Charles I Half Groat

[Citizen H]

Charles I, Half Groat, 1638-39 Briots Mint 

[Citizen H]

[Rob]

Nope, that's a Tower Mint 3a1 halfgroat with mm. anchor. No hammered Briot halfgroats, just the first milled issue S2856 and the pattern listed in Spink S2856A. 

[Citizen H]

22 hours ago, Rob said:

Nope, that's a Tower Mint 3a1 halfgroat with mm. anchor. No hammered Briot halfgroats, just the first milled issue S2856 and the pattern listed in Spink S2856A. 

Ahhhh, now that's interesting, to be honest I Identified the coin to be a Charles I, Half Groat, 1638-39........the  Briot's Mint came about as it doesn't mention the Tower mint and I took the Anchor to be Briot's..... just adding to the novice confusion the Anchor maybe Upright, Inverted, Horizontal to left or right.....it does however (and quite correctly) it mentions that S2856A as a milled coin by Briot's Mint 2 pages further on.....which i didn't see as I was looking at Hammered only coins. many thanks Rob for the correction   🫡👍Cheers "H"    

 

[Rob]

Ah, but you have uncorrected the correction by underlining the 1628-9 anchor mark. Confusingly there are 2 anchor marks in the reign, 1628-9 and 1638-9. You have to go by the style of shield used on the reverse and the bust compared to the larger portraits. The earlier anchor flukes tended to be more rounded at the bottom and less pointed at the joint with the upright, plus the earlier coins still used the bust with the ruff, replaced by lace collar or armour later. Briot was at the mint in 1638-9, hence the use of the second anchor on both his and the tower coins.