Great Britain 1660 half crown

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Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 33100
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This specimen was lot 33100 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Commonwealth. 1/2 Crown, 1660. London Mint; mm: Anchor. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. Obverse: St. George's shield within wreath composed of laurel branch and palm frond; Reverse: Two shield bearing St. George's cross (England) and harp (Ireland); II VI (mark of value) above. The final year of this RARE issue, and the first we can recall having offered to date. Fairly well-detailed and desirable as such despite the noted cleaning. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1658-60 after Oliver Cromwell's death as the Protectorate fell apart. In 1660, Charles II was restored to the throne and the commonwealth coinage ended.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3216; N-2723; ESC-61; KM-391.2.

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.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • 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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