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trussels for sterlings.^ At this time William Hunt was warden 

 of the mint and keeper of the exchanges at York.^ Among the 

 antient mint accounts preserved in the Exchequer is a return 

 from the York mint which shows that the value of the silver 

 bullion coined at York in the 28th and 29th years of this reign 

 amounted to the sum of £1892 5s. 9d.^ 



The silver coins struck at the York mint during the reign of 

 Edward III. were groats, half-groats, pennies, halfpennies, and 

 farthings. 



Of the York groat, three specimens of the following type are 

 in the cabinet of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society :* — 



Obv. EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB. MM. CrOSS 



patee.^ Annulets between the words. 

 Rev. posvi DEVM ADivTOREM MEV, outer circle. 

 civiTAs EBORACi, inner circle. 

 A Half-groat of the York mint is described by Ending:^ — 



Obv. EDWARDVS REX ANGL ERA Z HI. MM. a CrOSS. 



Rev. POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM, outcr circle. 



CIVITAS EBORACI, inner circle. 

 The legends on the York pennies usually read,'' 



Obv, EDWARDVS REX ANGLI. MM. a CrOSS. 



Rev. CIVITAS EBORACI. A quatrefoil in the centre. 

 The national collection has a specimen with the peculiarity 

 of having a small open quatrefoil on the right of the mint-mark 

 on both sides ; and another with the legend edward rex 

 ANGL z ERA on the obverse. No York halfpenny is described ; 

 and only one farthing, which reads, Obv. edwardvs rex. 



Rev. CIVITAS EBORACI.^ 



No other provincial mints were in operation during the reigns 

 of King Richard II. and King Henry IV., than those of the 

 cities of York and Durham. The only denomination of coin 



1 Fcedera, new Ed., Vol. III., pt. 1. p. 261. 2 Euding, Vol. I., p. 84. 



3 Ibid. 4 MS. Catalogue, p. 41. Nos. 13, 14, 15. 



* Tlie distinguishing marks, technically called mint-marks, were first brought 

 into use in this reign. Hawkins, p. 99. 

 6 Vol. II., p. 307. pi. 3, No. 14. 

 ' Ruding, Vol. II., p. 307. pi. 3, No. 18. pi. 24, No. 311. » Hawkins, p. 101. 



