Modern coin – HCR38960

Obverse

Inscription:

hEnRIC' 8 D' G' [ ]hI[ ]

Design:

Three-quarter facing crowned bust of Henry VIII

Reverse

Inscription:

[ ]AS BRIS[ ]IE

Design:

Royal arms in shield over long cross, arms dividing the inscription; no marks in forks at end of cross arms; small pellet below shield in third quarter and in inner circle; initial mark: WS (possibly)

Information

Category

English silver coin

Period

Modern

Group

Third Coinage (1544-47) or Posthumous Coinage (1547-51)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547, Edward VI, king of England, 1547-1553

Reign

Henry VIII of England, 1509-1547, Edward VI of England, 1547-1553

Dating

1546-1551

Mint

Bristol (stated mint)

Denomination

Half-groat

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.05

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1941

Source

L. A. Lawrence

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1941.

clipped
worn

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 1851

Note:

North assigns all of the Bristol halfgroats with the WS monogram initial mark to Henry VIII's 'Third Coinage'

Reference

Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom : 2377 or 2413

Note:

Spink (2016 edition, 244) states that the coins of Edward VI (in Henry's name) with the WS monogram initial mark 'cannot easily be distinguished from those struck during his [Henry's] reign'.

Reference

Whitton, Coinage Henry VII and Edward VI in Henry's name : cf. Pl. XXIV nos 8-9

Note:

Whitton does not explicitly assign coins with the WS monogram initial mark to either reign although when illustrated (pl. XXIV) only lists them under Henry VIII's Third Coina

Contributors to this coin record

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