England (1422-30) half penny S-1848
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This specimen was lot 75333 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, ND (1422-30). London Mint. Henry VI (first reign). PCGS EF-45. Obverse: Crowned facing bust; Reverse: Long cross fourchee, pellets in angles. From the Richard August Collection." Silver half pennies were never struck on a regular basis despite the need, being a nuisance to make. S-1848 is London, S-1849 is Calais, S-1850 is York (rare).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-1848; N-1434.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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