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Great Britain: Charles II Half-Guinea, 1669. S-3

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:2,250.00 USD Estimated At:9,000.00 - 10,500.00 USD
Great Britain: Charles II Half-Guinea, 1669. S-3
<B>Charles II Half-Guinea 1669,</B></I> S-3347, First laureate Bust with pointed truncation. Reverse features crowned cruciform shields, four scepters in the angles which form the field, and four interlocked C's in the center. First year of issue, this style was coined during only four years which immediately followed the black plague and fire of London (1665-66). Catalogues in the 2007 Spink value guide for $4,000 (more than $8,000 as this catalogue is being written) <I>in EF grade,</B></I> with no value given for Uncirculated. Here is an exciting specimen, graded MS63 by PCGS, and a Terner Registry coin. It surely ranks among the finest known, a flashy Uncirculated piece possessing really pleasing satiny luster and having no marks at all but only the lightest sort of surface abrasions--this was a hallmark of all of the Terner coins, for he demanded beautiful surfaces. The strike must be why PCGS has not given it a higher number-grade: the king's hair is slightly soft in detail, as is the French crest on the reverse. This weakness in detail is typical of Charles II's gold coins, however. The cataloguer cannot remember ever seeing a nicer example. Historically important and very rare, with a great pedigree: ex Bridgewater House Collection, and ex Spink sale of November 1997.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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