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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 80

Henry IV (1399-1413), heavy coinage, Halfpenny, 0.51g., London, narrow face with eyelids, henric rex anglie, double saltire stops (Withers type 4 (same obv. die); N.1352v.; S.1723v.), lightly double struck on reverse, on an oval flan (as usual), otherwise very fine with an excellent portrait, rare Estimate £ 300-350 provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1943, no.20599 £3-10-0 Paul and Bente Withers, 'Halfpennies and Farthings, Henry IV, V and VI', have identified four distinct portrait types for the heavy coinage of Henry IV, the first three of which use face punches carried forward from the reign of Richard II, and the fourth (this type) uses new punches. For the light coinage of Henry IV all existing halfpenny punches and dies were replaced and no 'light coinage halfpennies struck from heavy dies' exist, they are simply low weight heavy coinage examples

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