Watch List notes:

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AV Noble (34mm, 6.97 g, 7h). Annulet issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1422-circa 1430. h ЄnRIC' (lis) DI'· GRΛ'· RЄX · ΛnGL'· 7 · FRΛnC'· DnS · hУB (trefoil stops), Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; annulet to left of hand; ornaments: 1-1-1; quatrefoils: 3/3; F type 1 and n type 4 / (lis) Ih'C (cinquefoil) ΛVT'· TRΛnSIЄnS · PЄR · mЄDIVm · ILLORV'· IBΛT (annulet stops), voided short cross potent over cross fleurée; in each angle, crown over lion passant over trefoil; at center, Һ within angled quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with annulet and trefoils in spandrels; n type 4 and P type 2. Whitton, Heavy 7c; Schneider 284 (same dies); North 1414; SCBC 1799. Underlying luster. With NGC Photo Certificate 1839049-069 graded MS 63.


From the DMS Collection. Ex Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 18 April 2005), lot 353; John H. Clapp Collection (his estate to Eliasberg, 1942).