Great Britain 1643 triple unite Fr-258

Sincona sale 79, lot 1129

This specimen was lot 1129 in Sincona sale 79 (Zurich, October 2022), where it sold for 260,000 CHF (about US$311,610 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, Charles I. 1625-1649. Triple unite 1643, Oxford. Tall narrow bust without scarf and longer olive branch. Mintmark plume. Very rare. NGC MS63. Magnificent condition." The gold of the early part of Charles's reign comprised of angels (11 shillings), unites (20 shillings), double crowns (ten shillings) and crowns (five shillings). The triple unite was struck only by the royalists at Shrewsbury and Oxford after Charles's breach with Parliament. Survivors today are hotly pursued and bring enormous sums at auction. Many varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 27.27 g.

Catalog reference: KM 256.2, Spink 2727. Schneider coll. 299. Fr-258.

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 79, British Collection, Part 3, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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