I have wanted an Edward IV Groat for some time, but prices tend to be all over the place. I finally got one last year but it turned out to be a really good fake from the photo, even fooling @TheRed but in hand, a seam on edge and bad metal and actually more weight. It got sent back and a few months later I was surprised to see this listed as a BIN in my price range. For now, it's staying in the slab. Edward IV, (1461-1470 A.D.) AR Groat Light Coinage O: ЄDWΛRD’ DI · GRΛ’ RЄX · ΛnGL’ · Z FRΛnC (saltire stops), crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast and quatrefoil to left and right of neck; all within tressure of arches, with lis in spandrels. R: POSVI DЄVm · Λ DIVTOR Є’ · mЄVm/ CIVI TΛS LOn DOn (saltire stops), long cross pattée, with three pellets in each quarter. im: Crown London mint, Struck 1466-1467. 3.03g 25mm North 1568; SCBC 2000
Congratulations! I agree about keeping it in a slab: cracking out thin coins is a risk. I haven't ever damaged one but these days for more delicate coins, I wait until I find someone with a C-clamp that can pop the slab open rather than using my usual hammer-and-chisel approach.
Lovely groat. Ed's hair looks great. What did they use for hair gel in the 15th c? Probably pig dung. That stuff was good for everything. BTW, should you de-slab that groat, I had good results with heavy wire cutters that resulted in a reasonably safe extraction: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/free-the-piggies.308423/#post-2952240
That is a very nice specimen you selected - as I understand he himself was somewhat a history buff with a substantial library. -d
Nice one. Your right about the prices being all over the place. Nice ones like yours are scarce for sure.
A very nice coin Mat. Congrats! Here is my groat of Edward IV Great Britain, House Of York, ND Groat, F, Edward IV, First Reign, 1461-70. Light coinage. London mint. 25.2mm, 2.9g. No marks by neck. S-2002. Nice grumpy portrait. Dark toning. Purchased from Harlan J Berk 201stBid or Buy sale July 14, 2007 Lot 517
