England 1561 1-1/2 pence

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75402

This specimen was lot 75402 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1-1/2 Pence, 1561. London Mint; mm: Pheon. Elizabeth I. PCGS Genuine--Surfaces Smoothed, EF Details. Obverse: Crowned bust left; Reverse: Square-topped coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1561 only; a modified version was struck until 1578.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 12 grains (0.77 g), 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2568; N-2000.

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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