Great Britain 1677 2 guineas Fr-284

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40476
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This specimen was lot 40476 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $24,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 2 Guineas, 1677. London Mint. Charles II. NGC AU-53. A VERY RARE offering, this enchantingly wholesome specimen features a deep golden-rose tone on each side, with the obverse displaying a hint of a matte nature, and the reverse offering up a great deal of brilliance. Tied with just one other specimen for the only two seen at NGC for the date." This type was struck 1675-84. There is a similar type (KM 443.2) struck during the same years with an elephant and castle added below the king's bust; this marked gold obtained from Africa.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.7 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.492 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S-3335; Fr-284; KM-443.1.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [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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