View source for England (1422-30) half penny S-1848

[[Image:SB925-75333o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75333]]
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This specimen was lot 75333 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 1/2 Penny, ND (1422-30). London Mint. Henry VI (first reign). PCGS EF-45. Obverse: Crowned facing bust; Reverse: Long cross fourchee, pellets in angles. From the Richard August Collection." Silver half pennies were never struck on a regular basis despite the need, being a nuisance to make. S-1848 is London, S-1849 is Calais, S-1850 is York (rare).

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': silver.

''Catalog reference'': S-1848; N-1434. 

''[[Bibliography|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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[England (1422-30) penny S-1845|(1422-30) penny, Calais mint]]
* [[England (1422-30) half groat S-1840|(1422-30) half groat, Calais mint]]
* [[England (1422-27) groat S-1835|(1422-30) groat, London mint]]
* [[England (1422-27) groat S-1836|(1422-30) groat, Calais mint]]
* [[England (1422-27) 1/4 noble Fr-114]] York mint
* [[England (1422-30) 1/4 noble Fr-114]] London mint
* [[England (1422-27) 1/2 noble Fr-113|(1422-27) half noble, London mint]]
* [[England (1422-30)-C 1/2 noble Fr-113|(1422-30)-C half noble, lis mintmark, Calais mint]]
* [[England (1422-27) noble Fr-112]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1422]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]]