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Long Cross Pennies

Revision History

01 Aug 2011
Original version (published on UKDFD website).

05 Oct 2017
Added to this website, reformatted, new images added.

24 May 2018
Class 3 section expanded to show the classification with and without the Churchill/Thomas revisions separately.
Illustrations and descriptions of the star initial marks of classes 1 to 4 added to the class 3 section.
 
25 May 2019
Format/layout improvements, no change to content.

10 Oct 2019
Note added to illustration of class 5d3 coin.

09 Dec 2019
Single images for Class 1b and 4ab replaced with sliding galleries. Reference to sliding galleries added to the Introduction.

11 Apr 2020
Single image for class 5i replaced with sliding gallery. Two new images of class 5i coin added. Criteria for 5i expanded.

03 May 2020
Image of Hereford reverse illustration on Mints and Moneyers page replaced with better example. Details of coin in description changed accordingly.

22 Oct 2020
Erroneous reference to 'Canterbury mint only' removed from class 5c3 coin.

31 Dec 2020
Single image for class 1a replaced with sliding gallery.

06 Apr 2021
Single image for class 5f replaced with sliding gallery of two images (London and Canterbury). Single image for class 5g replaced with sliding gallery of three images (London and two Canterbury varieties). Single image for class 5h replaced with sliding gallery of two images to show crown varieties. Description modified accordingly.

05 Sep 2021
Single image for class 5e replaced with sliding gallery of two images. Display problem of class 5 coins on mobile website corrected.

13 Sep 2021
Single image for class 7 replaced with sliding gallery of two images.

23 Nov 2021
Spink and North reference numbers added to classification details of all classes.

08 Jan 2024
All tables and text updated to reflect the Churchill/Thomas classification in 'The Brussels Hoard of 1908', 
published in 2012.

18 Feb 2024

Single image for class 2b2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images. Class-date misalignment on Chronology and Dating section of mobile site corrected.

07 Apr 2024
Single image for class 3ab1 replaced with sliding gallery of three images. Single image for class 3b replaced with sliding gallery of five images. Nose shape added to 3b classification criteria.

11 Apr 2024
Single image for class 3a1 replaced with sliding gallery of three images.
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