Great Britain 1643 1/2 pound Dav-3769

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 31216

This specimen was lot 31216 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Pound, 1643. Oxford Mint. Charles I. PCGS EF-40. Declaration type. Obverse: Charles, holding sword and reins, riding horse trotting left; plumes to right, pile of arms on ground line below; Reverse: Declaration in two lines between two parallel lines; three plumes above. A RARER type than the 1642-dated version, this charming specimen features a deep gray tone and some darker accents highlighting the devices. Some typical striking weakness is observed on the obverse, but the overall level of handling is quite light, yielding a great wholesome nature. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection." While Charles had issued crowns in silver and gold prior to the Civil War, his urgent need for cash led him to open several provisional mints and issue crowns in a large variety of types. The half pound was worth ten shillings or two crowns and this was the only period when it was issued in silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 60.2 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 235.7, Dav-3769, S-2945A; N-2404; Brooker-Appendix I, 15.

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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Great Britain 1643 1/2 pound Dav-3769

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