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Henry VI Groat

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Henry VI Groat 

Annulet Issue  c.1422-1427

Calais Mint

Incurved pierced cross mintmark. 

 

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Very nice acquisition ! I have got a similar one but it is the previous variety , with the cross not curved ..

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17 hours ago, Matteo95 said:

Very nice acquisition ! I have got a similar one but it is the previous variety , with the cross not curved ..

Thanks I have a Rosette Mascle one also. Quite like groats and half groats of this monarch , there's a lot of them about in good conditions. 

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yes , a great ammount of groats were struck during the Henry's reign  , the annulet groats are probably the most common english hammered groats... the war against France was very expensive ...  also the groats of Henry VII can be found quite easily in good conservation ...

What do you think about the Stewartby's hypothesis that the first annulet groats were struck during the last weeks of the reign of Henry V ?

 

 
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Nobody knows with any certainty. It is conjecture and as such just another opinion. I do think that there is a good case for revisiting all three Henries and starting from scratch because both the IV/V and V/VI divides have not been unambiguously made. Whether sufficient references are available or not to make a clear decision, then I'm not sure they are. It may have to be one of those questions that forever resides in the pending tray.

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9 hours ago, Matteo95 said:

What do you think about the Stewartby's hypothesis that the first annulet groats were struck during the last weeks of the reign of Henry V ?

 

9 hours ago, Matteo95 said:
I couldn't say for sure. Its a similar debate with the Pax pennys of William 1st. There's strongish evidence pointing to those being minted under William II but i couldn't say with any certainty whether that was 100 % correct. 
 

 

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