Great Britain (1623-24) angel Fr-241

Sincona sale 79, lot 1105

This specimen was lot 1105 in Sincona sale 79 (Zurich, October 2022), where it sold for 3,800 CHF (about US$4,554 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, James I. 1603-1625. Angel n. d. (1623-1624), Tower Mint. Third coinage. Mintmark lis. Very rare. NGC AU Details. Mount mark (?)." The gold angel, when originally introduced in the reign of Edward IV, was worth six shillings eight pence. By the reign of James I, it had been raised to eleven shillings. With the accession of James I we drop "England" as the country name and adopt the current "Great Britain."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5 g, 0.995 fine gold, this specimen is 3.89 g.

Catalog reference: KM 67, Spink 2635. Schneider coll. 81. Fr-241.

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.
• ^[1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 79, British Collection, Part 3, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

Link to:

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• 1623 sixpence
• (1623-24) shilling, third coinage
• (1623-24) quarter laurel
• (1623-24) half laurel
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• (1627-28) angel
• Coins and currency dated 1623