House of Tudor AD 1485-1603
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 Base Silver Shilling Second issue, Tower mm. Grapple
£295.00Code: KM921
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Edward VI AD 1547-1553 Silver Shilling
£895.00Code: GM36
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Edward VI AD 1547-1553 Silver Sixpence 3rd Coinage mm. Y. Southwark mint
£495.00Code: CM83
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Edward VI AD 1547-1553, Silver Shilling Fine Issue
£475.00Code: GM163
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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 Groat 2nd Coinage mm. Cross Crosslet
£495.00Code: KM590
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Penny 2nd Issue mm. cross crosslet
£69.00Code: KM368
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Shilling 1st issue, mm. Lis, Rare
£195.00Code: KM926
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Shilling 6th issue mm. Woolpack
£295.00Code: RM802
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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 3rd/4th issue 1561AD mm. Pheon
£95.00Code: KM222
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603AD Silver Sixpence 3rd/4th issue 1574AD mm. Eglantine
£125.00Code: KM226
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Elizabeth I 1558-1603ADSilver Halfpenny 6th coinage
£150.00Code: RM671
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Halfgroat
£75.00Code: GM261
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Halfgroat 6th Issue
£75.00Code: GM623
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Halfpenny
£175.00Code: CM922
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Halfpenny 7th Issue
£69.00Code: CM609
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Penny 1st Issue Extremely Rare
£395.00Code: GM624
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Sixpence
£225.00Code: GM37
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Sixpence
£79.00Code: GM38
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Sixpence
£110.00Code: GM259
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Sixpence 3rd/4th Issue AD 1565
£75.00Code: GM165
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Sixpence AD 1570
£95.00Code: GM620
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Threehalfpence AD 1572
£89.00Code: GM622
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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 Halfpenny London mint
£75.00Code: HM943
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Henry VII 1485-1509AD Silver Penny Sovereign type Durham
£89.00Code: KM359
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Henry VII 1485-1509AD Silver Penny York mint
£150.00Code: FM973
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Henry VII 1485-1509ADSilver Halfgroat mm. tun
£95.00Code: RM546
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Henry VII AD 1485-1509 Silver Halfgroat Canterbury
£75.00Code: GM618
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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 Halfgroat 2nd Coinage York mint Archbishop Wolsey
£195.00Code: KM405
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Henry VIII 1509-1547AD Silver Penny Postumous coinage Facing Bust London
£99.00Code: KM362
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Henry VIII AD 1509-1547 Gold Crown 3rd coinage mm. pellet in annulet London mint
£2,500.00Code: CM82
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Henry VIII AD 1509-1547 Silver Groat
£185.00Code: CM917
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Henry VIII AD 1509-1547 Silver Groat
£395.00Code: GM33
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Henry VIII AD 1509-1547 Silver Groat
£195.00Code: GM258
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Henry VIII AD 1509-1547 Silver Groat 2nd Issue
£495.00Code: CM887
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Henry VIII AD 1509-1547 Silver Groat 2nd Issue
£495.00Code: GM164
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