England (1499-02) angel Fr-151
This specimen was lot 21018 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Angel, ND (1499-1502). Henry VII (1485-1509). NGC VF-30. Anchor mintmark. Some softness appears on the angel's head but all the other major details are intact. A rather affordable example of this highly collected Angel type that was introduced during the reign of Edward IV in 1465 and lasted until 1642 when it was coined under Charles I." This denomination was struck until the reign of Charles I and was worth one-third of a pound or six shillings eight pence. It is not, strictly speaking, correct to refer to Great Britain until the reign of James I, who united England and Scotland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 5.18 g (80 grains), this specimen 4.98 gms.
Catalog reference: Fr-151; S-2183; North-1696.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
- 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.
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