England (1551-53) sovereign Fr-186
This specimen was lot 20440 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $11,750. The catalog description[1] noted, "Edward VI, Sovereign of 20 Shillings. GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign of 20 Shillings, (1551-53). Tun Mint Mark. Edward VI (1547-53). NGC VF-35. During Edward's relatively short reign he was governed by a Regency Council since taking the throne at the age of nine, he was never able to gain control. Social unrest and economic problems were real issues for him with an unsuccessful war with Scotland and the transformation of the Church into a recognized Protestant body. He fell terminally ill early in 1553 and died on 6 July the same year at the age of 15. Nice strike on a full round planchet with full legends on both sides. Attractive with lovely orange tone in the peripheries." This sovereign was tariffed at twenty shillings. This specimen is a product of the Tower mint in London.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 180 grains.
Catalog reference: Fr-186; S-2450; North-1927.
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- 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]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.
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