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CSNS Signature Sale 3073 25-26 & 29 Apr 2019
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Charles II gold 1/2 Guinea 1670 MS62 NGC, KM431, S-3347. An outstanding specimen, only the second year that this denomination was ever produced. Charles II's reign heralded England's final transition in coin production from the traditional hammered method to the cutting-edge milled technique, an event which nurtured the artistic imagination and skill of talented engravers such as Thomas Simon and the Roettiers brothers. However, in their excitement to take advantage of this new platform through which they could demonstrate their art, they overdid it somewhat and engraved many dies too deeply, with too much detail. As a result, much of Charles II's coinage sees a considerable loss of definition at the highest points where the metal could not reach the die. This piece, however, has received the central strike admirably well with impressive detail to Charles's hair, only minor weakness to the highest points. The lemon-gold planchet exhibits copious luster, only minor contact marks and hairlines, clearly a coin which has not seen circulation. An example of this same year just one grade point higher sold at our August 2018 ANA sale for $14,400, and we are sure that this almost comparative piece will elicit similar admiration.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
Charles II gold 1/2 Guinea 1670 MS62 NGC, KM431, S-3347. An outstanding specimen, only the second year that this denomination was ever produced. Charles II's reign heralded England's final transition in coin production from the traditional hammered method to the cutting-edge milled technique, an event which nurtured the artistic imagination and skill of talented engravers such as Thomas Simon and the Roettiers brothers. However, in their excitement to take advantage of this new platform through which they could demonstrate their art, they overdid it somewhat and engraved many dies too deeply, with too much detail. As a result, much of Charles II's coinage sees a considerable loss of definition at the highest points where the metal could not reach the die. This piece, however, has received the central strike admirably well with impressive detail to Charles's hair, only minor weakness to the highest points. The lemon-gold planchet exhibits copious luster, only minor contact marks and hairlines, clearly a coin which has not seen circulation. An example of this same year just one grade point higher sold at our August 2018 ANA sale for $14,400, and we are sure that this almost comparative piece will elicit similar admiration.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD