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WI-9271: Irish Edward IV Rare Mint Medieval Hammered Silver Groat. Second reign, type VII - third Light Cross & Pellets coinage of 1473 only. VILLA DE TRIm - Trim mint. Nothing on breast with just a single pellet in the 6 o'clock spandrel; it's usually a pellet in some spandrells with one at 12 o'clock OR a pellet just at 12 o'clock. S.R.6368A. Weight at 1.92g - some clipping but also struck on an undersized flan. There is evidence showing that at least one mint-master, Germyn Lynch, was indicted in 1472 for, "...making light groats at Drogheda". With that in mind, the ticket grade of good fine appears somewhat undercooked. For issue, overall I'd grade this as abt VF. Rare mint and high grade for issue. £775

Provenance:

Bought September 1995 (original ticket)

ex Spink

WI-9272: Irish Edward IV Rare Variety Medieval Hammered Silver Groat. Second reign, type VII - third Light Cross & Pellets coinage of 1473 only. CIVITAS WATERFORD - Waterford mint. V on breast - S.R.6369B. This "V on king's breast", S.R.6369B, is a great rarity. The G on breast (moneyer Germyn Lynch), L on breast (Limerick) and even the sideways W on breast (Waterford) coins do turn up but crucially, not the V on breast coins. I've never seen one before, let along owned one and indeed, along with everyone else, I don't even know what the V stands for. The only reference I can find to this extremely rare variety is by a gentleman called Aquilla Smith, M.D., who in 1839 published "On the Irish coins of Edward the Fourth. Within that work he states: "... another has a V on the king's bust, and weighs only twenty-eight grains - Pl.III, fig.64" with a footnote stating: "... a trefoil is the mintmark of this variety, as appears by the coin published by Simon, Pl.IV, fig.84". The coin on offer here weighs a comparable 25.6 grains and actually has a Pierced Cross (not a Short Cross Fitchee) as the reverse initial mark, which is seen on similar coins (althpigh not V coins) of this period. Some clipping in the area of the regnal name although the coin is also struck on a short flan. A great rarity - find another! £795

Provenance:

ex G.A. Singer (original early ticket)

ex Steven W. Damron (ticket)

WI-9273: Irish Edward IV Rare Medieval Hammered Silver Groat. Second reign, type VIII - issues of the Ungoverned Mint, 1470-77. CIVITAS LIMIRICI - Limerick mint. L on breast, rosettes by the neck (and in two reverse quarters and interspersed within the legends) and with English & French titles - S.R.6380A. Coins were issued outside of the governance of the Pale authorities by just three mints: Limerick, Cork and Wexford, with the first of those two mints issuing coin autonomously as a result of the Desmond rebellion by those respective Irish towns. Wexford was not involved in this rebellion but opportunistically joined in minting their own coinage anyway. Weight at 2.03g which, bearing in mind the standard weight was around 2g at the time due to the weight being reduced from that of the previous issue by 25% (these were in reality unofficial issues so it's entirely to be expected that they would make money this way - indeed, I'm surprised they stuck at 25%), tells us that this coin was probably struck on the usual short flan and is not far off what it would have looked like when it left the mint. For issue, and bearing in mind it's not a clipped coin, overall I'd readily grade this coin as VF (2025 price guide £1,200) - it is as good, if not slightly better than the S.R. plate coin. A rare find. £985

Provenance:

ex Steve Mitchell, Studio Coins, 1991 (original ticket)

ex Spink

WI-9274: Irish Edward IV Rare Medieval Hammered Silver Groat. Second reign, type VIII - issues of the Ungoverned Mint, 1470-77. CIVITAS LIMIRICI - Limerick mint. L on breast, rosettes by the neck (and in two reverse quarters / interspersed within the legends) and with the much rarer Irish title - S.R.6380B. Coins were issued outside of the governance of the Pale authorities by just three mints: Limerick, Cork and Wexford, with the first of those two mints issuing coin autonomously as a result of the Desmond rebellion by those respective Irish towns. Wexford was not involved in this rebellion but opportunistically joined in minting their own coinage anyway. Weight at 2.03g which, bearing in mind the standard weight was around 2g at the time due to the weight being reduced from that of the previous issue by 25% (these were in reality unofficial issues so it's entirely to be expected that they would make money this way - indeed, I'm surprised they stuck at 25%), tells us that this coin was probably struck on the usual short flan and is not far off what it would have looked like when it left the mint. For issue, and bearing in mind it's not a clipped coin, overall I'd readily grade this coin as VF (2025 price guide £1,350). A very rare coin indeed with the Irish titles. £1,345

Provenance:

ex Sovereign Rarities (original tickets)

ex Spink

WI-9275: Irish Henry VII Hammered Silver Tudor Groat. Late portrait issues of 1496-1505. CIVITAS DVBLInIE - Dublin mint. Open crown, saltires on all points of the tressure, type IIC. S.R.6460. Following on from the Henry VII "Three Crowns" coinage, this issue is very similar in style to the English counterparts but with the Irish issues being much cruder, and obviously rarer. This issue was only struck at the Dublin mint, and occasionally with silver that was below the standard of the day, which was something of a running theme with Irish coinage under English control. The standard weight of the early late portrait issues was 32 grains, reducing to 28 grains after type IIA. This type IIC coin is a more than healthy 28.4 grains. An interesting, not to mention difficult coin to source in this weight and grade. £475

Provenance:

Purchased Spink, 14th April 1976 (original ticket)