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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1448207, member: 8959&quot;]No need to tell his story - everybody, or most everybody knows who he was. A colorful king, </p><p>but also a dangerous man to be married to as two of his 6 wives could tell!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I have been wanting one of his posthumous issue groats, showing the king as he </p><p>looked when he was well past his prime.</p><p>It was actually minted during the short reign of his young son, Edward VI.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one came today. Nice enough portrait with some planchet imperfections - but they are </p><p>difficult (read expensive) to get I&#039;m much better shape.&nbsp; I got this one for my son who </p><p>shares my passion for 16th century European coinage and history. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is scarcer to find than the more available groat showing the king in younger years, with </p><p>the usual profile portrait.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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