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This specimen was lot 1674 in Sincona sale 82 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,747 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "James II. 1685-1688. 1/2 Guinea 1686, London. Laureate bust, elephant and castle below. NGC AU Details. ''Leicht bearbeitet'' (lightly tooled)." This variety, with the elephant and castle below the bust, was struck 1686 only and is rare.
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This specimen was lot 1674 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,747 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "James II. 1685-1688. 1/2 Guinea 1686, London. Laureate bust, elephant and castle below. NGC AU Details. ''Leicht bearbeitet'' (lightly tooled)." This variety, with the elephant and castle below the bust, was struck 1686 only and is rare.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 13:37, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 82, lot 1674

This specimen was lot 1674 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 2,800 CHF (about US$3,747 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "James II. 1685-1688. 1/2 Guinea 1686, London. Laureate bust, elephant and castle below. NGC AU Details. Leicht bearbeitet (lightly tooled)." This variety, with the elephant and castle below the bust, was struck 1686 only and is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.17 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen 4.14 g.

Catalog reference: KM 458.2, Spink 3405, Bull 340 (R), Fr-298.

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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 82, British Collection, Part 4, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

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