England (1377-99) groat
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This specimen was lot 34721 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: Richard II Groat ND (1377-1399) VF25 ANACS, London mint, Type II. With retrograde Z in legend. A reasonable, scarce type from this monarch, and the first Groat of Richard II that we have offered. In spite of clear friction that bounds the designation, the piece retains great legibility to the legends and intelligibility to the designs." The groat was fourpence.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-1679, N-1320b (VR).
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
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