England (1544-47) 1/2 groat

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

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