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This specimen was lot 1654 in Sincona sale 82 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 2,900 CHF (about US$3,881 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1677, London. Fourth laureate bust, elephant and castle below, GRATIR instead of GRATIA in obverse legend. ''Äusserst selten'' (Extremely rare). NGC VF35. Tied with one other for finest certified by NGC." When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, the unite, double crown and gold crown 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. This type is listed for 1672-84.
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This specimen was lot 1654 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 2,900 CHF (about US$3,881 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1677, London. Fourth laureate bust, elephant and castle below, GRATIR instead of GRATIA in obverse legend. ''Äusserst selten'' (Extremely rare). NGC VF35. Tied with one other for finest certified by NGC." When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, the unite, double crown and gold crown 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. This type is listed for 1672-84.
  
 
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* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995.
 
* 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.
 
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 82, British Collection, Part 4,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 82, British Collection, Part 4,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
  
 
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Sincona sale 82, lot 1654

This specimen was lot 1654 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 2,900 CHF (about US$3,881 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1677, London. Fourth laureate bust, elephant and castle below, GRATIR instead of GRATIA in obverse legend. Äusserst selten (Extremely rare). NGC VF35. Tied with one other for finest certified by NGC." When milled coinage was introduced in 1663, the unite, double crown and gold crown 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. This type is listed for 1672-84.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen 8.30 g.

Catalog reference: KM 440.2, Spink 3345, Bull 257 (R4), Fr-289.

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, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

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