House of Tudor
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Henry VII 1485-1509 Groat S-2254
Henry VIII 1509-47 Groat S-2369
Edward VI 1547-53 Sixpence S-2483
Mary 1553-54 Groat S-2492
Philip & Mary 1554-58 Groat S-2508
Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Shilling S-2555
Milled Sixpence S-2594
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Outstanding group... thanks for sharing them. I like them all
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beautifull pictures, beautifull patinas, beautifull portraits and clear legends . Amazing collection eye candy,thanks for sharing
very impressive!
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Excellent.
That's a great collection!
What a great matching set!
--Severian the Lame
That is a beautiful, historically important group!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
These are fantastic, would welcome all to my collection. Thanks for sharing.
Nice stuff! Thanks for sharing.
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An outstanding group of coins.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Those are beautiful coins. I'm still looking for a Queen Mary coin to finish my Tudor set; then I can move on to the biggie: House of York/Lancaster.
Steve
Stunners all.
To pick a personal favorite, I'd have a hard time between the Edward VI sixpence, the Elizabeth I shilling, or the Queen Mary groat. I really like the obverse of that last.
As for the slightly later "Philip & Mary" groat, I didn't realize there were some with Philip's name but only Mary's bust on the coin. I'm more used to seeing those types with the two facing busts, though embarrassingly, I now forget what denomination those coins were.
Nice collection.
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Don
Great collection. Congrats!
Fantastic!!
That is a really nice group of pieces. I've been looking for an "Old fat Henry VIII" coin in decent shape for quite a while with little success. I have a very nice "young Henry" two pence in AU-53. Using U.S. coin surface grading standards, it's more like an AU-55 or even 58.
I have found Mary to be the hardest Tutor monarch to locate. She is also one of my least favorite British monarchs. During her reign she had almost 300 people burned at the stake for religious reasons. Historians have called her a "psychological mess." Henry divorced her mother, Catherine of Aragon, so he could marry Ann Bolin. In the process he had Mary declared to be illegitimate which was big deal in those days. At least Henry didn't have Catherine of Aragon beheaded, which was the punishment he ordered for two of his wives.