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1/2 Penny - Henry V Type F, London mint
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1413-1422 |
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| Diameter | 13 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned royal effigy of Henry V rendered in medieval hammered style, with a trefoil positioned to the left of the crown and an unbroken annulet to the right. The portrait is enclosed within an inner beaded circle, beyond which the Latin legend runs continuously around the circumference. The initial mark is a cross pattée, placed at the commencement of the legend. The overall design reflects the characteristic simplified facing bust type of early fifteenth-century English coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1413-1422) - Tower mint |
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Henry V's coinage was reorganized early in his reign under the same broad framework inherited from Henry IV, but Type F halfpennies from the London mint are among the scarcest subdivisions of the series — small denomination silver was notoriously prone to loss and melting, and surviving examples in any condition are infrequently encountered. The reign itself ended abruptly with Henry's death at Vincennes in August 1422, cutting short a monetary program that had otherwise run with unusual administrative consistency.