Great Britain (1603-04) 2 pence
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This specimen was lot 1421 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Half Groat, ND. James I, 1603-1625 First coinage, first bust Half Groat. Mm thistle, 1603-1604. Nicely centered, with an excellent portrait. Practically no evidence of circulation, but these small hammered portrait coins were never well made. PCGS graded AU-53." The first bust coinage was struck 1603-05 and this denomination is known only with mintmarks thistle (shown here) and lis (1604-05). The second issue did not use the bust of the king (S.2659, S.2660).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.00 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S.2649, KM 10.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.
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