Great Britain 1734 half crown
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This specimen was lot 1059 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: George II, 1727-1760, AR halfcrown, 1734, nicely toned, key date and rare, PCGS graded EF45, R, ex Michael More Collection." This type was struck 1731-36; the half crowns of 1739-41 had only roses on the reverse (KM 574.2).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-574.1, Spink-3692.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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