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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 20260569, member: 101855&quot;]I think you have it right. This should be a light half groat. They were minted in Canterbury, Bristol, Coventry, Norwich and York. The heavy half groats were only minted in London.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two Edward IV pieces, a light groat and an gold angel. The angel of some historic importance because Edward IV introduced it to reflect the increasing values of gold and silver which had made the gold noble obsolete. Edward reduced the size of the penny, and the other coins had to follow suit. Edward introduced the angel for the benefit of the merchant class.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the groat that is in my collection. I must confess that I had a bit of a moment with this piece when I put it beside the Henry VI groat I had. It was noticeably smaller, and I feared for a minute that I had bought a counterfeit. Then I looked up the history and understood the nature of the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540405[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1540406[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the angel</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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