Great Britain (1623-24) half crown
This specimen was lot 75456 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, ND (1623-24). London Mint; mm: Lis. James I. PCGS EF-45. Perhaps a tad conservatively graded, with little in the way of true wear, but some striking weakness to the back of the horse and the upper left of the coat of arms. Overall deeply toned and well-detailed, and a rather elusive variety in this state. From the Richard August Collection." 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. It had usually been struck in gold heretofore.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver, 36 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-2666; KM-61; N-2122.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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