Great Britain (1606-07) crown Fr-236
This specimen was lot 40449 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown (5 Shillings), ND (1606-07). London Mint; mm: Scallop. James I. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. Weight: Second coinage; First crowned bust. A rather appealing representative of the issue, sharp along the peripheries with striking weakness increasing towards the obverse center. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This gold crown of James' second issue was accompanied by a rose ryal (Fr-230), angel, half angel (Fr-233), spur ryal (Fr-231), unite (Fr-234), double crown (Fr-235) and half crown (Fr-237). Confusingly, a thistle crown (Fr-238, worth four shillings), was struck at the same time as this piece. With the accession of James I we drop "England" as the country name and adopt the current "Great Britain."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 2.42 g.
Catalog reference: S-2624; Fr-236; KM-34.
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- 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.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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