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WMH-9352: Henry
II "Tealby" Medieval Hammered Silver Penny. Cross and Crosslets coinage, jewelled collar
- class E, circa 1170-74. S.R.1341. +WILLELM.ON.NIV - Newcastle mint. A fairly unusual mint
signature, ie not the usual NEVCAS or shortened variation there of. A full, round planchet
being good fine, almost VF for issue.
Immediately
following on from the reign of Stephen. Henry of Anjou
became Henry II upon the death of Stephen - a monarch who had an extremely
tenuous claim to the throne and who only remained as king because he'd agreed
to let Henry, Matilda's son, ascend the throne upon his death - and even though
an impressive 29 mints were opened to produce coinage, the quality was just as
poor - maybe even worse - as the Stephen coinage. Of those 29 mints, only around a third continued after
Henry's recoinage to the voided short cross and come the later long cross
issues, far fewer than that. This coin
is excellent. 
£675
Provenance:
ex Oriole collection, dispersed...
ex Spink
WTH-9353: CHOICE
GRADE Mary Solus Tudor Hammered Silver Groat. Initial mark Pomegranate, the reign of Mary
alone being very short: 1553-54 only. Tower
(London)
mint, S.R. 2492. An exceptionally good example in terms of
detail - these groats where struck with shallow dies with a propensity for
wear on a silver alloy that is very different in composition to the issues
of Elizabeth 1st, less than ten years hence. Mary was the only child
of Henry VIII (her mother was Catherine of Aragon) to survive to
adulthood. Mary quickly and efficiently disposed of Lady Jane Gray –
proclaimed Queen when Mary’s younger brother Edward VI, died at age 9 – by
beheading her, a process not unfamiliar to her, being the daughter of Henry
VIII!! This issue was immediately prior to Mary's marriage to Philip
of Spain in July of 1554. Attractive toning, full
round flan, high grade with no issues.
Find better. £1,165
WMH-9354: Edward
IV Medieval Hammered Silver Rarer Second Reign Groat. Initial mark Heraldic Cinquefoil, 1480-83, London mint. Class XXI, S.R.2100. Although not in the same league as the Henry VI
Restored reign, Edward's second reign issues are all uncommon compared to those
of the first reign. High
grade - exhibiting many of the characteristics of being a hoard coin. £385
WJC-9355: Charles
1st Hammered Silver Shilling. Group D, fourth bust, type 3.1. Initial mark Portcullis, 1633-34. CR either side of the oval garnished
shield. S.R.2789. The famous Brooker collection
possessed five examples of this type (including the rare inverted CR and the no
reverse inner circle varieties), all of which are of a lesser grade than this
example. Full weight,
toned. £365
WJC-9356: Charles
1st Hammered Silver Halfcrown. Group III, third horseman, type 3a2. Initial mark Triangle,
1639-40. The
king's cloak flying from his shoulder, rough ground line under the horse. S.R.2776 (misidentified on
the accompanying ticket). It is
interesting to note that the famous Brooker collection possessed five examples
of initial mark Triangle - four with no ground line and a single, solitary
example with the ground line. Inverted V
for A on reverse, not seen on the aforementioned
Brooker example. Toned and near full
weight, very good grade - better than the Brooker example. £375
WJC-9357: 1646
Charles 1st Hammered Silver NEWARK Halfcrown. Single year type, S.R.3140A.
Obverse: large crown between CR, XXX below, reverse: OBS NEWARK 1646. Unlike the shillings, there was no NEWARKE
variation for the halfcrown. The besieged Royalists set up a
mint and used salvers, flagons, drinking cups, etc., fashioned into hand-cut
lozenge-shaped planchets, striking half-crowns, shillings, ninepences,
and sixpences. Struck by the royalist
forces who surrendered Newark (just up the River Trent from Nottingham) on May
6, 1646, the day after King Charles I had fled the fortress in secret to
surrender himself personally to the besieging Scots, thus this coin would have
been part of the final batch.
Interestingly, Newark was actually besieged three times
- first siege: 27-28 February 1643, second siege: 29 February to 21
March 1644
and this third siege, lasting from 26 November 1645 to 8 May 1646.
There is evidence on the reverse of underlying host / decoration design,
especially above OBS. Further, there is
a distinct host metal crease running diagonally, parallel to the top left
side. There is clear evidence on that
portion of the coin where the host silver utensil had been worked in order to
remove an angle (perhaps a silver platter?) in order to make a flat sheet of silver
in order to be cut into coin. The strike
of the die did not quite obliterate that original feature. The famous Brooker collection possessed a single examples of both the 1645 and 1646 halfcrown; the
1645 Brooker coin also had reverse host utensil marks/ decoration. A nice, honest example that's not
been pierced and plugged, as most seem to have been these days. £1,995
WSC-9358: CHOICE
GRADE 1598 Scottish James VI Hammered Silver Ten Shillings. Seventh coinage, bear headed bust in armour,
right. Reverse triple-headed
thistle. S.R.5493. James was the son of Mary, Queen of
Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII.
He acceded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after
his mother was forced to abdicate. At 57
years and 246 days, James's reign in Scotland was the longest of any
Scottish monarch. The Scottish reign was
very successful - the period in England as James 1st, perhaps less
so. Round flan and a truly remarkable
grade - considering this is a Scottish coin (and as we're all aware, Scottish
coins were circulated much more ferociously than their English counterparts,
not least because there was a general dearth of coinage in Scotland), it's
almost unheard of to see any Scottish coinage in such a high grade, let alone a
larger coin like this one with a genuine propensity for rapid wear as a result
of low-relief obverse dies. It can't be
far off as-struck and surely one of the best examples extant - the Spink plate
coin is much inferior; the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Hunterian Museum
in Glasgow hold x14 ten shillings between them (see Sylloge of Coins of the
British Isles #35), all of which are of vastly inferior grades; The National
Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh) holds a single example of 1598 but gives no
illustration. To be fair, the Coincraft
plate coin is superb and is comparable to this coin. The only downside to this coin is that it has
been unfavourably cleaned and so will require time to re-tone in natural
daylight and fresh air. An exceptional coin. £775
