Scotland (1637-42) 1/2 crown Fr-59

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41535

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41535 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $10,200. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Impressive Charles I Half Crown, SCOTLAND. 1/2 Crown, ND (1637-42). Edinburgh Mint; mm: B. Charles I. NGC AU-53. Third Coinage, Briot's issue. Warm yellow-gold tone with tremendous satiny luster throughout. Nicely centered on both sides with a distinct wire fin at the edges. A minor flan split at 10 o'clock on the obverse is visible on the reverse. Sharp and attractive, this is surely among the finer survivors known. Traced to the stock of late specialist Patrick Finn that was offered publicly in 2004. From the Loch Ness Collection. Ex: The Stock of Late Patrick Finn (Baldwin's - 10/2004), Lot # 13."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.12 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 1.26 g.

Catalog reference: KM 48, S-5538; Fr-59; Burns-8 (fig. 1037).

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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Scotland (1637-42) 1/2 crown Fr-59

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