Great Britain 1707-E half crown
This specimen was lot 46040 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 1/2 Crown, 1707. Edinburgh Mint; mm: E. Anne. NGC F-12. After the Union. Glossy and bold with colorful iridescence in the protected areas. Minor marks have been long worn into the complexion and the eye appeal is strong. From the Loch Ness Collection." This type was struck at the London mint 1707-09 and 1713 and Edinburgh mint 1707-09 and is very scarce in nice condition. This date comes with a "SEXTO" edge (somewhat available) and "SEPTIMO" edge (rare).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 14.91 g.
Catalog reference: S-5709; KM-525.2.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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