England (1567-70) 1/2 pound Fr-203
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This specimen was lot 20098 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $4,406. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Half Pound, ND (1567-70). Coronet. Crowned bust left in simpler dress; ear visible. Rv. Crowned square topped Fine Plus. Ex: Galerie des Monnaies, 1980 (private purchase at the ANA)." This crown was tariffed at ten shillings. Milled half pounds also exist (Fr-223) but are scarcer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, 90 grains, this specimen 81.1 grains.
Catalog reference: S-2520B; North-1994; Fr-203.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 7th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2003.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
- 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.
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