England (1547-49) crown Fr-164

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Heritage sale 3094, lot 34735
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This specimen was lot 34735 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $4,560. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Great Britain: Edward VI (1547-1553), in the name of Henry VIII gold Crown of the Double Rose ND (1547-1549) MS63 NGC, Tower mint, Arrow mm. + (arrow) HENRIC' • 8 • RVTILA' • ROS' • SIN' • SPI' (lozenge stops), crowned Tudor rose, crowned H-R to either side / + (arrow) DEI • GRA' • AGL' • FRA' • Z HIB' • REX (lozenge stops), crowned Tudor shield, crowned H-R to either side. A truly incredible grade for this often poorly preserved and universally weakly struck denomination, with only a handful of examples from the reign of Edward VI having come to market in recent years, and perhaps the nearest being the ex. Norweb specimen (simply described as "very fine" when it reappeared in the Samuel King Collection). Minted on a surprisingly normal flan with minimal edge chipping or cracking, the designs admit a certain clarity in the places where the dies found their mark that truly speaks to the coin's quality. Currently the only certified example, and notably rare as such. Ex. Mark Rasmussen List Number 13, Item 54."

This specimen was sold in January 2021 in Dmitry Markov's New York Sale LIII. The auctioneers commented, "The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse 'Henry VIII a dazzling rose without a thorn' and on the reverse 'by the grace of God, King of England, France, and Ireland'. The first phase of the coinage of Edward VI was struck as a posthumous issue of King Henry VIII on account of the debased state the coinage had been left in after costly foreign enterprises, leaving the gold coinage issued at a 20 carat fineness. Peace with France was not concluded till 1550 when the first steps could be taken to restoring the fineness to the coinage starting with the surrender of Boulogne for the payment of 400,000 ecus of gold (about £90,000). The gold Crown offered herewith was issued at a time when three mint locations were at work in the London area, Tower I and Tower II mints and the other at Southwark. The arrow mint mark was used at Tower I seemingly from the 5th April 1547 until 24th January 1549 when the lis mark comes into sole use; a period in which some £240,000 of crown gold was struck at this mint."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.833 fine gold, this specimen 3.09 g.

Catalog reference: S-2395, N-1867, Schneider-649 var. (legends).

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.
  • 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, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

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