Great Britain (1618-19) double crown Fr-235
This specimen was lot 40447 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Double Crown, ND (1618-19). London Mint; mm: Plain Cross. James I. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. Second coinage; Fifth bust. A beautiful example of this popular issue, exhibiting only moderate unevenness of strike while retaining much of its original luster. Light handling is present, as evidenced by the PCGS grade, along with a small number of die maintenance marks as struck on this highly original piece. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This double crown of James' second issue was accompanied by a rose ryal (Fr-230), angel, half angel (Fr-233), spur ryal (Fr-231), unite (Fr-234), 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: 4.5 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4.92 g.
Catalog reference: S-2623; Fr-235; KM-40.
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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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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