Great Britain 1680 guinea

Heritage sale 3076, lot 33978

This specimen was lot 33978 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: Charles II gold Guinea 1680 VF Details (Cleaned) NGC. Maintaining pleasantly defined features highlighted by darkened toning accents." This type was struck 1672-84. There is a similar type (KM 440.2) 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: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-287, S-3344, KM 440.1.

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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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