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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 9 g, .917 fine gold, this specimen 140.3 grains. | + | ''Specification:'' 9 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 140.3 grains. |
''Catalog reference:'' S-3208; North-2715; Fr-269; KM-395.1. | ''Catalog reference:'' S-3208; North-2715; Fr-269; KM-395.1. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1651 unite Fr-269|1651 unite (twenty shillings)]] | * [[Great Britain 1651 unite Fr-269|1651 unite (twenty shillings)]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 shilling|1653 shilling]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 shilling|1653 shilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1653 half crown|1653 half crown, sun mintmark]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 crown Fr-271|1653 gold crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 crown Fr-271|1653 gold crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 crown|1653 silver crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 crown|1653 silver crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 double crown Fr-270|1653 double crown (ten shillings)]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 double crown Fr-270|1653 double crown (ten shillings)]] | ||
| − | * [[Great Britain | + | * [[Great Britain 1654 unite Fr-269|1654 unite]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1653]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1653]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Great Britain]] | * return to coins of [[Great Britain]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sales 176, 177, 178]] | [[Category:Selections from Ponterio sales 176, 177, 178]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:09, 8 August 2023
This specimen was lot 20184 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $11,162. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Unite, 1653. Sun. Superb Commonwealth Unite St. George’s shield within palm and laurel branches. Rv. Conjoined shields, St. George’s cross left and Harp right, ‘XX’ above, all within beaded circle. Motto GOD WITH US. A superb example of this popular dated type, essentially as minted; truly a great coin from any genre. The exceptional strike carries across both sides with impressive lucidity. The shield shading is perfect, as are the leaves, and pinpoint beading is evident on the reverse ring. Worth a significant premium over established catalog value. A real showpiece. About Uncirculated. Ex: Dolphin Coins, 1984 ANA." By 1650, king Charles was dead and his son fled into exile but Cromwell was unable to bring unity to England. The gold coins of his rule (unite, double crown and crown) are all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 140.3 grains.
Catalog reference: S-3208; North-2715; Fr-269; KM-395.1.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
- 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.
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