Great Britain (1612-13) penny

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75455

This specimen was lot 75455 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (1612-13). London Mint; mm: Tower. James I. PCGS AU-55. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1604-19 with numerous mintmarks. The tower mintmark shown here was used 1612-13.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.50 g, 0.925 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 23, S-2661; N-2106.

Sources:

Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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