Great Britain (1605-06) 1/2 crown Fr-237

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77417

This specimen was lot 77417 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Gold 1/2 Crown, ND (1605-06). London Mint; mm: Rose. James I. NGC AU-53." This half crown of James' second issue was accompanied by a rose ryal (Fr-230), angel (Fr-232), half angel (Fr-233), spur ryal (Fr-231), double crown (Fr-235), crown (Fr-236) and unite (Fr-234). With the accession of James I we drop "England" as the country name and adopt the current "Great Britain." James I was the last monarch to mint this denomination, worth 2½ shillings, in gold.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.125 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-2629; Fr-237; KM-30; N-2093.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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Great Britain (1605-06) 1/2 crown Fr-237

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