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Description: | Treasure report from Dr Barrie J. Cook:I have examined two coins found at Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire. Both are English gold coins of the denomination of half-sovereign (= 10 shillings or half a pound). Both were also issued in the reign of King Edward VI (1547-53), despite the fact that the name and image on one of the coins is of his father Henry VIII. When Edward acceeded, his government had to consider how to deal with the debased coinage introduced by Henry in 1544 and, for a while, carried on in the style of the late king. The details of the coins are as follows:1. Half-sovereign, Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII, initial mark arrow (1547-9), Tower mint, wt: 6.17g2. Half-sovereign, Edward VI, Third Period, initial mark tun (1551-3), Tower mint, wt: 5.38gThe gold coinage was not progressively debased in the way that the silver was, so the older coin was still struck to a fineness of 20 carats (about 83% fine gold), and the later coin, though returning to 22 carats (about 92% fine gold), was lighter in weight, so both coins contained similar quantities of gold.
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