Quarter noble of Henry VI

Philip Vaughan said the hammered gold coin featured here was found in North Yorkshire. He said it was ‘folded’ when it turned up and if that was the case it now shows no signs of a fold.

Philip’s find is a quarter noble of Henry VI, which was struck at London during the annulet coinage. On the obverse there is a large fleur de lis before hEnRIC and a small lis over the shield. There is a lis in the cenre of the reverse and in the legend there is a cinquefoil before In and an annulet after it. In the Standard Catalogue quarter nobles of this type are listed as number 1810.

Valuation

The centre of the obvers is sharp and strong but on this side the legend is rather weak.  The reverse is better and would grade VF. If offered for sale at auction then in its present condition I would expect the pre-sale estimate to be no lower than £900-1,000.

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