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Silver
half groats ( 2pence) examples
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Half
Groat or Silver Twopence First issued by Edward III in 1351 and still produced today for the Maundy Ceremony. The design with a facing portrait of the King on the obverse and a long cross on the reverse remained very much the same until 1502 when a profile bust of Henry VII was shown in much greater detail than the stylised portraits of earlier issues. During the reign of Charles I Briot produced a pattern that in silver saw some circulation. Charles II continued the use of interlocking C's, while James II had a crown over the roman numeral II which is also a play on his initial the J and I were effectively the same character at that time. Ever since 1689 the reverse has shown a crowned numeral 2. The last issues for general circulation took place during the reign of George III, although some may have been struck for colonial use. The denomination is still struck as part of the Maundy coinage. The present Maundy coin weighs 0.9 g and is 13 mm diameter. |
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Henry
IV 1399 - 1412 Heavy coinage Type F London mint hammered silver half
groat
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1434- 1435 Henry VI hammered silver half groat - 1.78g, 20.39mm HENRIC DIN GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC HYB - leaf mascle type - Calais mint |
1464-5 Edward IV hammered silver half groat- Quatrefoils by neck- standard F type obv EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC HIBERINE rev CIVITAS LONDON - London mint 18.50mm,1.11g |
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1485-90
Henry VII hammered silver half groat
One jewelled, one unjewelled arch Type 3c rev CIVITASCANTOR (Cantebury mint) |
1508 Henry
VII hammered silver half groat - York Archb Bainbridge
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1509- 26 Henry VIII hammered silver half groat - first coinage - two arches unjewelled rev CIVITAS CANTOR (Canterbury mint) POSUI DEUM (Archbishop William Warham) 1.11g, 18.83mm |
1526-44AD Henry VIII hammered silver half groat 2nd coinage Archb Warham 1.18g, 18.34mm Canterbury mint |
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1554 Queen
Mary hammered silver half groat
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1590-2
Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
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1603-4
James 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
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1604-5
James 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
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1639-40
Tower mint Charles 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
0.96g,
16.19mm
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1649
Commonwealth hammered silver half groat
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Milled
silver
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Early 1660
-2 Charles II milled silver half groat - this legend CAROLVS.II.D.G
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1679 Charles
II milled 3 pence
( groat same design)
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James II
1687 milled silver one pence ( groat same design with II)
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1689 William
and Mary milled silver maundy 3 pence ( groat same design with 2 )
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1701
William III Maundy milled silver one pence
( groat same design with 2)
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George
II 1753 silver one pence.( groat same design with 2)
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1784 George
III milled silver one pence Maundy set 0.44g, 11.44mm ( groat same design
with 2)
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1763 George
III milled silver 3 pence ( groat same design with 2)
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1772 George
III milled silver two pence
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1834 William
IV milled silver three halfpence for Colonial use ( groat same design
with 2)
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1839 Victorian
3 halfpence milled silver (for use in Colonies) ( half groat same design
with 2)
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1838
Victoria milled silver Maundy two pence (half groat)
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1875 Victoria
milled silver Maundy three pence
( half groat same design with 2)
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1890
Victoria
milled silver Maundy three pence
( half groat same design with 2)
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1895
Victoria milled silver Maundy three pence
( half groat same design with 2)
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