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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2468641, member: 40017&quot;]OK - I&#039;ll play!</p><p>Here are some Tudor ones from my collection:</p><p>Edward VI Shilling S2482 with &quot;y&quot; mintmark - 1551</p><p>Philip and Mary Sixpence S2505 dated 1554</p><p>Henry VIII Groat S2337E mintmark Pheon - 1526-1544</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518746[/ATTACH] </p><p>Henry VIII was, of course, the father of both Edward VI and Mary I. Edward died in his teens to be succeeded by his elder sister - the first crowned Queen of England. In between was the shortest reigned monarch of all - Lady Jane Grey a cousin of Edward&#039;s and Protestant (Mary was Catholic) and so put forward as a safer choice. The people wouldn&#039;t have it and Jane was deposed after just 9 days without being crowned and later beheaded.</p><p>Philip, who married Mary, was king of Spain and his appearance on the coinage was highly controversial - hence very few of these survive. When Mary died, Elizabeth took the throne and Philip lost his seat. He later tried to regain England for the Catholic world with the ill fated Spanish Armada in 1588.</p><p>I hope you enjoy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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