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This specimen was lot 1644 in Sincona sale 82 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 1,800 CHF (about US$2,409 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1671, London. Third laureate bust. ''Selten'' (Rare). NGC VF25." This scarce type was struck 1664-73. No guineas with the elephant below the bust were struck in 1671.
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This specimen was lot 1644 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 1,800 CHF (about US$2,409 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1671, London. Third laureate bust. ''Selten'' (Rare). NGC VF25." This scarce type was struck 1664-73. No guineas with the elephant below the bust were struck in 1671.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 13:37, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 82, lot 1644

This specimen was lot 1644 in Sincona sale 82 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 1,800 CHF (about US$2,409 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles II. 1660-1685. Guinea 1671, London. Third laureate bust. Selten (Rare). NGC VF25." This scarce type was struck 1664-73. No guineas with the elephant below the bust were struck in 1671.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen 8.19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 424.1, Spink 3342, Bull 242 (R), Fr-287.

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.
  • 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, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

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