Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, 1902, Vol. 2 Crown being also found on London groats, half-greats, and pennies of the same time, it is possible that a London obverse die had been used with a Durham reverse. Mr. Thomas Bliss showed a series of crowns of Charles I struck at the Tower Mint and at Exeter, and also a pattern crown by Briot having on the obverse the shields of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France arranged crosswise, and on the reverse the king on horseback. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.