GREAT BRITAIN. Groat, ND (1431-32/3). London Mint; mm: cross patonce/plain cross. Henry VI (first reign). PCGS AU-53.

S-1874; N-1460. Pinecone-mascle issue. Obverse: Crowned facing bust, within tressure of nine arcs; inward-facing lis on six cusps; pinecone in legend; Reverse: Long cross pattee, with trefoil in each angle; mascle in legend. Contemporaneous with the time of the War of the Roses, this example is absolutely stunning in beauty. A dark tone coats exquisitely struck details on a well shaped flan and almost no evidence of actual handling, certainly worthy of being the best graded example that PCGS has ever seen.

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