1422 NGC XF 40 Henry VI Penny England Great Britain Hammered Calais Mint Silver Coin (23012301C)
Extremely Fine Henry VI England (Great Britain) hammered silver penny coin.
Struck during Henry's first reign between 1422 and 1430 at the Calais, France Mint.
Obverse: Crowned facing bust, annulets by neck, legend around, initial mark pierced cross, HENRICVS REX ANGLIE.
Reverse: Long cross, three pellets in each quarter, with two annulets in opposing quarters, VIL LA CAL IS.
Spink-1845, 0.86g, approx 16mm.
Certified by NGC to XF 40.
Henry reigned twice as king of England, from 1422 to 1461 and then again 1470 to 71. He inherited the long running 'Hundred Years War' where the rights to the French throne were contested, but he was also a pawn in the battle between the Lancastrians and Yorkists for the throne. He is the only English monarch to be crowned the king of France as Henry II, in 1431. He was an ineffectual king and by 1453 had lost all French territories except Calais. He died in 1471.
