Ireland (1543) groat S-6481

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24120

This specimen was lot 24120 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $180. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRELAND. Groat, ND (1543). Henry VIII (1509-47). PCGS Genuine--Tooled, VF Details Secure Holder. Third Harp issue. Light field tooling on obverse. Full legends on both sides. Toned. From the Brighton Collection. Ex: D. J. Crowther LTD, London." A groat was fourpence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-6481.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Links to:

• Ireland (1540) groat S-6474
• Ireland (1540-42) groat S-6479 Henry VIII, with Katherine Howard
• Ireland (1540-42) groat S-6480 Henry VIII
• Ireland (1544) groat S-6482 Fourth Harp issue
• Coins and currency dated 1543
• return to coins of Ireland