Great Britain (1613) double crown Fr-235

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 32037

This specimen was lot 32037 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Double Crown, ND (1613). London Mint; mm: trefoil. James I. NGC AU-53. Second coinage, fifth bust. Obverse: Crowned and mantled bust right; Reverse: Square-topped coat-of-arms; crown above. Possessing fairly sharp, crisp details, this near-Mint specimen from middle portion of the reign of James dazzles with charming and elegant brilliance. From the Augustana Collection." James I, who united England and Scotland, invented the term Great Britain. We don't know why the regime struck the double crown and the half laurel when both were worth ten shillings. Other gold coins included the crown (five shillings), the laurel and the unite (both twenty shillings) and the angel (traditionally six shillings eightpence).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.5 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-2623; Fr-235; N-2088.

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, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Great Britain (1613) double crown Fr-235

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