Great Britain (1623-24) 1/2 laurel Fr-243

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Künker sale 264, lot 3161

This specimen was lot 3161 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,325 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VEREINIGTES KÖNIGREICH James I, 1603-1625. 1/2 Laurel (10 Shillings) o. J. (1623-1624), London. Münzzeichen Lilie. GOLD. Attraktives Exemplar, sehr schön. (kingdom of Great Britain, James I, 1603-25, undated half laurel, London mint, lily mintmark. Attractive very fine.)"

James I, who united England and Scotland, invented the term Great Britain. James's gold coinage comes in a considerable variety, suggesting that he had difficulty establishing a stable currency in the face of rapidly changing bullion values and England's financial weakness. The laurel coinage of the second half of his reign comes in one (Fr-242), half (Fr-243) and quarter laurel (Fr-244), all expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.5 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 70, Fr-243; Seaby 2641 A.

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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015
  • 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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