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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4563733, member: 10461"]<b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">England: silver groat of Henry VI, ca. 1422-1461, from the Reigate Hoard found in Surrey</font></font></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367133[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="5"><b><font face="Georgia">Obverse: </font></b><font face="Georgia">Crowned facing bust within </font><a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylobate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylobate" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">polylobate</font></a><font face="Georgia"> border; </font><a href="https://mistholme.com/dictionary/cross-patonce/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mistholme.com/dictionary/cross-patonce/" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">cross patonce</font></a><font face="Georgia"> mintmark.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>Long <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e" rel="nofollow">cross pattée</a>, plain cross mintmark.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" rel="nofollow">Henry VI</a>, King of England, in his first reign (1422-1461).</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><b>Specifications: </b>Silver, 27-28 mm approx., 3.85 g. Pinecone- </font><a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mascle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mascle" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">mascle</font></a><font face="Georgia"> issue, ca. 1431-1432/3. Calais mint.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade:</b> <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681942" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681942" rel="nofollow">PCGS XF45</a>; cert. #37681942. Purchased raw.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference:</b> <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/groat-4-pence-1279-1660/1431-32-groat-s-1875-calais/4860?sn=895173&g=45&h=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/groat-4-pence-1279-1660/1431-32-groat-s-1875-calais/4860?sn=895173&g=45&h=" rel="nofollow">PCGS-895173</a>, <a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/SE/SE1875.t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/SE/SE1875.t.html" rel="nofollow">Seaby-1875</a>, North 1461.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance: </b>Ex- Patrick Jenkins ("<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/paddy54.19250/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/paddy54.19250/">Paddy54</a>" on CoinTalk), 15 March 2019. Prior provenance to Gordon Andreas ("Andy") Singer, Greenbelt, Maryland. Per Andy Singer, this coin is pedigreed to the <a href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1978_BNJ_48_10.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1978_BNJ_48_10.pdf" rel="nofollow">Reigate Hoard</a> found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey" rel="nofollow">Surrey</a> in 1972.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes: </b>the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lancaster" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lancaster" rel="nofollow">Lancastrian</a> Henry VI of England gained the throne as a mere nine-month-old infant in 1422, upon the death of his father, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England" rel="nofollow">Henry V</a>, the great warrior king of Shakespearean <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(play)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(play)" rel="nofollow">fame</a>. He was deposed and imprisoned in 1461 as a result of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" rel="nofollow">Wars of the Roses</a>, and supplanted by the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_York" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_York" rel="nofollow">Yorkist</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" rel="nofollow">Edward IV</a>. Henry was <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readeption_of_Henry_VI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readeption_of_Henry_VI" rel="nofollow">restored</a> to the throne in 1470, but imprisoned again when Edward retook power. He died under suspicious circumstances in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London#Later_Medieval_Period" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London#Later_Medieval_Period" rel="nofollow">Tower of London</a> in 1471. Henry VI was also the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_claims_to_the_French_throne#rulers_of_calais" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_claims_to_the_French_throne#rulers_of_calais" rel="nofollow">disputed</a> king of France from 1422-1453, during this turbulent period when English kings ruled lands in both countries.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments:</b> This handsome <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groat_(coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groat_(coin)" rel="nofollow">groat</a> (fourpence) was struck in France, at <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Calais" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Calais" rel="nofollow">Calais</a>, circa 1431-33, and buried in a pottery jug with over 900 other coins in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reigate#history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reigate#history" rel="nofollow">Reigate</a>, Surrey, England, where it was <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Great_Britain#Later_Medieval_hoards" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Great_Britain#Later_Medieval_hoards" rel="nofollow">discovered</a> in 1972. Numismatic study of the hoard indicated the burial to have taken place in about 1454 or 1455. Many of the coins were very well preserved. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367133[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367135[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367137[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367140[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="1"><span style="color: #000000">033500S</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4563733, member: 10461"][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]England: silver groat of Henry VI, ca. 1422-1461, from the Reigate Hoard found in Surrey[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [ATTACH=full]1367133[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5][B][FONT=Georgia]Obverse: [/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia]Crowned facing bust within [/FONT][URL='https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylobate'][FONT=Georgia]polylobate[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] border; [/FONT][URL='https://mistholme.com/dictionary/cross-patonce/'][FONT=Georgia]cross patonce[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] mintmark.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Reverse: [/B]Long [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e']cross pattée[/URL], plain cross mintmark. [B]Issuer:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England']Henry VI[/URL], King of England, in his first reign (1422-1461).[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia][B]Specifications: [/B]Silver, 27-28 mm approx., 3.85 g. Pinecone- [/FONT][URL='https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mascle'][FONT=Georgia]mascle[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] issue, ca. 1431-1432/3. Calais mint.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Grade:[/B] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681942']PCGS XF45[/URL]; cert. #37681942. Purchased raw. [B]Reference:[/B] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/groat-4-pence-1279-1660/1431-32-groat-s-1875-calais/4860?sn=895173&g=45&h=']PCGS-895173[/URL], [URL='http://wildwinds.com/coins/SE/SE1875.t.html']Seaby-1875[/URL], North 1461. [B]Provenance: [/B]Ex- Patrick Jenkins ("[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/paddy54.19250/']Paddy54[/URL]" on CoinTalk), 15 March 2019. Prior provenance to Gordon Andreas ("Andy") Singer, Greenbelt, Maryland. Per Andy Singer, this coin is pedigreed to the [URL='https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1978_BNJ_48_10.pdf']Reigate Hoard[/URL] found in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey']Surrey[/URL] in 1972. [B]Notes: [/B]the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lancaster']Lancastrian[/URL] Henry VI of England gained the throne as a mere nine-month-old infant in 1422, upon the death of his father, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England']Henry V[/URL], the great warrior king of Shakespearean [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(play)']fame[/URL]. He was deposed and imprisoned in 1461 as a result of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses']Wars of the Roses[/URL], and supplanted by the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_York']Yorkist[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England']Edward IV[/URL]. Henry was [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readeption_of_Henry_VI']restored[/URL] to the throne in 1470, but imprisoned again when Edward retook power. He died under suspicious circumstances in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London#Later_Medieval_Period']Tower of London[/URL] in 1471. Henry VI was also the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_claims_to_the_French_throne#rulers_of_calais']disputed[/URL] king of France from 1422-1453, during this turbulent period when English kings ruled lands in both countries. [B]Comments:[/B] This handsome [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groat_(coin)']groat[/URL] (fourpence) was struck in France, at [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Calais']Calais[/URL], circa 1431-33, and buried in a pottery jug with over 900 other coins in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reigate#history']Reigate[/URL], Surrey, England, where it was [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Great_Britain#Later_Medieval_hoards']discovered[/URL] in 1972. Numismatic study of the hoard indicated the burial to have taken place in about 1454 or 1455. Many of the coins were very well preserved. [/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1367133[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367135[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367137[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367140[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1367142[/ATTACH] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000000]033500S[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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