Great Britain 1696 crown Dav-3782
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This specimen was lot 33980 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: William III Crown 1696 AU55 PCGS. Third Bust, OCTAVO Edge. Remarkably fine for the usual shallowness of William's coinage, micro-fine flow lines circulating throughout his bust and an olive-pewter backlight pervading throughout the surfaces." The crowns of William III for 1695-1700 vary only slightly but 1697 is the scarcest date. Other varieties (KM 486, 493, 494.2) were struck in 1696.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.9-30.3 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38-40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 494.1, S-3472, Dav-3782.
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- 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.
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- [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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