Great Britain (1619-20) 1/2 laurel Fr-243

Heritage sale 3076, lot 31602

This specimen was lot 31602 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: James I (1603-1625) gold 1/2 Laurel ND (1619-1620) UNC Details (Obverse Cleaned) NGC, Tower mint, Third coinage, Lustrous despite its cleaning, and with a striking crack at 11 o'clock. A clearly UNC example of this denomination, unique to James's reign." James I, who united England and Scotland, invented the term Great Britain. The laurel coinage of the second half of his reign comes in one (Fr-242), half and quarter laurel (Fr-244), all expensive. The "X" behind the king's head indicated ten shillings.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-243, S-2641, N-2118.

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.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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Great Britain (1619-20) 1/2 laurel Fr-243

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