Great Britain (1616-17) angel Fr-232
This specimen was lot 24085 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $5,875. The catalog description[1] noted, "James I (1603-25) gold Angel ND, 2nd Coinage of 1604-19, Book on Lecture mm (1616-17), AU Details "Obv Scratched" NGC, too bad about the scratches because otherwise this is a beautiful coin, well struck on a full flan, full legends, with reddish gold toning. Slightly wavy flan." When the gold angel was introduced during the Wars of the Roses, it was worth one-third of a pound or six shillings eight pence. It was minted fairly steadily thru Elizabethan times. During the reign of James I, it was raised to ten shillings. This angel of James' second issue was accompanied by a rose ryal (Fr-230), half angel (Fr-233), unite (Fr-234), spur ryal (Fr-231), double crown (Fr-235), crown (Fr-236) 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: 5 g, 0.995 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-2615, North-2081 (rare), Fr-232.
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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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 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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