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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4548474, member: 101855&quot;]I probably should explain this sentence for those who don&#039;t collect British coins in detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I was purchasing a collection of British coins that included at least one coin for each king, for those kings who issued coins, I set groats (4 pence) coins side by side of Henry VI and Edward IV. I surprised and concerned to see that the Edward IV groat was a bit smaller. (28 mm vs. 25 mm) Had I goofed up and bought a counterfeit? I had been warned that neophytes like me could fall prey to such things. After a little research I learned that this was perfectly okay.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125961[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Henry VI Groat, left, Edward IV Groat, right</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Edward IV had been forced to reduce the size of the silver and gold coins because the metal prices had increased.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time the value of gold nobel was raised to 8 shillings and 4 pence. Edward introduced a new nobel, called the Ryal or &quot;Rose Noble&quot; that wieghed 120 grains with a value of 10 shillings. The merchants wanted a coin that the value of the old noble, which had been 6 shillings and 8 pence. Therefore Edward introduced a new gold coin, the angel, which had the value of the older coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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