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Rare silver coin depicting obscure Yorkshire baron which was found in a field to go under the hammer (www.yorkshirepost.co.uk)

The rare silver penny, dating to a forgotten period of British history known as ‘the Anarchy’, was made out to a local Yorkshire baron, Robert de Stuteville, rather than King John.

 

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