Great Britain (1631-32) crown Dav-3763

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Heritage sale 3073, lot 31074
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31074 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $10,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles I (1625-1649) Crown (1631-1632) XF40 NGC, Briot's first milled coinage. Britain's first milled Crown, a huge leap in quality from any which had preceded it and highly appealing thus. Briot's abilities as an engraver and medallist were not being appreciated in his native France, and so he applied his talents to the coinage and medals of Charles I, generating such masterpieces as this elegantly engraved and superbly produced Crown. Clearly he had not perfected the process; this piece shows a couple of planchet issues, with minor cracks to both sides. However, the quality is undeniably impressive with full, bold legends, a round flan and a perfectly even application of detail (all attributes which collectors will know are lacking from Charles I's hammered coinage). This piece shows even wear to both sides, but this has disguised little of the original detail and in most regards remains bold and appealing." 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 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: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 167, S-2852, N-2298, Dav-3763.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • 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.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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