England (1504-05) angel Fr-151
This specimen was lot 40431 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Angel, 1504-5. London Mint; mm: Cross-Crosslet. Henry VII. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. An attractively toned piece retaining traces of luster despite some unevenness of strike. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." The angel was one-third of a pound or six shillings eight pence. The denomination was introduced in the reign of Edward IV to replace the gold noble and was struck until the reign of Charles I. Many varieties and mintmarks exist for Henry VII.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 80 grains (5.18 g), this specimen 5.12 g.
Catalog reference: S-2186; Fr-151.
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- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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