Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2557. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Halfgroat (1.31 g, 10h). First coinage. Tower mint; mm: crowned portcullis/same, with chains. Struck 1509-1526. Crowned bust right; numeral as VIIJ / Royal shield over long cross. Whitton i; North 1763; SCBC 2318. VF, toned.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex R.A. Shuttlewood Collection (Spink 151, 15 March 2001), lot 96; E.M. Norweb Collection (Spink 48, 13 November 1985), lot 321; R. Carlyon-Britton (portion purchased by Spink, 1959); Dr. D.E. Carter Collection (purchased by Baldwin, 1951).