Great Britain 1712 half crown
This specimen was lot 32705 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Anne 1/2 Crown 1712 UNC Details (Obverse Scratched) NGC, Plumes and roses in angles of reverse. A seemingly unpresuming emission that will instantly stand out amongst collectors of the series for its uncirculated status, not a single straight-graded example having achieved Mint State at either major grading service. Lightly haymarked over both sides, the devices show a relative depth of struck detail often missing from the series, while a veil of peach, blue, and magenta color pervades the surfaces. From the Abbeygate Collection." Half crowns were struck for queen Anne 1703-14. Many varieties exist, varying in the devices on the reverse. This subtype, struck 1710-14, has roses and plumes and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 525.4, S-3607, ESC-1374 (prev. ESC-582).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Auction 3089: NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas, featuring the Cape Coral Collection of European Crowns and the Penn Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2020.
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