Lot 2585
Great Britain. Crown of the Double Rose, ND. S.2279; Fr-164. Henry VIII, 1509-1547. Henry and Jane Seymour issue (1536-1537). Obverse: Large crowned double rose, crowned letter h and I on either side. Reverse: Crowned Tudor shield, crowned letters h and I either side. Arrow or pheon mintmark. This very pretty specimen is similar in type and mintmark to lot 285 in the (May 26 2008) Millennia Collection. On a large flan it is a bold and lustrous example of one of the rarer varieties of a new denomination. An excellent and well struck piece for this crude issue. NGC graded AU-55.
*The period 1536-7 was a remarkable one in English history. On May 19th 1536 Henry VIII executed his wife Ann Boleyn, after accusations of adultery, and eleven days later he married Jane Seymour. She was crowned Queen of England on October 29 that year. Henry had already, in April 1536, begun the process of expropriating the smaller monasteries and thus began his complete break with the Church of Rome. On October 24th 1537 Jane Seymour died during complications from childbirth. The future King Edward VI had been born a few days earlier, and for King Henry here was a son and heir to continue the Tudor dynasty.
Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000.
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