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English: All are English silver groats (the coin of fourpence), the highest-value silver coin then in production. Their collective value was 2 shillings and fourpence. They will have been made to the sterling standard of over 90% fine metal. Their details are as follows:

Catalogue

Edward III (1327-77)

Fourth Coinage, pre-Treaty Period

Groat Series E (1354-5) London 3.57

Henry VI (1422-1460)

Groat Annulet W4a Calais II/II 3.7

Groat Annulet W7a Calais II/II 3.68

Groat Annulet W12a Calais II/II 3.62

Groat Rosette Mascle W19 Calais II/V 3.69

Groat Rosette Mascle W22 Calais II/V 3.7 (CB)

Groat Pinecone Mascle W28i Calais IIIa/V 3.7

This group of material would easily have been in currency together in the early 1430s. Older groats of Edward III, clipped down to the new weight standard introduced in 1412, are frequently found in 15th-century coin hoards. The group concludes with a coin of the Pinecone Mascle issue of Henry VI, produced in the first half of the 1430s, so the early 1430s can be suggested as a deposit date.

The Little Berkhamstead coins are of good silver, would have circulated together and represent a single, selected and high-value denomination. It is my opinion, therefore that they fulfil the criteria of Treasure, according to the terms of the Act.