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[[Image:S79-01127.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 79, lot 1127]]

This specimen was lot 1127 in Sincona sale 79 (Zurich, October 2022), where it sold for 3,600 CHF (about US$4,315 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]] | Königreich, Charles I. 1625-1649. Gold crown of 5 shillings n. d. (1638-1639), Tower Mint under the King. Group E. Fifth small Aberystwyth bust, bust 8. Mintmark anchor with flukes to right/anchor upright. NGC AU58." Charles abandoned the laurel coinage of the latter part of James's reign and reverted to the old gold crown (five shillings), double crown (10 shillings) and unite (20 shillings). The early 1630's saw the resumption of experiments with milled coinage, which had been tried and abandoned in the reign of Elizabeth I.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 2.27 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 140, Spink 2717, Schneider coll. 266, Fr-248. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 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.
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 79, British Collection, Part 3,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Great Britain (1635-36) crown Fr-248|(1635-36) gold crown, crown mintmark]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) penny|(1638-42) penny, Aberystwyth Mint, without inner circle on reverse]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) 2 pence|(1638-42) tuppence (halfgroat), Aberystwyth Mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) 3 pence|(1638-42) threepence, Aberystwyth mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) 4 pence KM-90|(1638-42) 4 pence (groat), Aberystwyth mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) 4 pence KM-91|(1638-42) 4 pence (groat), Aberystwyth mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) 6 pence|(1638-42) sixpence, Aberystwyth mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-39) 6 pence|(1638-39) sixpence, Briot's milled coinage]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-39) shilling|(1638-39) shilling, anchor mintmark]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-39) shilling KM-187|(1638-39) shilling, anchor mintmark, Briot's issue]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) shilling KM-194|(1638-42) shilling, Aberystwyth mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-39) 1/2 crown|(1638-39) half crown]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-42) 1/2 crown KM-200|(1638-42) half crown, Aberystwyth mint]]
* [[Great Britain (1638-39) crown Dav-3764|(1638-39) silver crown, anchor mintmark]]
* [[Great Britain (1641-43) crown Fr-248|(1641-43) gold crown]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1638]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 78, 79, 80, 81]]