Great Britain (1627-28) angel Fr-245
This specimen was lot 94 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 8,750 CHF (about US$10,621 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles I. 1625-1649. Angel n. d. (1627-1628), Tower Mint. Mintmark castle. Sehr selten. NGC AU Details. Randausbruch. (kingdom of Great Britain, Charles I, 1625-49, undated gold angel, Tower mint. Very rare, Chipped planchet.)"
When the gold angel was introduced during the Wars of the Roses, it was worth one-third of a pound or six shillings eight pence. It was minted fairly steadily thru Elizabethan times. During the reign of James I, it was raised to ten shillings. By then it had become more of a religious talisman than a coin and most of the angels of James known today are holed. Charles I issued a few before the Civil War, as shown here, and ended the series.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5 g, 0.995 fine gold, this specimen 4.08 g.
Catalog reference: KM 149.2 or 149.3, Spink 2683. Fr-245.
- 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.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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