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| − | This specimen was lot 1296 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $510. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]: Charles II, 1660-1685, AR crown, 1668, well struck with light toning, F-VF." This type is listed in the SCWC for 1667-71 and is fairly inexpensive in grades up to Fine but ascends rapidly with grade. A 1668/7 overdate is reported. | + | This specimen was lot 1296 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $510. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]: Charles II, 1660-1685, AR crown, 1668, well struck with light toning, F-VF." This type is listed in the SCWC for 1667-71 and is fairly inexpensive in grades up to Fine but the price ascends rapidly with grade. A 1668/7 overdate is reported. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 18 August 2022
This specimen was lot 1296 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: Charles II, 1660-1685, AR crown, 1668, well struck with light toning, F-VF." This type is listed in the SCWC for 1667-71 and is fairly inexpensive in grades up to Fine but the price ascends rapidly with grade. A 1668/7 overdate is reported.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 30.10 g, .925 fine silver, .895 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: S-3357, KM-422.3, Dav-3775B.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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 43, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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