol Type 3g farthing.
• Updated the Henry VI - Calais farthing page with more information and photos.
• Updated the Edward I - York farthing page with more photos.
• Updated the Edward I - Berwick farthing page with more photos.
• Updated © information on across site.
• Updated the John - Irish farthing page.

2009 - Summary

• Added an image of a very rare Henry VI Calais mint "Annulet Issue" farthing page.

2008 - Summary

• Added lots more photos to the Edward II Farthings page.
• Added image of an extremely rare Edward III farthing from the Reading mint.

2007 - Summary

• Awarded the "FORVM Award for Numismatic Excellence". Thank you to all who voted for the site.
• We will be launching our online coin shop on February 1, 2007. Specializing in English and Irish Hammered coins, it will include some unrecorded rarities - at prices that will appeal to beginners and advanced collectors.

2006 - Summary

• Added new photo of Edward I "Late Coinage" Dublin farthing.
• Added new photo of Henry IV "Heavy Coinage" farthing.
• Added loads of old (and new) auction record information where hammered farthings were sold.
• Added more references to Auctions and Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin - item/lot numbers and descriptions included.
• Added a photo and listing for a new Edward III, Post-Treaty farthing. It's a variant on published examples, having a Roman N used for both the obverse and reverse legends.
• The farthing use to illustrate Edward I, Berwick on Tweed class 3a, is actually a class IV. The page has now been corrected. Many thanks to Paul Withers for pointing this out and we look forward to his forthcoming publication on the coins of Berwick on Tweed.
• Added a photo for the extremely rare Edward I early farthing with the reverse legend: LONDRIENSIS (Withers type 4(i)). There is no photo of this in the North Sylloge.
• Spent the day going through a complete set of the late, great Patrick Finn's "List of Coins" - remembering what a great loss his passing was. I have added his catalogues to the Bibliography page and some of his observations on rarity to the King John, Edward I, Edward II and Edward III pages.
• Added "breadcrumbs" to all Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 pages. This will improve site navigation and improve usability.
• Updated the Counterfeit page to include an Ashmore copy of an Irish John "Mascle" farthing (moneyer: NORM). An authentic coin can fetch up to £1300 at auction while an Ashmore copy is worth about £3!
• Updated the Bibliography to include more auction catalogue references.
• John I farthing page (only Irish farthings were issued by this King) has been extensively added to and in the process a new variety was identified. Also, loads of photos added to the Irish pages. There has been a surge of interest in Irish Hammered Farthings - Thank you and welcome if you are a new visitor.
• Annual housekeeping completed: fixed broken links and updated copyright information.
• Wishing you all a very happy new year - I look forward to hearing about your farthing finds in 2006.
• Added better images for the Henry VI Calais farthing from the Ivan Buck sale: Henry VI Calais Farthings.
• Henry VIII farthings from the collection were presented by Dr. Richard O'Hair in his paper "Hunt for evidence of Henry VIII farthings in the Early Numismatic Literature" at the Inaugural National Numismatic Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia (November 2005).