Difference between revisions of "Great Britain 1653 crown"
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' silver. | + | ''Specification:'' 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver. |
''Catalog reference:'' S3214, KM 392, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3772]]. | ''Catalog reference:'' S3214, KM 392, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3772]]. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1644 pound]] | * [[Great Britain 1644 pound]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1652 crown|1652 silver crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 shilling|1653 shilling]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 shilling|1653 shilling]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1653 unite Fr-269|1653 unite]] | * [[Great Britain 1653 unite Fr-269|1653 unite]] | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 8 October 2021
This specimen was lot 24859 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $2,875. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Commonwealth Crown 1653, Sun mm, AU50 NGC, residual luster, nice broad flan, tiny metal-flaw crack into final digit of the date, the obverse particularly well struck, light gray surfaces. Scarce in high grade like this."
This type was struck 1649-56. It is the first English coin to bear English legends.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 30.10 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S3214, KM 392, Dav-3772.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
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