1042-1066 Edward the Confessor Dorchester Mint Penny
The Finest. Top Pop. Choice Uncirculated. NGC - Mint State 64
Type:
Edward the Confessor Penny
Quality:
Choice Uncirculated. NGC - MS64
Status:
Available
Price:
£7,500
Description:
Pointed Helmet type (1053-56)
This coin is the equal finest certified for this type. However certainly the single finest for this rare mint. Top population. Please view the NGC Census here.
Provenance: P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 17-21 November 1913, lot 604; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 824; bt Baldwin 1978.
As noted by Freeman, the output of the Dorchester mint for the entire reign of Edward the Confessor is so slight that he lists little more than a score of specimens. Only two moneyers are definitely known to have worked there during the reign, Blacaman and Hwateman, while a type 3 penny of Godwine is tentatively attributed to the mint