Great Britain (1621-23) 1/4 laurel Fr-244
This specimen was lot 32041 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/4 Laurel, ND (1621-23). London Mint; mm: thistle. James I. NGC AU-55. Third coinage, fourth bust. Obverse: Laureate, draped, and armored bust left; V (mark of value) to right; Reverse: Square-topped coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee; crown above. The smallest of the three denominations in this final gold series, the present example offers a pleasing strike and a good deal of glistening brilliance. From the Augustana Collection." 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 (Fr-243) and quarter laurel, all expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 69, S-2693; Fr-249; N-2153; Brooker-Unlisted.
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- 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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