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| − | This specimen was lot 6518 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND, Commonwealth (1649-60). NGC MS-63. Good strike with appealing dove grey tone and nice luster." During the Commonwealth, the half, one and two pence were struck in silver, | + | This specimen was lot 6518 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND, Commonwealth (1649-60). NGC MS-63. Good strike with appealing dove grey tone and nice luster." During the Commonwealth, the half, one and two pence were struck in silver, denominations which in later centuries would be struck in copper. None are dated. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' | + | ''Specification:'' 0.50 g, .925 fine silver. |
''Catalog reference:'' S-3222; KM-387. | ''Catalog reference:'' S-3222; KM-387. | ||
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* [[Great Britain (1649) half penny|(1649) half penny]] | * [[Great Britain (1649) half penny|(1649) half penny]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain (1649-59) 2 pence|(1649-59) tuppence (halfgroat)]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1649 6 pence|1649 sixpence]] | * [[Great Britain 1649 6 pence|1649 sixpence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1649 shilling|1649 shilling]] | * [[Great Britain 1649 shilling|1649 shilling]] | ||
Revision as of 10:21, 9 February 2023
This specimen was lot 6518 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND, Commonwealth (1649-60). NGC MS-63. Good strike with appealing dove grey tone and nice luster." During the Commonwealth, the half, one and two pence were struck in silver, denominations which in later centuries would be struck in copper. None are dated.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.50 g, .925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-3222; KM-387.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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