Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Edward IV, Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Penny, Waterford, w on breast, lis by neck, rev. no additional marks, [ – – ] vvat [ – ] fo, 0.39g/3h (cf. Burns W-16; S –; DF –). Badly chipped, about very fine with a striking portrait, apparently unpublished and probably UNIQUE £600-800

Burns lists no penny bearing a mint initial on the breast. In this respect, the current coin looks like a miniature version of a groat. He does however comment on the odd style of some of the Waterford pieces (W-24H and W16 footnotes), which would certainly describe the bulging eyes and ropey hair on the current specimen. As for the lis by the neck, these too seem to be quite unknown elsewhere in the Edward IV series