England (1509-26) halfgroat S-2318
This specimen was lot 75346 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Groat (2 Pence), ND (1509-26). London Mint; mm: Crowned Portcullis. Henry VIII. PCGS AU-58. Obverse: Crowned bust right; Reverse: Long cross fourchee. A gorgeous specimen of this SCARCE portraited minor, bearing exceptionally wholesome surfaces that shimmer with a myriad of colorful hues about the peripheries. From the Richard August Collection." This halfgroat, or tupppence, bearing the bust of the king's father, still looks medieval. Halfgroats were also struck at Canterbury (minmark WA), York and Tournai in France.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-2318; N-1763.
- 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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- (1508-09) halfgroat, York mint
- (1509-26) half penny, London mint
- (1509-26) penny, London mint
- (1509-23) penny, Durham mint
- (1509-26) groat, London mint
- England (1509-26) angel Fr-155
- (1526-29) penny, Durham mint
- (1526-32)-WA penny, Canterbury mint
- (1526-44) penny, London mint
- Coins and currency dated 1509