Great Britain (1633-34) crown Dav-3764

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 31201

This specimen was lot 31201 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $10,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown, ND (1633-4). London Mint; mm: portcullis. Charles I. PCGS AU-50. Group 3, type 3b. Obverse: Charles, holding sword and reins, riding caparisoned horse trotting left; Reverse: Garnished oval coat-of-arms; Welsh plumes above. An exceptionally pleasing example of the type, presenting great gray toning and only minor, even handling throughout. Some slight striking weakness upon the horse is noted, though rather consistent for the emission. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection." This is the third crown type for Charles I, in which the king's monogram was deleted on the reverse. It was struck until 1641. Spink^[2] lists S-2753 thru S-2762 for the major varieties struck at the Tower mint. The mint struggled to strike these large coins as it lacked the screw presses used in Germany to strike thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 131, Dav-3764, S-2759; N-2196; Brooker-253 (same dies).

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.
Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
^[2]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, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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