England (1567-70) halfgroat
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This specimen was lot 75401 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Groat (2 Pence), ND (1567-70). London Mint; mm: Coronet. Elizabeth I. PCGS EF-40. Obverse: Crowned bust left; Reverse: Long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection." This undated type, worth two pence, was struck 1566-71 with several mintmarks with the coronet shown here known for 1567-70. Milled halfgroats are known (S-2606). They were not dated but it's unlikely they were struck this late.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 16 grains (1.04 g), 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-2567; N-1999.
- 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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