Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 7 21 Sep 2022
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MS61 | James I (1603-25), gold Laurel, third coinage (1619-25), fourth laureate and draped bust left, straight ties at rear of bust, value behind, legend and beaded borders surrounding on both sides, initial mark trefoil (1624), .IACOBVS D. G. MAG. BRI. FRAN. ET HIB: REX, rev. long cross fourchée over crowned quartered shield of arms, terminal mark trefoil, no stops in legend surrounding, FACIA MEOS IN GENTEM VNAM, weight 8.99g (Schneider 88; N.2114; S.2638C). Some surface marks, otherwise lustrous and almost as struck, graded by NGC as MS61.
NGC Certification 6670775-001.
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse as "I will make them one nation," taken from the Bible. The trefoil mint mark was the final mint mark of the reign and original pyx trial records show that £925,429 of 22 carat crown gold was struck for this mint mark from 1st April 1624 until 7th July 1625.
Estimate: £3,000-5,000
NGC Certification 6670775-001.
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse as "I will make them one nation," taken from the Bible. The trefoil mint mark was the final mint mark of the reign and original pyx trial records show that £925,429 of 22 carat crown gold was struck for this mint mark from 1st April 1624 until 7th July 1625.
Estimate: £3,000-5,000