Henry VII Groat, facing bust, class IIa, London scratch in obverse field

scratch in obverse field

31g (Burns 6b

the WCC well embossed and struck up with clarity good fine to almost very fine and very rare

Traces of overstriking

design by David Knapton of Paddington Bear facing forward raising his hat outside St Paul's Cathedral

Henry VII Groat, facing bust, class IIa, London scratch in obverse fieldHenry VII (1485 1509),silver Groat, type IIa, London Mint, facing crowned bust in double tressure of nine arcs, cross either side of neck, crown with two plain arches, trefoils on cusps, beaded circle and Latin legend surrounding, no initial mark (1488 89), hEnRIC'x DI'x GRA'x REXxx AGL'x Zx FRAnC,rev. long cross pattee, tri pellets in each inner angle, beaded circles and twin concentric legend surrounding, inner legend CIVI TAS LOn DOn, outer legend