Great Britain 1682 1/2 guinea Fr-290

Sincona sale 75, lot 146

This specimen was lot 146 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 4,250 CHF (about US$5,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Grossbritannien | Königreich. Charles II. 1660-1685. 1/2 Guinea 1682, London. Second laureate bust. Selten. NGC AU55. Rare." This type was struck with and without an elephant and castle below the bust 1672-84.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.175 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4.13 g.

Catalog reference: KM 439.1, Spink 3348. Bull 308, Fr-290.

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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