This week’s fresh listings (scroll
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for week commencing
Previous Weeks’ Listings (scroll down this page for “This Week’s Listings”):
WMH-7386:
Henry III Voided
Long Cross Penny. Phase II
“Provincial” coinage, 1348-50: +WILLEM ON WILT – rare
WMH-7387:
Richard II
Medieval Long Cross Penny. Type II, pellet above each shoulder,
1. Lord Stewartby
states that whilst production of gold throughout the reign remained constant,
silver was somewhat erratic and far from
prolific. During the reign of Richard II
(even at the end of Edward III), and most definitely going through the
subsequent reign of Henry IV, silver was haemorrhaging out of England to the
Continent at an alarming rate which was compounded by the fact that the country
was far from awash with silver in the first place - the price of silver on the
Continent was greater than in England and cross-channel merchants were quick to
take advantage.
2. Potter suggests that
The truth probably lies
somewhere in the middle. The York
pennies are usually grim and often verging on being unidentifiable through a
combination of great wear due to a much reduced quantity of coinage in general
circulation at the time, poor dies (see above) and the poor quality of the
strike, possibly down to uncertainty over the longevity, or lack of it, of the
dies. Sold with an old
auction slip and a much older envelope (see here). This coin is a very nice example and is much above average for this notoriously
poor issue. £295
WTH-7388:
Elizabeth 1st
Hammered Silver Tudor Shilling. Initial mark Woolpack, 1594-96, sixth
issue, bust 6b, Spink 2577. A lovely grade example of a
coin that is nearly always softly struck on the obverse. All the shilling and below denominations were
heavily circulated (and even the halfcrowns and
crowns saw action) due to the growing economy of the time. You’d struggle to find better. £645
WTH-7389:
1576/5 Elizabeth
1st Hammered Silver Tudor Threepence. Initial
mark Eglantine, third & fourth issues. Spink 2566. A rarer year with only one straight 76 die
and this modified 76 over 75 die according to Brown, Comber &
Wilkinson.
£165
WTH-7390:
Elizabeth 1st
Queen Under Canopy Copper Jetton or Medalet. Struck under the reign of King James 1st, 1610-15, by Hans Krauwinkel at
WSC-7391:
William 1st
Medieval Scottish Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny. Phase B, 1205-30,
Spink 5029. Obverse: +LE REI WILI A,
reverse: +hUIE WALTER. Joint Edinburgh and Perth mints. Choice. £495
WSC-7392:
1697 Scottish Jacobite Medal – The Treaty of Ryswick. Issued by the Stuarts, as part of a series,
and likely intended for distribution in
WSC-7393:
1708 Scottish Jacobite Medal – Restoration of the Kingdom. Issued by the Stuarts and depicting the
entire
WI-7394:
1690 Irish James
II Emergency Pewter Money Penny. Issued as part of the Gun Money Civil War coinage, but very much on
the tail-end when the supply of “latten” or scrap base metal was very in dire
shortage. Things were getting so
bad that a warrant was issued for the coining of two guns (presumably obsolete
ones) from
WSax-7372: Aethelred
II Hammered Silver Late Saxon *Rarer Mint* Penny. CRVX type, B.M.C. IIIa, AD 991-997 only. Spink 1148. +PVLFNOD MO DOR – rare
WMH-7373: Edward 1st Rarer
VOIDED LONG CROSS Hammered Silver Penny.
One of the very first Edward 1st penny
struck, still using the late Henry III’s name. 1272-79. IOH of Bury
St Edmonds. Class VI, Spink 1377. Ex 1908
WMH-7374: Edward III Hammered Silver
Long Cross Penny. Pre-Treaty
period of 1351-61. Episcopal issue truck at
WMH-7375: Henry V Hammered Silver
Long Cross Halfpenny. Class C,
WMH-7376: Henry VI **RESTORED**
Hammered Groat. October
1470 to April 1471 only.
WTH-7377: 1571 Elizabeth 1st Hammered
Silver Threepence. Third and fourth issues,
initial mark Castle. Spink 2566. A very pleasing example.
