Great Britain (1612-13) unite Fr-234

Ponterio sale 176, lot 20134

This specimen was lot 20134 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,762. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. James I, 1603-1625. Unite, ND (1612-13). Tower. Second Coinage. Fourth bust. Half-length bust right in plainer armor holding orb and scepter. Rv. Crowned square top quartered shield flanked by ‘I’ and ‘R’. A bit crudely made with an obverse die break between Tower and ‘I’ on the beads and some filled in lettering. Unnaturally bright from an old cleaning, though still an interesting coin due to the unusual striking. Fine to Very Fine. Ex: Gold & Silver Exchange, 1981." This unite of James' second issue was accompanied by a rose ryal (Fr-230), angel, half angel (Fr-233), spur ryal (Fr-231), double crown (Fr-235), crown (Fr-238) and half crown (Fr-237). With the accession of James I we drop "England" as the country name and adopt the current "Great Britain."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 154.0 grains.

Catalog reference: S-2619; North-2084; Fr-234; KM-45.

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.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
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.

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