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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hello folks. Interested in opinions on this coin. I believe it to be a copper groat from Henry VIII Debasement period where he tried to balance the books. 26mm 4.8g Feel free to give your own opinions, I'm not easily offended. All the best Jim    |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Well you seem to know more than I...
I am trying to decipher the obverse inscription... HENRIC III DR GRA REX AGL Z F?
Such coins are interesting but tricky
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Hi, yes similar issues here. I was thrown off by the base metal at first but at least got me to read some interesting articles about the coin debasement that took place in order to help balance the books. I'm surprised Liz Truss in the UK didn't suggest plastic &  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Can you get a better photo of the face on the obverse please?
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New Member
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Hope these are better  |
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Valued Member
United States
81 Posts |
Look at the wiki article on The Great Debasement. The image sees to match.
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New Member
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Thank you, will check that out.
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New Member
United Kingdom
11 Posts |
This does not look like a genuine coin to me - possibly a modern cast reproduction?
Sorry, your extra pictures are more blurred than the first ones.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I don't think it's a cast replica,
It fits when you read that during debasement they ditched the silver completely in some groats and produced in copper. I'm sure it will find it's true identity eventually, too interesting to offload.
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New Member
Australia
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This is a contemporary forgery made in base metal and was likely silverwashed-this has since worn away. The debasement occurred for the third coinage ONLY, the older 3/4 bearded facing portraits of henry. This, on the other hand, is in the later coinage of Henry vii, his father, of which the dies were later altered and used for henry viii's first coinage.
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