Great Britain 1652 crown
This specimen was lot 34749 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $4,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: Commonwealth Crown 1652/1 XF40 NGC, Sun mm. A truly wonderful specimen of this iconic British issue and largest denomination of the series, boasting an attractive, uniformly pewter patination and honest, moderate wear to the raised designs. Erroneously attributed as Bull-4, ESC-4 on the label, we note the distinctly different "2" to the date, indicating this piece as the rarer overdate variety, of which we have only offered once before, an AU55 in 2016, hammering at $4,400. From the Long Island Collection." Crowns were struck 1649-57 in silver and gold. They were the first English coins to bear English legends.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 43.5 mm diameter, 29.44 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-3772, KM 392, S-3214, ESC-5 (R3), N-2721.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
Link to: