Great Britain (1624) laurel Fr-242

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 1254

This specimen was lot 1254 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Laurel (20 Shillings), ND (1624). London Mint; mm: trefoil. James I. PCGS AU-55. Obverse: Laureate, draped, and armored bust left; XX (mark of value) to right; Reverse: Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee; crown above. This exceptional Laurel has beautiful gold luster that shimmers and sheens. Very well struck, far beyond the common hammered strike, with exquisite detail in the portraiture and strong and bold legends. A fine piece for the discerning collector. From the Paul C. Runze 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, half (Fr-243) and quarter laurel (Fr-244), all expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-2638B; Fr-242; KM-75; N-2114.

Source:

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.
Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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Great Britain (1624) laurel Fr-242

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