England (1526-44) penny

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from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46286
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This specimen was lot 46286 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (1526-44). London Mint; Arrow mm. Henry VIII. PCGS EF-40. From the Senator Platt Family Collection, started prior to 1870." During the first part of the reign of Henry VIII, the London mint was operated by the government, the Durham mint by the archbishop of York (Thomas Woolsey) and the Canterbury mint by the archbishop of Canterbury (William Warham).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-2349; N-1808.

Source:

  • 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, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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