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Hammered Gold

WAu-7940: Henry VII Hammered Tudor Gold Angel. Type IV, rarer Greyhound Head initial mark (1502-4), Spink 2185. This is the first Greyhound Head angel I have had. Very much the new dies type - angel with both feet on the dragon as opposed to the old type with just one foot. A nice, presentable rarer initial mark hammered gold angel, ex mount, for well under £2,000 (possibly even cheaper if you take up the Coin News advert challenge?!) Good look in finding any other Angel, for any monarch, for sale at under £2K these days. £1,850 RESERVED (M.He.21-12-23)

Groats

(Old “facing” style)

WTH-7826: Henry VII Tudor Hammered Silver Groat. Rarer facing bust, open medieval-style crown, class 1 London groat. Spink 2193. The initial mark is interesting. The Tim Owen ticket stated "Lis-Rose Dimidiated". I see it tentatively as a mule of obverse 41 (Lis upon Sun & Rose), reverse 40 (Lis upon Half Rose). The latter is interesting as the Lis resembles a Trident! Lovely grade, albeit some clipping 3-9 o'clock and the rarer first issue. A worthy coin! £425

WTH-7079: Henry VII Facing Bust Issue Hammered Silver Groat. Rarer class 1 with open crown and initial mark Half Lis & Rose. London mint, Spink 2193. Pedigree coin (see old tickets), being ex Carlylon-Britton collection (he looks to have paid £6 for this coin in 1965) and at least one other. £485

WTH-7841: Henry VII Hammered Silver Tudor Groat. Facing bust, open crown, rarer class 1. Initial mark Rose (1487-8), London mint, crosses by the neck - Spink 2194. Extra piece of metal from the minting process. Ex Tim Owen. Excellent grade. £395

WTH-6729: Henry VII Hammered Silver Groat. Initial mark Anchor, 1499-1502, type IIIc, Spink 2199. London mint. Clear details (portrait & legends) and with the sought after anchor mark. £165

WTH-6894: Henry VII Hammered Silver Tudor Groat. Type IIIc with IIIb bust. Spink 2199. London mint. Very clear initial mark Greyhound’s Head, 1502-1504. A very nice, desirable coin. £225

WTH-7840: Henry VII Hammered Silver Tudor Groat. Facing bust, closed crown, class IIIc. Initial mark inverted Anchor / Anchor (1499-1502), London mint, one plain, one jewelled arch to crown - Spink 2199. Excellent provenance, being ex H.M. Lingford collection (bought July 1947) with original ticket. £395

WTH-7532: Henry VII Hammered Silver Tudor Groat. Facing bust issue, class IVa, Spink 2200. London mint, initial mark Cross Crosslet. Ex Lingford collection with his old ticket. £435

(New style “profile” issue, including the Tentative issue)

WTH-7986: Henry VII Hammered Silver TENTATIVE Issue Groat. Initial mark Cross Crosslet, 1504-5, Tower mint, London - very much contemporary and issued alongside the old-fashioned facing bust types. Double banded crown, youthful features: Spink 2254. It can not be overstated how radical a change this new profile coinage was at the time, something that obviously went further under Henry VIII, Edward VI, etc, but most definitely started here. Together with the testoon and the new gold sovereign, the Tudors under Henry VII drew a serious line under the previous 200+ years of how the Medieval lot did things! The Scottish experimented with side profile coinage, albeit to a far lesser extent (a fraction to the left of front facing!) slightly earlier than this under James III (1485) but it took until James V in 1526 to go the whole hog and issue virtually a duplicate of this tentative groat. A highly sought after and collected coin. £965

Provenance:

Ex Ian Davison

Halfgroats

WTH-6622: Henry VII Hammered Silver Halfgroat. Initial mark Martlet (1504-9), York Episcopal mint struck under Archbishop Savage. Double arched crown. Spink 2214. No clipping and a very good strike to the portrait with weakness to the right key (worn dies perhaps?) and a mark to the king’s cheek. A very nice and clear example. £115

WTH-6824: Henry VII Hammered Silver Halfgroat. Initial mark Martlet (1504-9), York Episcopal mint struck under Archbishop Savage. Double arched crown. Spink 2215. £75

Sovereign Pennies

WTH-7889: Henry VII Hammered Silver Sovereign Penny. An Episcopal issue struck at the York mint under Archbishop Thomas Rotherham prior to 1500, according to the accompanying ticket. Spink 2237. Slightly short of flan but remarkable in the grade department. Ex Gordon Singer (his ticket - sold for $135 in the early 2000's), ex Arthur Fitts collection. £225

Half Pennies

WTH-7903: Henry VII Hammered Silver Tudor Halfpenny. A very late type IIIc, London Mint, Spink 2245. The king's head being much out of alignment with the king's shoulders is both interesting and amusing! A really nice example - I don't ever recall having had better. £115