Great Britain 1697 farthing

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22454

This specimen was lot 22454 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $211.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Farthing, 1697. William III (1694-1702). PCGS AU-53 Secure Holder. Weakly struck, traces of mint red." The early issues (1692-94) of William III show him conjoined with his queen, Mary II; after her death he is portrayed alone. Several branch mints issued silver but all the copper (farthings and halfpence) are from London. The type was struck 1695-1700 with the date in the exergue and 1698-99 with the date in the legend. A few were struck in silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: S-3557; KM-483.1.

Source:

^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 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.
Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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