Ireland (1547-50) groat S-6488

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71099

This specimen was lot 71099 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRELAND. Groat, ND (ca. 1547-50). Henry VIII (1509-47). PCGS EF-40 Secure Holder. Weak strike with granular surfaces, largely untoned." A groat was fourpence. This type was actually struck by Edward VI after Henry's death.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-6488.

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 and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Links to:

• Ireland (1544) groat S-6482 Fourth Harp issue
• Ireland (1547-50) 3 pence S-6489
• Ireland (1547-50) groat S-6485
• MDLIII (1553) shilling
• Ireland 1555 groat
• Coins and currency dated 1547
• return to coins of Ireland