England (1592-95) crown Fr-216
This specimen was lot 31546 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $9,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: Elizabeth I (1558-1603) gold Crown ND (1592-95) AU Details (Mount Removed) NGC, Tower mint. Sixth issue, tun mm. All of Elizabeth I's gold coinage shares two main traits: it is all remarkably attractive, and remarkably rare. This present gold Crown is no exception. Sharply engraved with a high-quality portrait of the Queen and equally crisp reverse shield, deep gold in color with a pleasant dark tone within the legend, a veritable treat to view in-hand. The planchet has encountered some creases (likely at the hands of an admiring citizen who turned the coin into a love token), but shows little evidence of its designated mount marks. In every sense, an elite offering of Tudor gold." This gold crown of five shillings was accompanied by a gold half crown, half pound (Fr-215), pound and sovereign (thirty shillings, Fr-209).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 45 grains.
Catalog reference: Fr-216, S-2536, N-2010.
- 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.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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