England (160)2 penny

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75423

This specimen was lot 75423 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, "2" (1602). London Mint. Elizabeth I. PCGS VF-35. From the Richard August Collection." This type comes with mintmark "2" or "1". Mintmark "1" is the more common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.50 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2587; KM-2.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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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