Ireland 1556 groat
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This specimen was lot 76238 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Groat (4 Pence), 1556. London Mint; mm: Rose. Philip & Mary. PCGS VF-30. Base Coinage. Obverse: Crowned busts vis-a-vis; Reverse: Crowned harp flanked by crowned P and M. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1555-58 with various mintmarks. The 1557 is the most common date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3 g, silver, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-6501A.
- 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]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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