ENGLAND 2 Pence (½ Groat) 1422-1430 Henry VI. Canterbury mint. Top Pop! NGC AU 58

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Certification details

Certification number: 6632730-005

Grade: AU 58

NGC collectible ID: 826843

Pedigree: (1.50g)

Nominal value: 2P

Mint Mark: ENGLAND

Variety: CANTERBURY S-2211 ; HENRY VII w/ARCHB. MORTON

Year: (1495-98)

1422-1430, Great Britain, Henry VI. Silver ½ Groat (2 Pence) Coin. Canterbury mint. Top Pop! NGC AU-58!

Mint Place: Canterbury
Mint Period: 1422-1430
Denomination: 1/2 Groat (2 Pence)
References: North 1712; SCBC 2210.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as AU-58! - Top Pop 1/0!
Material: Silver
Diameter: 18mm
Weight: 1.5gm

Obverse: Facing crowned bust of the King within polylobe with inner decorative trefoils.
Legend: + HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z F

Reverse: Long cross pattée dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle.
Legend: OSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM, CIVITAS CANTOR

The groat is the traditional name of a defunct English and Irish silver coin worth four pence, and also a Scottish coin which was originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpence and one shilling. It was after the French silver coin had circulated in England that an English groat was first minted under King Edward I.


Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne at the age of nine months upon his father's death, and succeeded to the French throne on the death of his grandfather Charles VI shortly afterwards. Henry inherited a long-running conflict in France, known as the Hundred Years War, where Charles VII contested his claim to the French throne. Henry married Charles's niece, Margaret of Anjou, partially in the hope of achieving peace in 1445, but the policy failed, leading to the murder of William de la Pole, one of Henry's key advisors. The war recommenced, with France taking the upper hand; by 1453, Calais was Henry's only remaining territory on the continent.

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