House of Tudor 1485-1603AD
Medieval House of Tudor coins for sale.
The year 1489 saw major changes in the English coinage by Henry VII, the first gold pound was introduced, showing the king majestically enthroned, and became known as the ‘sovereign’, alongside which a more simplistic version appeared on the pennies. In addition, the style of the crown on the groat and lower denominations changed from an open to an arched crown.
The gold angel continued, though it was re-styled, and the ryal was minted again for a limited time. Notably, during the reign of Henry VII, the forerunner of the English shilling , the much sought after ‘testoon’ was introduced, which replaced the traditional facing bust portrait with a finely styled profile bust, also becoming a feature of the fractions, i.e. groat and halfgroat.
During the reign of Henry VIII a significant debasement of the gold and silver coinage occured to finance wars. However, the value of gold was initially increased to compete with relative prices in Europe and the gold Crown of the Rose at four shillings and sixpence, was introduced as a competitor of the French Ecu au Soleil. This was unsuccessful and was soon replaced by the Crown of the Double Rose at five shillings, though the gold fineness was reduced to 22 carat for the first time. The sovereign and angel continued, but were revalued to accomodate the new George Noble at one third of a pound.
Debasement continued under Henry’s son Edward VI with inventive measures to increase fineness but reduce weight of the silver coinage. In 1551, base silver was devalued prior to the issue of four new denominations, the crown, halfcrown, sixpence, struck in the finest silver to date issued under the Tudors. Base silver coins were also issued as small change. It is noteworthy that the first dates on English coinage appear during Edward’s reign. Mary Tudor subsequently returned the English gold coinage back to its sterling standard.
Of interest to the numismatist is the large number of denominations struck during the reign of Elizabeth I. The silver standard was restored, but during the reign both gold and silver underwent weight reduction. Small change became in short supply and sixpence, threepence, threehalfpence and threefarthings were struck in response, all marked with a rose behind the bust. Of note during Elizabeth’s reign are the first milled issues produced by mechanical methods compared to hand striking.
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Edward VI 1547-1553AD Silver Shilling Fine silver issue, mm. Tun
£675.00Code: HM337
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Edward VI 1547-1553AD Silver Shilling Southwark mint mm Y
£450.00Code: HM45
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Edward VI 1547-1553AD Silver Sixpence Fine Issue London mint
£125.00Code: HM109
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Edward VI 1547-1553AD Silver Sixpence Fine Issue London mint
£175.00Code: HN110
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Edward VI Silver Half Groat 1547-1533AD Canterbury Mint
£325.00Code: FM347
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Edward VI Silver Shilling 1547-1553AD Second issue
£350.00Code: FM08
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Edward VI Silver Shilling 1547-1553AD Tower
£450.00Code: PM509
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Penny Escallop 6th Issue 1584-1586AD, London
£175.00Code: HM424
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Sixpence 1562AD Milled issue. Tall bust mm. Star
£175.00Code: HM111
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Sixpence 3/4th Issue 1566AD mm. Portcullis
£175.00Code: HM114
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Sixpence 3/4th Issue 1570AD mm. Coronet
£195.00Code: HM118
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Sixpence 3/4th Issue 1576AD mm. Eglantine
£125.00Code: HM120
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Threepence Fifth Issue 1578AD mm. Greek Cross
£125.00Code: FM975
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Threepence Fifth Issue 1578AD mm. Greek Cross
£99.00Code: FM976
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Elizabeth I Silver Threefarthings 1558-1603AD 3rd/4th issue, 1573 mint mark Acorn
£195.00Code: FM51
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Henry VII 1485-1509AD Silver Groat
£495.00Code: HM694
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Henry VII 1485-1509AD Silver Penny York mint
£150.00Code: FM973
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Henry VII Silver Sovereign Penny 1485-1509AD Durham mint Bp. Fox
£125.00Code: TM849
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Henry VIII 1509-1547AD Silver Farthing First Coinage 1509-26AD
£895.00Code: FM812
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Henry VIII 1509-1547AD Silver Groat 2nd Coinage, Laker bust D
£495.00Code: HM484
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Henry VIII 1509-1547AD Silver Groat 2nd Issue
£475.00Code: HM695
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Henry VIII 1509-1547AD Silver Halfgroat Archbishop Lee EL, York
£125.00Code: HM421
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Henry VIII 1509-1547AD Silver Halfgroat, Canterbury
£175.00Code: HM422
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Henry VIII Silver Farthing 1509-1547AD Second Coinage
£675.00Code: OM800
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Henry VIII Silver Farthing 1509-1547AD Second Coinage
£425.00Code: FM201
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Ireland Philip and Mary 1554-1558AD Silver Groat 1557AD
£875.00Code: HM257
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Philip & Mary 1554-1558AD Silver Shilling 1554AD
£675.00Code: HM576
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Scotland James VI 1567-1625AD Bronze Hardhead
£89.00Code: TM144
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Scotland James VI 1567-1625AD Silver Half Thistle Merk 8th Coinage
£110.00Code: TM142
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Scotland James VI 1567-1625AD Silver Thistle Merk 8th Coinage
£110.00Code: TM141
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Spanish Netherlands Philip II 1555-1581AD Ag 1/2 Philipsdaadler 1567AD
£250.00Code: HM283
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The Ewerby Civil War Hoard Elizabeth 1st Silver Sixpence 1572AD 1558-1603AD
£175.00Code: EH106
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The Ewerby Civil War Hoard Elizabeth 1st Silver Sixpence 1572AD 1558-1603AD
£150.00Code: EH109
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The Ewerby Civil War Hoard Elizabeth 1st Silver Sixpence 1575AD 1558-1603AD
£125.00Code: EH112
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The Ewerby Civil War Hoard Elizabeth 1st Silver Sixpence 1578AD 1558-1603AD
£150.00Code: EH107
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