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Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Cross-Pellet issue (A), Groat, London, mm. cross IIIb on obv. only, saltires by neck, pellets by crown, lis and leaf on breast, no extra pellets in angles, 3.70g/9h (cf. Whitton 66; N 1516, S 1934). Sometime polished, otherwise nearly very fine, all the important marks clear, an apparently unpublished variety of an extremely rare type £500-700

Struck on a reasonably sized flan, this coin is arguably better than both the Buck and Delmé-Radcliffe examples, the only two specimens to appear on the market in the last half-century. The reverse die may be the same as Whitton 66b but since the present coin has not been altered or tampered with, it must have been struck before the extra pellets were added to the die