England (1431-33) groat S-1874

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7171

This specimen was lot 7171 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Groat, ND (1431-32/3). London Mint; mm: cross patonce/plain cross. Henry VI (first reign). PCGS AU-53. Pinecone-mascle issue. Obverse: Crowned facing bust, within tressure of nine arcs; inward-facing lis on six cusps; pinecone in legend; Reverse: Long cross pattee, with trefoil in each angle; mascle in legend. Contemporaneous with the time of the War of the Roses, this example is absolutely stunning in beauty. A dark tone coats exquisitely struck details on a well shaped flan and almost no evidence of actual handling, certainly worthy of being the best graded example that PCGS has ever seen. From the Runze Collection." A groat was fourpence and first appeared in the reign of Edward I. The groat was struck during the reign of Henry VI over several issues and several mints (London and Calais but not York).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.88 g, silver.

Catalog reference: S-1874; N-1460.

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.

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