Great Britain (1645-46) crown
This specimen was lot 21042 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "Splendid Charles I Tower Crown, GREAT BRITAIN. Crown, ND (1645-46). London Mint. Charles I. PCGS AU-50 Gold Shield. Mintmark: Sun/Sun (1645-1646). Type 4. FRC XXV/XXXIII. Fourth Obverse: King on compact horse without caparisons facing left, sword upright in hand; Reverse: Oval garnished shield. This is a splendid representative of this major type from the Tower Mint under Parliament. The Charles I crowns were collected with zeal by Michael S. Tallent and he had three die combinations for this particular type. This is the finest looking of his three and its PCGS designation confirms this. It is perfectly round, on excellent metal, and has even striking; exhibiting extremely sharp legends and enough details in the obverse center to make it handsome overall. A rare die pairing combination missing from several major Charles I laden sales (Lingford and Van Roekel for example). Originally described as 'Very Fine' in the important Tallent Collection sold by us in 2008 where it realized $2,530. From the Downing Collection. Ex: Michael S. Tallent Collection (Stack's Bowers 4/2008) Lot 80. Ex: Allan Davisson's Auction 17 (6/2002) Lot 194."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 29.82 g.
Catalog reference: S-2761; N-2198, KM-134, Dav-3762.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
- 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.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
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