England (1572-73) angel Fr-199
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This specimen was lot 1083 in Sincona sale 79 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 7,500 CHF (about US$8,989 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Angel n. d. (1572-1573), Tower Mint. Third and fourth issue. Mintmark ermine. Rare. NGC AU55." The angel was worth one third of a pound or six shillings eight pence. At the end of Elizabeth's reign and thru the reign of James I, its value was gradually raised so that by 1619, it was eleven shillings.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.18 g, 0.992 fine gold, this specimen is 5.09 g.
Catalog reference: Spink 2515. Schneider coll. 764A var. Fr-199.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 79, British Collection, Part 3, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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