Great Britain 1675 crown

Steve Album sale 51, lot 1051

This specimen was lot 1051 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ENGLAND: Charles II, 1660-1685, AR crown, 1675/3, rims a bit weak, extremely rare variety (overdate), Very Good, R5 (Bull), ex Michael More Collection." This type was struck 1671-80. The SCWC lists the overdate for less than the regular date but both are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver, edge lettered with regnal year ("VICESIMO SEPTIMO").

Catalog reference: KM-435, S-3358, Bull-396, Dav-3776.

Sources:

• 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.
• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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