Great Britain 1644 unite Fr-259

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Sincona sale 75, lot 117

This specimen was lot 117 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 19,000 CHF (about US$23,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles I. 1625-1649. Unite 1644, Oxford Mint. Declaration type. Dumpy bust breaking lower inner circle. Mintmark plume. Selten. NGC AU58. (Rare.)" Charles I, once he broke with Parliament, fled London and set up his headquarters at Oxford, where he struck silver and gold coinage 1642-46. Temporary mints at Bristol (Fr-261), Truro (Fr-263), Exeter (Fr-263a), Worcester (Fr-264) and Shrewsbury (Fr-265) all struck gold unites, all very rare today. The unites of Oxford, which Friedberg lumps into Fr-259, are divided in the SCWC into KM 229, 230, 252, 253, 254, 335, 336, 345 and 346. KM 335, shown here, has "·RELIG·PRO·" on the reverse while KM 336 has "·RELIG·PROT·".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.00 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 8.71 g.

Catalog reference: KM 335, Spink 2735A. Fr-259.

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 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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