½ Penny - Edward VI 1st period

Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King Edward VI (1547-1553)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1547-1549
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.22 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
162454
References Sp# 2463,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 1904
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Crowned profile portrait of King Edward VI right within inner beaded circle, legend around.

Lettering: + E D G ROSA SIN[E] SPIN[A]

Translation: Edward by the Grace of God a rose without a thorn

Reverse

Long cross fourchee, trefoil of pellets in each quarter, legend around.

Lettering: CIVI TAS LON DON

Translation: City of London

Comments

House of Tudor (1485-1603), Edward VI (1547-53), First period (1547-49).

Struck between April 1547 and January 1549 at the Tower mint, London.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1547-1549)  London mint

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