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1/2 Groat - James I 1st coinage
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1603-1604 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Tower Mint (London) |
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James VI of Scotland became James I of England in March 1603, and the first English coinage struck in his name — including this halfgroat — was produced before the formal unification of the crowns had settled into any administrative coherence. The 1st coinage ran only until 1604, when revised mint indentures and the introduction of the 2nd coinage brought new standards and altered portraiture. Short production windows make 1st coinage pieces systematically scarcer than their successors, though few collectors treat the distinction with the seriousness it deserves.