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Auction: 5020 - The Ivan Buck Collection and Other Properties
Lot: 154

Henry VI, Halfgroats (2), London, rosette-mascle coinage, (i) 1.85g., crosses V/V, rev. roses after POSVI and DON, (Whitton 15/13c; S.1861; N.1447); (ii) 1.68g., crosses V/V, rev. rose after POSVI, (Whitton 15/-; S.1861; N.1447) the first with an irregular flan, very fine, the second rather corroded, fair (2) Estimate £ 150-200PROVENANCE: (ii) Reigate Hoard, Glendining, 8 December 1992, lot 268 Rosette-mascle issue silver coins of London are considerably scarcer than those of the Calais. The London Halfgroats, in particular, are very rare. There were 120 Calais rosette-mascle Halfgroats in the Reigate Hoard and only three London, of which two were retained by the British Museum.

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£120