1 Penny - Edward I (Sterling type; class 10ab (primary phase))
Issuer England
Type Standard circulation coins
Obverse
Legend around crowned facing portrait within inner beaded circle.
Lettering: + EDWAR’ ANGL’ DNS hyB
Reverse
Long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, mint name around.
Lettering: CIVI TAS LON DON
Basic Information
Category
Coin
Ruler
Edward I (Wikidata)
Technique
Hammered
Orientation
variable
Demonetization
Yes
Face Value
1 Penny (Numeric: 0.0041666666666667) (Fraction: 1/240)
Physical Characteristics
Composition
Silver (.925)
Weight
1.36 g
Size
18.1 mm
Thickness
0.7 mm
Shape
Round (irregular)
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
+ EDWAR’ ANGL’ DNS hyB
Reverse Lettering
CIVI TAS LON DON
Comments
House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Edward I (1272-1307), New coinage (1279-1307), Group 10ab (primary phase, 1301-05).
Types 10ab1 to 10ab6, struck variously at London, Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne mints.
Not all varieties were struck at all mints
For more detailed infomation on Edward I Group 10 pennies, please visit Early Edwardian Pennies (1279-1344) by Rod Blunt.
