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This specimen was lot 1149 in Sincona sale 79 (Zurich, October 2022), where it sold for 1,700 CHF (about US$2,038 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]] | Königreich, Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1667, London. Third laureate bust. NGC VF Details. Lightly cleaned." The first series of gold coins of Charles II reverted to the old practice of not dating them and come in denominations of unite, double crown and crown. When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, these denominations were retired in favor of the guinea, its fractions and multiples. The guinea would be the basis for all gold issues until the reform of 1817 and took its name from the source of the original gold, the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. The second laureate bust was used 1664-73 with or without an elephant below the bust.
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This specimen was lot 1149 in Sincona sale 79 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 1,700 CHF (about US$2,038 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]] | Königreich, Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1667, London. Third laureate bust. NGC VF Details. Lightly cleaned." The first series of gold coins of Charles II reverted to the old practice of not dating them and come in denominations of unite, double crown and crown. When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, these denominations were retired in favor of the guinea, its fractions and multiples. The guinea would be the basis for all gold issues until the reform of 1817 and took its name from the source of the original gold, the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. The second laureate bust was used 1664-73 with or without an elephant below the bust.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 12:38, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 79, lot 1149

This specimen was lot 1149 in Sincona sale 79 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 1,700 CHF (about US$2,038 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1667, London. Third laureate bust. NGC VF Details. Lightly cleaned." The first series of gold coins of Charles II reverted to the old practice of not dating them and come in denominations of unite, double crown and crown. When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, these denominations were retired in favor of the guinea, its fractions and multiples. The guinea would be the basis for all gold issues until the reform of 1817 and took its name from the source of the original gold, the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. The second laureate bust was used 1664-73 with or without an elephant below the bust.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 8.17 g.

Catalog reference: KM 395.2, Spink 3342, Bull 237, Fr-287.

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 79, British Collection, Part 3, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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