England (1422-30) half groat S-1840

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7170

This specimen was lot 7170 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 2 Pence, (1422-30). Calais Mint; mm: plain Cross. NGC VF Details--Environmental Damage. Boldly struck and very pleasing, this Twopence or 1/2 Groat has all of the design elements clearly visible." Half groats were struck at London, Calais and York during this reign. The London and Calais issues are common while the York product is rare. The largest silver coin was the groat or four pence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-1840.

Source:

• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• (1422-30) half penny, London mint
• (1422-30) penny, Calais mint
• (1422-30) groat, London mint
• (1422-27) groat, Calais mint
• England (1422-27) 1/4 noble Fr-114 York mint
• England (1422-30) 1/4 noble Fr-114 London mint
• (1422-27) half noble, London mint
• (1422-30)-C half noble, lis mintmark, Calais mint
• England (1422-27) noble Fr-112
• (1430-31) half groat, Calais mint, rosette-mascle issue
• Coins and currency dated 1422