Great Britain 1680 crown

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75495

This specimen was lot 75495 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown, 1680 Year 32. London Mint. Charles II. NGC FINE-15. Fourth bust variety." This bust was used on the crown 1679-84. The third bust, slightly younger appearing, was used 1671-80.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: S-3359; KM-445.1, Dav-3776B.

Sources:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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