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SILVER PENNY (1251-1272)
Henry III, Plantagenet King, 1216-1272
Bury St Edmunds mint, moneyer Renaud. Crowned, central facing portrait with scepter; reverse, long
cross voided. An exceptionally fine penny struck on a full broad flan, with bold images and mostly sharp
legends, sheathed in ideal golden gray patina.
S-1373. N-997. PCGS-graded AU58.
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SILVER PENNY (1280-1281)
Edward I, Plantagenet King, 1272-1307
London mint. Crowned, central facing portrait; reverse, long cross with a trefoil of 3 pellets in each
angle. Struck on a broad flan with excellent detail in the legends but somewhat shallowly engraved
(identified in references as “drapery hollowed” in center of portrait), golden gray patina.
S-1389. N-1018. PCGS-graded AU55.
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“NEW COINAGE” SILVER GROAT (1279-1307)
Edward I, Plantagenet King, 1272-1307
London mint. Rare. The first coin of England valued at 4-pennies, and for the first time as well the facing
image of the crowned king was set within a quatrefoil border, the reverse showing a Long Cross with a
crown at the end of each limb and 3 pellets in each central quadrant; the size of the coin allowed for more
extensive legends and titles: on the obverse around the king’s portrait we see a Latin legend translating
as “Edward By the Grace of God King of All the English”, continued on the reverse side as “Prince of
Ireland [and] Duke of Aquitaine”. The mint’s name appears within the inner circle, here as “City of
London.” An exceptional example, struck on a full broad flan without cracks, chips or other damage,
the king’s image and other central devices clear and unmarred, the legends all full and sharp, the patina
ancient golden gray with some bluish hues. An ideal specimen in all respects.
S-1379A. N-1007. PCGS-graded XF40.