Great Britain 1651 unite Fr-269
This specimen was lot 40313 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Unite, 1651. Commonwealth (1649-60). PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. Sun mint mark. An ever-popular type with abundant eye appeal. Well struck with lovely orange peel and lemon drop patina sure to excite even the most discerning collector. Clearly an example which sat for a prolonged period of time undisturbed." By 1651, king Charles was dead and his son fled into exile but Cromwell was unable to bring unity to England. The gold coins of his rule (unite, double crown and crown) are all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-3208; North-2715; Fr-269; KM-395.1; Woodhead-341.
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- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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