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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gapukas, post: 3662466, member: 106473&quot;]<font size="4">Groat of Edward IV - 1460 - Ireland, Made in Dublin</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This coin is an example of an early &#039;Anonymous Issue&#039; groat of Edward IV of Dublin.</font></p><p><font size="4">The legend is clear with no blundering and reads:</font></p><p><font size="4">(reverse) CIVITAS DUBLINIE</font></p><p><font size="4">Which translates as CITY OF DUBLIN</font></p><p><font size="4">This coin type, weighing 45 grains with nine arcs in the tressure around the crown and no symbols in the angles of the tressure, is normally considered to be the earliest of the so called &#039;anonymous&#039; coinage.</font></p><p><font size="4">1460 gave a new era to the Irish currency when a new coinage was struck. Rather than just the penny coin, there were now a range of denominations, the highest being the groat (value, fourpence).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/m8gzEj1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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