England (1544-47) crown Fr-164

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 20439

This specimen was lot 20439 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $3,172.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown of the Double Rose (5 Shillings), ND (ca. 1544-47). Henry VIII (1509-47). PCGS AU-58 Secure Holder. Pellet in annulet mintmark (1544-47). Nice strike with lemon yellow soft satin luster. Nearly full legends on both sides and quite attractive." Angels and half angels continued to be struck into the reign of Henry VIII but were raised in value in 1526, the half angel going from three shillings fourpence to three shilling nine pence. The gold crown (five shillings) and half crown (two shillings sixpence) were introduced but were found to be more practical when struck in silver. It only took a century for the English government to figure this out during the reign of Charles II. The obverse crowned initials appear to be "H-K", which they were prior to 1535 for Henry and Katherine, but were later changed to "H-R" (Henry Rex).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.917 fine gold, 60 grains (3.86 g).

Catalog reference: Fr-164; S-2274; cf.North-1788.

Source:

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 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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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