England (1544-47) penny S-2380

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75355

This specimen was lot 75355 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (1544-47). London Mint; mm: Lis. Henry VIII. PCGS VF-30. Obverse: Crowned bust facing; Reverse: Long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection." The third coinage of Henry VIII was repeatedly debased and ended only 4 oz (0.333) fine. Pennies were struck at London, Southwark, Bristol, Canterbury and York.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-2380; N-1854.

Sources:

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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England (1544-47) penny S-2380

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