History of the halfpenny . The halfpennies of the first reign of King Edward IV (1461–1470) are divided into the heavy coinage up to 1464, which was only minted in London, and the light coinage from 1464, produced at London, Bristol (now ), Canterbury (), York, and Norwich (). The obverse inscription reads . During the short second reign of Henry VI (1470–1471), halfpennies were produced at London and Bristol. The obverse inscription was changed to read . Halfpennies of the second reign of Edward IV (1471–1483) are much like those of the first reign (only a few months earlier) but they were also
Nicolò Malermi Nicolò Malermi Nicolò Malermi (c. 1422 – 1481) was an Italian Biblical scholar. He was the first translator of the Bible into Italian from the Latin text. Nicolò (Nicholas) Malermi (Malerba, Manerba) was born in Venice about 1422. He entered the Camaldolese Order (ca. 1470), quite late in his life, when he was 48 years old. In 1480 he was appointed abbot of St. Michele di Lemo, at Class near Ravenna. The following year he became the superior of San Mattia in Murano, near Venice. The greatest accomplishment of Malermi was in 1471 his translation of the Bible, the so-called