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Description: | Curator's report: I have examined a group of 23 coins reported found at Boltby, North Yorkshire. All are whole or damaged silver pennies of the English kings Edward I, II and III (the coins seem to have been complete when deposited, but have suffered significant damage in the ground). As official English silver coins, they will have been struck to the sterling standard of over 90% fine metal. Most of the coins belong to the penny series introduced by Edward I in 1279 and then struck until the 1330s, with one later coin from the Fourth Coinage of Edward III, issued in 1352-3. (A detailed list accompanies this report.) There were some pennies struck in the intervening period, but the relatively small size of the find means that the absence of such coins is not significant. Although there had been a weight reduction in the silver coinage in 1351, hoard evidence demonstrates that in the early 1350s, the issues of Edward I and II still remained dominant, at least among the pennies in use. The Boltby group appears to be a selected part of the currency, not including either the higher value gold and silver denominations only recently added to the English monetary system, or the halfpennies and farthings of the lower level of the denomination system. As the coins are of good silver, would have been in circulation together and are a selected body of material, it is my opinion that the fulfil the criteria of Treasure, according to the terms of the Act.Dr Barrie J. Cook Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage Department of Coins and Medals British Museum 25 July 2012
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