Great Britain (1613-15) crown Fr-236

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Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 40359
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This specimen was lot 40359 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Gold Crown, ND (1613-15). London Mint; mm: Cinquefoil. James I. PCGS Genuine--Repaired, EF Details. Second coinage. Obverse: Crowned and mantled bust right; Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms. This hammered gold Crown features a well-centered strike with solid detail throughout for the issue. Light earthen deposits surround part of the reverse legends, and a small cut is observed on the rim. Otherwise, a distinctive and charming representative of the type. From the Lucius S. Ruder Collection." This gold crown of James' second issue was accompanied by a rose ryal (Fr-230), angel, unite (Fr-234), spur ryal (Fr-231), double crown (Fr-235), half angel (Fr-233) 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: 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 2.58 g.

Catalog reference: S-2625; Fr-236; N-2091; KM-34.

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, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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