Great Britain (1635-36) 1/2 crown

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 22724

This specimen was lot 22724 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, ND (1635-36). London Mint. Charles I. NGC VF-25. An evenly worn and lightly toned piece with a lightly struck but fully visible central design on the obverse, bold coat of arms on the reverse. Crude rims as is normal for this type." The SCWC lists over forty different undated half crowns for Charles I, a side effect of the Civil War. As none of them are shown which photos, we can't attribute this example to the right KM number.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-2773.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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