Great Britain 1678 5 guineas Fr-283

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Sincona sale 75, lot 140

This specimen was lot 140 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 110,000 CHF (about US$133,518 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles II. 1660-1685. 5 Guineas 1678/7, London. TRICESIMO. First laureate bust, with elephant and castle below. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. NGC MS61. (kingdom of Great Britain, Rare, especially in this condition.)"

This type was struck 1675-78. There is a similar type (KM 443.1) struck during the same years (including 1678) without the elephant and castle added below the king's bust which marked gold obtained from Africa.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 41.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 41.68 g.

Catalog reference: KM 430.3, Spink 3330. Bull 187. Fr-283.

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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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