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Short Cross Pennies

Revision History

20 May 2019
Original version.

27 May 2019
Class 1 page: Images of class 1b1 and 1b2 replaced.
Class 4 page: Image of class 4a replaced.

8 June 2019
Detailed tables of mints and moneyers added.
Link to tables added to Mints and Moneyers page.

14 June 2019
Tables of mints and moneyers updated.
Notes added to foot of Mint and Moneyer Tables page.
Further identification criteria added to class 7b1 description.

22 July 2019
New section, 'The Sub-Classification of Class 7 - Further Guidance' added.
Note with link to the new section added to foot of Class 7 page.

08 December 2019
Single images for class 7a1 and class 8c replaced with sliding galleries on Class 7 and Class 8 pages respectively. Reference to sliding galleries added to the Introduction.

27 January 2020
Single image for class 1b1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 1 page. Image of class 1 coin changed on Classification page.

28 March 2020
Sub-class 1a2/1a? for Hugo at Northampton added to Mints and Moneyers page and Mint and Moneyer Tables page.

31 May 2020
Image of Lichfield (class 2) reverse added to Mints and Moneyers page.

27 Jul 2020
Single image for class 7a2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 7 page. Images of class 7a1 Canterbury and 7a2 Bury added to sliding galleries.

08 Oct 2020
Single image for class 5a2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images representing the London and Canterbury mints.

30 Oct 2020
Single image for class 7a3 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 7 page. Single image for class 7b1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 7 page. Single image for class 7b2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 7 page. Single image for class 7c2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 7 page. 

02 Nov 2020
Single image for class 7b3 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 7 page.

14 Nov 2020
Single image for class 6b2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 6 page. Details of class 6b2 expanded.

15 Nov 2020
Single image for class 4c replaced with sliding gallery of two images (London and Canterbury) on Class 4 page.

16 Nov 2020
Single image for class 2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images (Canterbury and London) on Class 2 page. Single image for class 4a replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 4 page. Images of class 2 and class 4 coins on Classification page replaced. Notes on Mint and Moneyer Tables page expanded to include links to class 4c Shrewsbury and class 5c Chichester coin images.

03 Dec 2020
Single image for class 5b2 replaced with sliding gallery of three images on Class 5 page. Single image for class 5c replaced with sliding gallery of three images on Class 5 page.

05 Dec 2020
Single image for class 5b1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 5 page.

07 Dec 2020
Single image for class 5a1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 5 page. Description of class 5a1 expanded. Bibliography page updated.

08 Dec 2020
Single image for class 5b3 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 5 page. 
 
09 Dec 2020
Further image of class 4a added to 4a gallery on Class 4 page. Single image for class 6a1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 6 page. Single image for class 6a2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 6 page. Single image for class 6b2 replaced with sliding gallery of three images on Class 6 page.

10 Dec 2020
Single image for class 6b1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 6 page. Single image for class 6c1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 6 page.

11 Dec 2020
Single image for class 6c3 replaced with sliding gallery of three images on Class 6 page.

12 Dec 2020
Class 6 table on Mint and Moneyer Tables page corrected in respect of all entries for Winchester and York mints, which have been moved from 6c2 column to 6c3 column.

19 Dec 2020
Single image for class 1c replaced with sliding gallery of two images on Class 1 page.

04 Apr 2021
Link and image of class 7b3 penny of Terri at London (UKDFD 46827) added to Mint and Moneyer Tables page. Shrewsbury penny previously attributed to class 4c or 4c/4b, now attributed solely to class 4c/4b. 

09 Jun 2021
Description of class 6c1 expanded. Note regarding class 6c1 added at foot of Class 6 page. Image added to 6c1 gallery.

07 Jul 2021
Single image for class 6d replaced with sliding gallery of two images (Canterbury and Bury St Edmunds). Description of class 6d modified to reflect fact that two hair curls each side of the head, while less frequent than three, is not particularly rare.

12 Jul 2021
Single image for class 8b replaced with sliding gallery of two images (Canterbury and London).

21 Jul 2021
Single image for class 8a replaced with sliding gallery of two images (8a2 and 8a/8b mule). Class 8a description updated accordingly and Class 8a Note added.

23 Jul 2021
Images of class 8a2 and class 8c pennies of Bury St Edmunds, and 8c penny of London added to Class 8 galleries. Class 8 descriptions and Class 8 Note updated.

30 Sep 2021
Image of true class 5a1 coin added to 5a1 sliding gallery. Description of class 5a1 revised and updated accordingly.

01 Aug 2022
Single image for class 1a1 replaced with sliding gallery of two images (London and Exeter). London image courtesy of Mark Cowburn.

04 Dec 2022

Image of UKDFD 55138 (sub-class 1a2/1a?) for Hugo at Northampton added to link on Mint and Moneyer Tables page.

27 Dec 2022
Single image for class 1b2 replaced with sliding gallery of two images, London, UKDFD 6577, and Exeter, UKDFD 25702.
Image of class 1c penny of Carlisle, UKDFD 11053, and additional image of class 1c penny of London, UKDFD 48604, added to 1c sliding gallery. Image of class 5a2 penny of Norwich, UKDFD 57084, added to 5a2 sliding gallery.

03 Jan 2023
Single image for class 1a5 replaced with sliding gallery of three images, London, UKDFD 14457, Northampton, UKDFD 24018 and Wilton, UKDFD 44417. Image of class 1b1, Winchester, added to 1b1 sliding gallery.

05 Aug 2023
Image of class 6d Canterbury penny with three hair ringlets either side of head added to 6d sliding gallery, courtesy of Craig Aubrey.
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