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Revision as of 11:35, 13 February 2025

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41534
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41534 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $16,800. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Extremely Rare Charles I Britain Crown, The Dundee-LaRiviere Specimen, Plated in Spink, SCOTLAND. Britain Crown (1/4 Unit), ND (1637-42). Edinburgh Mint; mm: B. Charles I. NGC EF-45. Third Coinage, Briot's issue. An exceptional example of this IMPORTANT RARITY among Charles I gold. Pale lemon-yellow color shows across the high points, accented by warmer honey-gold in the fields. Ideally centered on the obverse while the reverse is drawn slightly toward 9 o'clock. Uniformly sharp and free of any notable imperfections.

This rarity is an old friend of our firm, as we first offered it over 45 years ago as part of the comprehensive Dundee Collection of Scottish Coins in February 1976. It was described therein very succinctly as "quite rare." More recently, it was included in the impressive cabinet of Lucien LaRiviere sold in 2006, which was its last public trade. In fact, we are unable to identify any other examples of this type sold in the past 15 years, emphasizing the significance of this offering for advanced collectors. Plated in the Spink reference, it is hard to overstate the combination of rarity and quality presented by this specimen. From the Loch Ness Collection. Ex: Lucien LaRiviere Collection (Spink - 4/2006) Lot # 214. Ex: Bt. Spink (8/1985). Ex: Dundee Collection (Bowers & Ruddy/Spink - 2/1976) Lot # 292."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 2.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM 51, S-5536; Fr-58; Burns-7 (fig. 1036).

Source:

  • 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.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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