England (1544-47) 1/2 groat

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 22691

This specimen was lot 22691 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Groat, ND (1544-47). Henry VIII. ICG VF-30. No mintmark variety. Pleasing overall with a touch of micro-granularity over the surfaces." Debasement was rapid and severe in this period. Half a groat was tuppence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: cf. S-2378.

Source:

• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

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• (1544-47) groat
• (1544-47) testoon
• (1544-47) quarter angel
• (1544-47)-S gold half crown, Southwark mint
• (1544-47) gold crown
• (1544-47) angel
• (1544-47) half sovereign
• (1544-47) sovereign, London mint
• (1544-47) sovereign, Southwark mint
• Coins and currency dated 1544