Great Britain (1631-32)-B double crown Fr-254

Sincona sale 75, lot 111

This specimen was lot 111 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 22,000 CHF (about US$26,704 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles I. 1625-1649. Double crown or 1/2 Unite of 10 shillings n. d. (1631-1632), Tower Mint. Nicholas Briot's Coinage. First milled issue. Mintmark Daisy and B. Selten. NGC AU55. (Rare.)" Nicholas Briot (1579-1646) was an engraver and medallist. He failed in his efforts to persuade French mint authorities to adopt modern milling machinery and so moved to London, where he was hired by Charles I. He produced a series of milled coins in the early 1630's (including the double crown shown here) and was sent by the king to Scotland to reform the mint there. He later served with the royalists in the Civil War and retired to France at the conclusion of that conflict. Hammered coinage continued in France until the 1650's and in England until 1664.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.50 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4.59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 169, Spink 2720. Fr-254.

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.
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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Great Britain (1631-32)-B double crown Fr-254

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