England (1546-47)-WS halfgroat

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75354

This specimen was lot 75354 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Groat (2 Pence), ND (1546-47). Bristol Mint; mm: WS. Henry VIII. PCGS EF-45. Obverse: Crowned facing bust; 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. Halfgroats were struck at London, Southwark, Bristol, Canterbury and York. On this example, the mintmark is in the legend above the shield.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-2377; N-1851.

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 (1546-47)-WS halfgroat

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