England 1551 crown
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This specimen was lot 23947 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description[1] noted, "Edward VI (1547-53) Crown 1551, VF25 NGC, a handsomely toned and fairly sharp example of this classic, first English crown to feature an armored rider riding on an armored steed." Davenport notes this issue of 1551-53 as the first and only English crown of the sixteenth century. It was struck at the Tower and Southwark mints.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-2478, Dav-8245.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- 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 and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3020, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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