Great Britain 1683 penny
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This specimen was lot 1429 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Penny, 1683. Charles II. ERA for FRA (on reverse) variety. Rare and nearly uncirculated. PCGS graded AU-58." All the dated silver pennies of Charles II are of this type, which is common. The silver penny was struck thru the eighteenth century but became less and less useful until finally superseded by Boulton and Watt's copper penny of the 1790's. Silver pennies are still struck for the Maundy sets.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.50 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S.3390, KM 432.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.
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