Great Britain 1673 crown
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This specimen was lot 44568 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown, 1673/2. Charles II. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. QVINTO Edge. A nicely struck Crown with soft luster in the fields and an even gray toning throughout." This type is listed for 1671-80 and is not rare but the price ascends rapidly with grade.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver, .895 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: S-3358; KM-435; Dav-3776.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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