Henry VIII, Groats (2), first coinage, profile issue with portrait of Henry VII but name of Henry VIII, rev. shield over cross fourchée, no marks in cross-ends, (a) m.m. castle (with pellet in front on obv.), reads AGL Z FR, saltire stops (Whitton, BNJ 26, p.207 (ii) 2; N.1762; S.2316); (b) m.m. portcullis (with chains on obv. only), reads F, rev. no marks in cross-ends (Whitton p.207 (iii) 2; N.1762; S.2316), both very fine (2)

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Henry VIII (1509-1547) First Coinage, 1509-26

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Henry VIII, Groats (2), first coinage, profile issue with portrait of Henry VII but name of Henry VIII, rev. shield over cross fourchée, no marks in cross-ends, (a) m.m. castle (with pellet in front on obv.), reads AGL Z FR, saltire stops (Whitton, BNJ 26, p.207 (ii) 2; N.1762; S.2316); (b) m.m. portcullis (with chains on obv. only), reads F, rev. no marks in cross-ends (Whitton p.207 (iii) 2; N.1762; S.2316), both very fine (2)

Provenance

(a) A Durlacher, Sotheby, 20 March 1899, lot 124
H M Lingford, collection purchased by Baldwin, 1951

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