£185
WTH-7378: 1579 Elizabeth 1st Hammered
Silver Threepence. Fifth issue, initial mark Greek Cross. Spink 2573. Just the single
die pairing being recorded by Comber, Wilkinson & Brown, although there was
another pair prepared which were not used in 1579 but were overdated
and used in 1580. This coin is not far
off being as struck, although the obverse strike quality could have been
better. £195
WTH-7379: 1596-99 Elizabeth 1st
Hammered Silver Halfgroat. Sixth issue, initial mark Key. Spink 2579. Three dies recorded but really, what a marvellous
example of a halfgroat! Collectors will be aware that of
all the smaller denominations, the halfgroats suffered most in terms of
clipping, wear and sometimes the quality of actual coinage leaving the
mint. Finding a really nice halfgroat is
virtually impossible whereas pennies, and even the fractions, are relatively
abundant. This coin is full flan and
actually doesn’t show much evidence of circulation. £225
WTH-7380: 1583-85 Elizabeth 1st
Hammered Silver Penny. Ex Walter Wilkinson, ex K.B.Coins.
ex Mike Vosper – tickets here. Initial mark A,
sixth issue, Spink 2580. A rarer ”R variety – see WW ticket. £125
WTH-7381: Circa 1600 Elizabeth 1st
Copper Jetton or Medalet. Medalic
Illustrations (1) 184/190 – struck by the famous Hans Krauwinkel
at
WI-7382:
1689 Irish Civil
War Emergency Coinage “Gun Money” Sixpence.
Struck in
WSC-7383:
James III
Scottish Hammered Silver Groat. Type II base (0.770 fineness) issue of 1471-83,
WSC-7384:
Mary Queen of
Scots Hammered Silver Scottish Testoon – First Period. Type IIIa, dated
1556 and 1557 – a 1557 coin where for some reason, the 1557 reverse die either
broke, thereby necessitating the utilisation of an old, discarded 1556 die, or
they simply messed up! Either way, it
makes for a most interesting “mule”.
WSC-7385:
Mary Queen of
Scots Hammered Silver Scottish Testoon – Second Period. 1558-60, during Mary’s marriage to Francis –
Mary would have been just 16 years old. Dated 1558.
WTH-7370:
Rare Henry VIII
Hammered Silver FIRST ISSUE Groat.
Initial mark Crowned T, 1513 – Tournai
mint. An extremely
rare special issue – dies by Henry Basse (a
WTH-7371: Henry VIII Hammered Gold
Crown of the Double Rose. Initial mark Lis, second coinage, Spink 2572. Extra image (cheap camera
phone, harsh artificial lighting, here). H and K both sides signifying Henry’s
marriage to Katherine of Aragon, 1509 to the annulment on
WMH-7364:
Stephen Norman
Kings Hammered Silver *Rarer Mint* Penny.
B.M.C. 1, Cross Moline “
WMH-7365:
Henry III
Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny. Phase II “Provincial” phase of 1248-50
only. Class IIIb,
WMH-7366:
Henry III
Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny. Phase II “Provincial” phase of 1248-50
only. Class IIIb,
WMH-7353:
Stephen Norman
Kings Hammered Silver *Rarer Mint* Penny.
B.M.C. 1, Cross Moline “
WTH-7358:
Henry VIII
Hammered Silver Testoon. Third issue, 1544-47, Southwark (
WMH-7350:
William 1st
Norman Kings Hammered Silver *Rarer Mint* Penny. B.M.C. V, Two Stars type: +PVLFPINE ON PERIC
– Wulfwine of
WSax-7341:
Harthacnut Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Sole reign of June 1040 – June 1042, “Arm
& Sceptre” type, B.M.C. II. +SCVLA MON
EOEFRCI –
WCA-7344: 1687 James II Tin
Halfpenny – High Grade – Choice. Laureate and draped bust, right. Date on the edge. Ex Colin Cooke (1996). Extra images here and here. Spink 3419. These
tin coins had an alarming rate of wear from circulation. The Ferryman’s hoard
of W&M tin coins from the River Thames in the 1970’s was made up of 1690
through to 1692 tin coins. There were no copper 1694 coins leading to the
conclusion that the purse was dropped into the
WSC-7346:
1605 Scottish
Hammered Silver SIX SHILLINGS. Post
accession to the English throne.
