Royal octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 99 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket. On 28 October 1489 King Henry VII instructed the officers of his Royal Mint to strike a new gold coin. Twenty shillings or one pound in value, this spectacular Ônew money of gold' was the largest gold coin yet issued in England and also the most beautiful. Bearing designs of majestic splendour and named a sovereign, it was deliberately intended as part of the trappings of the rising Tudor dynasty and was duly struck in turn by each of the Tudor monarchs. Minting lapsed at the beginni... View More...
