England (1464-70)-E 1/2 rose noble Fr-134
This specimen was lot 33677 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $9,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: Edward IV (1st Reign, 1461-1470) gold 1/2 Ryal ND (1464-1470) MS65 NGC, York mint, Light coinage. Edward standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield, Є on banner at stern, rose on hull, Є in waves / Rose over sun with fleurs, crowns, and lions, small trefoils in spandrels. Somewhat soft in the center of the King's body and similarly on the reverse, the rose and details of the ship quite magnificently produced on the fine round flan of good quality; an impressive Gem representative currently unmatched in NGC census." Lobel[2] notes that in the 1460's the price of gold rose to where nobles were being exported from England to the Continent. To forestall this, in 1464 the king raised the value of the noble to eight shillings four pence and introduced a new coin, the rose noble, tariffed at ten shillings. It was superseded in 1470 by the gold angel.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 60 grains (3.9 g), this specimen 3.83 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-134, S-1963, N-1558.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [2]Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.
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