Coins and Historical Medals

Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Trefoil issue, Groat, class A, London, mm. crosses IIIb/V, leaf on breast, trefoils by neck and after rex and don, leaf before lon, reads fran, 2.89g/4h (Whitton 32d; N 1496; S 1908). Creased and straightened, good fine, very light weight but not obviously clipped, very rare £100-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Richard Renshaw Collection of Henry VI Groats.

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L.A. Lawrence Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 28 November 1951, lot 1186 (part); T. Abramson Collection, DNW Auction 67, 28 September 2005, lot 159 [from T. Owen]