Great Britain 1696-C half crown

Goldberg sale 106, lot 2073

This specimen was lot 2073 in Goldberg sale 106 (Los Angeles, September 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfcrown,1696-C. Early Harp. Chester mint. William III. Toned. PCGS graded VF-35." This type of 1696-97 was issued from many branch mints. This specimen comes from Chester.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15.05 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S.3483, KM 485.3 (first bust), KM 497.3, KM 497.9 (third bust).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 106: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.

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