Virtually identical to the English James 1st sixpence but
this issue with initial mark Thistle only, as well as circulating at very much
over six pennies (ratio of 12:1, similar to other denominations of this period)
at six shillings. Another difference,
other than the Scottish issues being much, much rarer, is that they were more
crudely made in both style and production.
Spink 5507.
As good as the Spink plate coin – the very best example they could find
with their vast resources and connections to collections. Chris Comber (of Wilkinson, Comber &
Brown fame) was a great collector of these extremely rare coins. I sold him two over a very long period (the
only two I'd ever had prior to this), both of which several grades below this
coin. They are a notoriously poor issue,
if you are lucky enough to find one in the first place. Choice. £2,950
WI-7348:
1558 Irish
Elizabeth 1st Hammered Silver Groat - Choice. Base coinage of 1558 with
0.250 silver fineness. Initial mark Rose, Spink 6504. This first issue was very much a continuation
of the previous base issues - it took until 1561 for the “Fine Silver” coinage to
be issued. This coin is mint state –
virtually “As Struck”, although to the initiated, it may not appear that
way. This is an example of the finest known Irish 1555
Philip & Mary shilling to give you some idea as to how good this groat
is. The billon nature of this coin
defeated my usual camera, although I still include that image here. The main image is via a cheap camera phone in
artificial light. Choice. £1,950
WAu-7326:
Charles 1st
Hammered GOLD Double Crown. Tower
mint under the King, initial mark Rose over Plume / Rose, 1631-32. Group C, third bust, bust 5. Spink 2701, Brooker
158/159, Schneider 191. An honest, untouched field-found coin with some commensurate
unevenness to the flan. Ex Spink
(see various tickets here). An interesting coin. £1,985
WMH-7315:
Henry 1st
“Norman Kings” Hammered Silver Penny.
B.M.C. ii, Profile / Cross Fleury type,
circa AD 1102 only. +GODFRIC ON LINC –
WAu-7311:
Henry VIII
Hammered Gold Crown of the Double Rose.
Third coinage, initial mark none / WS monogram, 1544-47,
WSax-7304:
Aethelred II Late Saxon **Rare Mint** Hammered Silver
Penny. CRVX type –
B.M.C. IIIc, circa 991-997. +LEOFRIC MO LIMN – Lympne
mint. Old tickets here. Spink 1158. One of the rarer of the Saxon mint – I’ve
never had another through my hands. Lympne was a village three miles west of Hythe in
WI-7307:
1681 Charles II
SILVER Proof Irish Halfpenny. Armstrong & Legge’s regal coinage
issue of 1680-84. The coinage was
split into two types: large and small lettering. This is a silver proof for the small letter
1681 issue – the only other silver proof in the entire series is the 1680 large
letter halfpenny. 1681 small letters
(Spink 6575) is extremely rare with, I think, only one example known, which may
well be a copper trial piece using the silver proof dies. Slabbed by PCGS and
grade PR53, which I understand to mean “Proof , about Uncirculated”
– the AU grading system goes down to 50, at which point in becomes “Extremely
Fine”, eg EF45.
At the risk of disagreeing with an American multi national company, this
coin is clearly not uncirculated, although don’t be
fooled by the obverse and reverse flat areas because to a point, these were
built into the dies. It’s a bit better
than VF. Choice. £2,985
WSax-7286:
Harold II Godwinesson Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. PAX issue, B.M.C. 1,
This Week’s Listings
WSC-7395:
Robert 1st
The Bruce Scottish Hammered Silver Hoard Penny. 1306-29.
Crowned head left, sceptre before, beaded circles and legend surrounding,
+:ROBERTVS: DEI: GRA:, rev. long cross pattee,
pierced mullet of five points in each quarter, beaded circles +SCO TOR Vm R EX, weight 1.32g (Burns 2; Spink 5076). The star coin in the 2009 Drayton Hoard –
over a kilo of predominantly English medieval pennies. The hoard was likely deposited in 1353; the
last issue to be found in the hoard was an Edward III pre treaty £2,200