This Week’s New Listings

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Additions to Web Site week commencing: Tuesday 2^nd February 2010

WTH-4957: Henry VIII Hammered Silver Groat - Unusual. 1^st issue, i.m. pheon. This is a Henry VII final issue groat (Spink 2258) with the die altered to add another “I” (which is actually a “j”) to make the coin read “VIII” as opposed to “VII”. You can clearly see where the extra digit has been squeezed in. Spink make no reference to this and neither do Coincraft or North. Laker (The Portrait Groats of Henry VIII) mentions that the very first Henry VIII groats read “VIIj” but were later changed to “VIII”. Ivan Buck (Medieval English Groats) states, “Of the Tower (first) issues there are three initial marks, normally with the first being the pheon. This coin is a direct carry over from the previous reign (Henry VII) and it can be clearly seen that the HENRY VII legend has an additional “I” squeezed in to make it read HENRY VIII. These coins are quite rare.” This coin is obviously from the Henry VII dies and was a very short-term measure. With that in mind, why commission and cut new dies at the start of the reign of Henry VIII where the VIII is not squeezed in but where the portrait is still Henry VII? A rare coin in nice grade as well as a very interesting coin. £495

WMH-4958: Edward I Medieval Silver Penny. Class VI, Bury St Edmonds mint. First issue and struck from crude dies, making this a good grade example for issue. Very much following on from the Henry III voided long cross issue. In fact under Edward 1^st, the coins still bore the name “hENRICVS”. These are actually rare coins even though (unbelievably) Spink appear to rate them of equal rarity with Edward 1^st new coinage pennies. I have only had three of these coins compared to many hundred new coinage pennies. This coin is ex Westbrook collection and ex DNW auction. £99

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