England (1559-60) 4 pence
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This specimen was lot 44555 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 4 Pence (Groat), ND (1559-60). Elizabeth I. NGC EF Details--Obverse Scratched. A decently struck Groat with just a few points of weakness, and a light scratch across the face, now toned a deep gray along with the rest of the coin." This issue is dated by the lis mintmark on both sides. It is among the very first issues of the new queen.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32 grains (2.07 g), 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 2.09 g.
Catalog reference: S-2551.
- 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, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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