Great Britain (1612-13) thistle crown Fr-238

Heritage sale 3067, lot 31551

This specimen was lot 31551 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: James I (1603-25) gold Thistle Crown ND (1612-13) MS61 PCGS, Tower mint. Tower mm. Obv. Crowned rose dividing I-R. Crowned thistle dividing I-R. Lustrous, with minimal flaws and especially round compared to the normal uneven strike for the type. Lightly toning a red-orange over the rich golden surfaces, a superb example of this scarcer early denomination." While previous gold crowns had passed for five shillings, the thistle crown was worth only four. This denomination is unique to this reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.25 g, .917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 37, Fr-238, S-2627, N-2096.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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