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Auction: 11039 - The Frank Brady Collection of Hammered Groats
Lot: 89

Henry VI, first reign, annulet issue, 1422-30, Groat, 3.49g, Calais/London mule, m.m. crosses II/II, no fleur on breast, annulets by neck, anglie, letter styles N4, F1, P2, rev. annulet added in second and fourth angles, annulet after posvi (N.1427/1423; S.1835/1836; Whitton 5/5?; Stewartby p.324, Ib2), very fine, very rare Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 provenance Bt. Spink Reigate hoard, Glendining, 8 December 1992, lot 246 The description of the above coin as a Calais/London mule depends on the presence of annulets beside the neck, this being an attribute of Calais coins only. London coins of this issue have nothing by the neck (see Whitton, BNJ XXIII, 1938-41, p. 69). According to Lord Stewartby these coins were struck at Calais.

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