Great Britain 1677 1/2 guinea

Ponterio sale 176, lot 20207

This specimen was lot 20207 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $2,232. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Charles II, 1660-1685. Half-Guinea, 1677. NGC XF-40. Second laureate bust (rounded truncation) right. Rv. Crowned cruciform shields with scepters in angles. Perfect for the type. Ex: Seaby, 1982." Oliver Cromwell's death in September 1658 left a leadership vacuum which was quickly filled by inviting prince Charles back from exile to become Charles II. The first series of gold coins of his regime reverted to the old practice of not dating them and come in denominations of unite, double crown and crown. When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, these denominations were retired in favor of the guinea, its fractions and multiples. The guinea would be the basis for all gold issues until the reform of 1817 and took its name from the source of the original gold, the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. This type is listed for 1672-84.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.175 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-3348; Fr-290; KM-439.1.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
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.

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