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1 Groat - Edward IV Crown, Anonymous
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1460-1463 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A long cross pattée extends to the coin's edge, dividing the field into four quarters and intersecting the surrounding legend. Three pellets are placed in each quarter, with a small annulet interposed between the pellets in two diagonally opposite quarters, a distinctive diagnostic feature of this issue. The reverse legend, running between two concentric circles, identifies the issuing city. The execution is typical of fifteenth-century Irish hammered silver, with characteristic irregularity in both striking and planchet preparation. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Edward IV's first reign saw Dublin and Drogheda producing anonymous issues — coins bearing no mint signature — as part of a broader Irish monetary policy that kept local coinage deliberately distinct from English sterling. The anonymity wasn't oversight; it reflected the practical autonomy of the Irish mints during a period when Yorkist control of the island was politically useful but administratively loose. Spink 6271–6275 encompasses several die varieties across this short window, and attribution between them often hinges on subtle differences in crown style and pellet placement rather than any declared mint identity.