Great Britain (1621-23) half crown

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23607

This specimen was lot 23607 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $332. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, ND (1619-25). London Mint. James I. PCGS Genuine--Edge Repaired, VF Details Gold Shield. Mintmark: thistle. An evenly worn coin with clear detail and even gray toning. The edge repair is subtle and does not distract from the overall appearance." This example is missing the tops of the letters and is suspiciously round and definitely light; one might think it is clipped. The mintmark is a thistle, used 1621-23. The half crown was the largest silver coin struck in Britain on a regular basis before the introduction of milled coinage in the 1660's. Silver crowns were struck during the Civil War but were emergency coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 11.55 g.

Catalog reference: S-2666; KM-61.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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Great Britain (1621-23) half crown

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