Great Britain (1643-44) half crown

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Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37020
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This specimen was lot 37020 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, ND (1643-44). London Mint; mm: P in brackets. Charles I. NGC AU-53. Struck under Parliament. Obverse: Charles, holding sword and reins, on horse trotting left; Reverse: Garnished oval coat-of arms." Altho this type has the bust of Charles I, it was struck by Parliament in London while Charles was in the country, raising the royalist standard.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 14.43 g.

Catalog reference: S-2778; KM-122; N-2213.

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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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