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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. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 82, British Collection, Part 4,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 82, British Collection, Part 4,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023. |
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Revision as of 10:45, 20 June 2025
This specimen was lot 1625 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 34,000 CHF (about US$45,502 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles I. 1625-1649. Unite 1646, Oxford. Declaration type. Remodelled bust with smaller head. No mintmark. Sehr selten (Very rare). NGC AU58. Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung (Extraordinary condition). From auction Spink 164, London, July 2003, lot 429. From the H. Farquhar Collection, Glendining, London, April 1955, lot 31. Finest certified by NGC." The gold of the early part of Charles's reign comprised of angels (11 shillings), unites (20 shillings), double crowns (ten shillings) and crowns (five shillings). By 1646, Charles no longer controlled the Tower Mint and coins were made there under the authority of Parliament. Charles minted his own unites at Oxford. Milled coinage finally superseded the hammered coinage in 1664. However, the old hammered coin was not called in and melted until 1696-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen 8.93 g.
Catalog reference: Spink 2739, SCBI 33, 856, Schneider coll. 329, Fr-259.
- 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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