England (1547-49) penny S-2462
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This specimen was lot 75367 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (1547-49). Bristol Mint. Edward VI. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, VF Details. Obverse: Crowned bust right; Reverse: Long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection." The early silver coinage of Edward was only 4 oz (0.333) fine. This was an early appearance of the portrait of the young king.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-2462; N-1903.
- 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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