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Revision as of 11:29, 6 May 2025
This specimen was lot 138 in Sincona sale 75 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 7,500 CHF (about US$9,104 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles II. 1660-1685. 1/2 Guinea 1676, London. Second laureate bust, with elephant and castle below. NGC AU55. Goldpatina. (nice gold toning.)" 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. This type is listed for 1672-84. This is a rare date with the elephant and castle below the bust, indicating gold fom Africa.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.175 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4.15 g.
Catalog reference: KM 439.1, Spink 3349. Bull 294. Fr-291.
- 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 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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- 1675 half guinea
- 1675 guinea, round bust
- 1675 2 guineas
- 1675 5 guineas, no symbol
- 1675 5 guineas, elephant
- 1676 pattern farthing
- 1676 4 pence (groat)
- 1676 shilling
- 1676 half crown
- 1676 crown
- 1676 half guinea, no symbol
- 1676 guinea, no symbol
- 1676 guinea, elephant and castle
- 1676 2 guineas, elephant and castle
- 1676 5 guineas, no symbol
- 1677 half guinea, no symbol
- 1677 half guinea, elephant and castle
- Coins and currency dated 1676