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t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/05/2008 7:18 pm I had almost given up that I would find anything of interest this morning at the Dedham coin show. Then a dealer pulled out this groat and said it was the first Irish coin to feature a harp. This groat was likely minted in 1537 since the crowned 'H' to the left of the harp stands for Henry and the crowned 'I' (Romanized 'J') to the right of the harp stands for his third wife Jane Seymour. (excerpt is from Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum By Herbert Appold Grueber) Report this Post to the Staff

t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/05/2008 10:23 pm Here are five groats from the 1500s - four of Henry VIII and one of Phillip & Mary. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16860 Posts	Posted 10/06/2008 04:16 am That's a nifty early Irish. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/06/2008 6:56 pm Thanks Sap! Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 10/07/2008 12:56 am Wow! Those are some nice silvers t-man ..I bet you parted with a few Shillings of your own ;) I especially like the groats, wouldn't mind the larger photos of them. Esp the Mary coin. Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 10/08/2008 1:48 pm real nice collection of groats! Report this Post to the Staff
DagonX Valued Member Poland 392 Posts	Posted 10/08/2008 1:55 pm Wonderful collection! Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 10/08/2008 7:35 pm I'm still waiting to see bigger pictures of those groats and why is it called a William & Mary when I can only see Mary? Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/08/2008 8:00 pm Hi Matt! Here is the thread from last year when I just had bought the Philip & Mary Groat Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/08/2008 8:03 pm I'm Henery the Eighth, I am! Henery the Eighth I am! I am! I got married to the widow next door, She's been married seven times before. Every one was an Henery She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam NO SAM! I'm her eighth old man named Henery Henery the Eighth I am... Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 10/10/2008 03:16 am Nice photos Tom - not so sure about the rhyme? So is the ghostly outline behind Mary meant to be William of Orange? Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/10/2008 06:45 am thanks Matt! This coin is from the reign of Phillip of Spain and Mary I (1550s). Only Mary I is shown on this coin. Some later coins show their confronted busts. William of Orange and Mary II ruled later in the early 1690s. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 10/10/2008 07:09 am Well I had a funny feeling I was missing something there!.. thanks for informing me..oh yes, I have certainly seen the facing busts ones in magazines... Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 03/01/2009 8:28 pm I bought another Henry VIII Irish groat this morning at the coin show in Dedham, Mass. This one has the crowned initials "h" and "R" for Henricus Rex. Report this Post to the Staff
HistoricCoinage New Member United Kingdom 14 Posts	Posted 07/11/2009 1:35 pm Some very nice coins! Report this Post to the Staff
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