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Revision as of 22:12, 12 November 2022
This specimen was lot 1157 in Sincona sale 79 (Zurich, October 2022), where it sold for 2,400 CHF (about US$2,877 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, Charles II. 1660-1685. 1/2 Guinea 1675, London. Second laureate bust. Very rare date. NGC AU Details. Lightly cleaned." Oliver Cromwell's death in 1659 left a leadership vacuum which was quickly filled by inviting prince Charles back from exile to become Charles II. The first series of gold coins of his regime reverted to the old practice of not dating them and come in denominations of unite, double crown and crown. 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 without the elephant and castle. Spink does not award this date a premium.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.17 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 4.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 439.1, Spink 3348, Bull 291, Fr-290a.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 79, British Collection, Part 3, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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