Great Britain (1638-42) 4 pence KM-90

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Goldberg sale 100, lot 2562
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This specimen was lot 2562 in Goldberg sale 100 (Los Angeles, September 2017), where it sold for $517. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Groat, ND. Charles I, 1625-1649. Aberystwyth mint (1638-42). Mint mark, book. Practically mint state with lovely green and blue old tone over glossy surfaces. Nicely struck and very round. Superb portrait. PCGS graded AU-55." This undated groat is among the more available denominations of Charles I, despite being a branch mint issue. Charles' conflicts with Parliament and his subsequent inability to raise funds cramped the production of coin. Milled coinage finally superseded the hammered coinage in 1664. However, the old hammered coin was not called in and melted until 1696-97.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce in nice condition.

Specification: 2.00 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S.2891, KM 90.

Source:

  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 100: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.

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