Great Britain 1697 half crown

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Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 42077
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This specimen was lot 42077 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, 1697 Year NONO. London Mint. William III. NGC MS-62. Variety without stops after MAG, FRA, and HIB. Highly original in appearance, with uninterrupted glossy luster flowing throughout the surfaces and pleasing tinges of blue toning about the peripheries. RARE in this elite condition, tied with two other pieces as finest certified by NGC and with none in equivalent or finer grade certified by PCGS." This type of 1696-97 was issued from many branch mints as part of a major recoinage directed by Sir Isaac Newton which finally removed the hammered coinage from the Civil War and before.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3487; KM-491.7; ESC-1091.

Sources:

  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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