Up for sale is this silver penny of King John. This penny has a long and interesting provenance. This includes the fact that it was part of J.P. Mass' excellent collection. His collection was published in SCBI 56. This reference book has become a very important book for collectors of short cross pennies. This coin is the reference coin for the entry 1755. The coin has an excellent portrait and much of the legend is readable. Asking 150.00 USD PayPal for this historically interesting coin. John (1199-1216), Penny, class VIa2, London, Walter, walter · on · lvn, 1.40g/4h (SCBI Mass 1755, this coin; N 974/2; S 1353). Good fine, dark-toned J.D. Brand Collection [from Baldwin October 1960]; J.P. Mass Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 355 (part); J. Sazama Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 93, 26 September 2011, lot 1140 (part) The collection of the late ray Inder Dix Noonan Webb Auction: Coins tokens and Historical Medals. September 18-20 2018, lot 192
