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The previous Charles... 1677 Crown

coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,249 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 18, 2022 2:24AM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

These rarely surface with this look

Edited to add: Another excellent image provided by the PCGS photography team

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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Outstanding find.

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Far nicer than I was expecting to see!

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it 🤓

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For those interested, our host graded this one AU55. It currently stands as the highest graded at PCGS for the date.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,257 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome!

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  • BSmithBSmith Posts: 155 ✭✭✭

    That's really nice and talk about original surfaces.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is a Charles II Shilling.

    After his father, Charles I, literally lost his head because his bad relations with the Parliament, Charles II made sure that he didn't rock any boats. He was quite the ladies man. He fathered at least 16 illegitimate children with various mistresses. Aside from that he treated his wife with respect.

    Despite his successful mating with others, Charles did not father any children with the queen. When he died in 1685, the crown went to his brother, James II. James tired to restore the Catholic religion as the official church in England, which did not sit well. He was deposed in a bloodless coup. (the Glorious Revolution) and replaced by the husband and wife team, William and Mary.

    James and his son (the old and young pretenders) tried to regain the British crown, but never succeeded.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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