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- 1996 (Creation)
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Letter from Peter Woodhead, in manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 29 May 1996, identifying the little coin that IS loaned him as a farthing, based on the fact that it is "perfectly intact" and "weighs 0.272g = 4.2 grains". The letter E, he says, suggests that the coin belongs to class G, but other characteristics are less helpful. He believes that the coin is late Edward III, "perhaps late treaty or post treaty, surely unpublished. He is retaining a photo of the coin for comparison with his own coins and has also prepared a polaroid photo for IS, which he encloses (but the photo is no longer with the letter).
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Peter Woodhead's letter was originally coupled with the letter of Jeffrey North, in manuscript, single page dated 14 June 1996, and another letter from Martin Allen, in typescript, single page dated 1 August 2001, which have been catalogued separately (see JCPP/Stewartby/1/1/NORTH/1996/1 & JCPP/Stewartby/1/1/ALLENM/2001/2), plus the page proof of Lord Stewartby's note on 'London mint accounts, 1399-1402', Numismatic Chronicle, vol. 162 (2002), p. 50 (p. 373 in the published version), which is catalogued with the letter from Martin Allen.