Charles II (1660 - 85)  Read about Charles II

 

GOLD

WAu-4649:  1679 Charles II Full Gold Guinea.  Fourth bust, crowned shields.  Coin is ex mount (subtle crimp technique).  Whilst the obverse does need to tone down, which it will do over time, the effect on the image is down to the low position of the sun during photography.  Many of you will know that I only ever take one image and that image is never manipulated apart from occasionally altering the brightness.  £639

 

WAu-3184:  Charles II Full Gold Guinea.  Rarer Elephant & Castle-under-bust type.  4th bust, 1674 – 1684 but date deliberately obscured in antiquity.  £429

 

WAu-4032:  Charles II Gold Touch-Piece.  Gold Angel Touchpiece, in the form of a medal, which was personally presented by King Charles II at a "Touching Ceremony".  This amulet held miraculous powers to heal the sick only because the king had actually touched it.  This medalet is the successor to the Gold Angel which was discontinued during the reign of Charles 1st.  The "Touching Ceremony" was around in the early Medieval period and continued right up to Queen Anne.  Interestingly, Charles II hated to touch the sick & afflicted and it was reported that the only thing he did touch was the gold coin / medalet.  This piece is slightly larger than others at 23mm diameter with a contemporary piercing so that the recipient could wear it around their neck.  Samuel Peeps was given one of these and he kept it next to his body until he died.  In the October 2003 Spink "Coinex Sale" a large collection of Gold Angels and Touchpieces brought tremendous prices.  Very much a tangible piece of English history!  £599

 

 

 

SILVER

"Hammered"

 

Groats

WCA-3859:  Charles II Hammered Silver Groat.  Very high grade thus rare.  £129 RESERVED (I.M.)

 

 

 

"Milled"

Crowns

WCA-4850:  Charles II 1679 Crown – High Grade - Love Token.  T.Primo edge.  Inscribed on the obverse, “W.C. 1790”.  Rather unusual in that the coin had been in circulation 100 years before being inscribed and yet the condition is very good.  That aside, this is a lovely example of both a Charles II crown and a commemorative, personal token.  See Medals & Tokens section – “Love Tokens”

 

 

 

Half Crowns

WCA-4188:  Charles II 1676 Silver Half Crown.  Fourth bust, rare retrograde 1 in date type.  £99

 

 

 

Shillings

WCA-4284:  1663 “A over G” Charles II Shilling.  This is one of the rarest Charles II shillings ever struck and if you take out the rare dates and the elephant-below type, it is the rarest error or over-strike listed in Spink.  ESC don’t even list this coin although they do list the GARTIA error, which is of a similar rarity, at R4, meaning 11 – 20 examples known.  I know of no collections in the UK or the US which contain an example.  A close-up image is found here.  The coin is only known in Fine or less condition (see Spink 2007).  Admittedly not a pretty coin but certainly a very rare coin indeed.  £395

 

 

 

Sixpences

WCA-2965:  1683 Chares II Silver Sixpence.  Nice grade coin.  £219

 

 

 

Maundy

WCA-2569:  1670 Charles II Maundy 4d Love Token.  Typical “Bender” Love Token.  See Medals & Tokens section – “Love Tokens”

 

WCA-3837:  1674 Charles II Silver Threepence.  A cheap silver coin from the “successor” to Oliver Cromwell.  £24

 

WCA-2438:  1677 Charles II Silver 2d.  Maundy.  £33

 

WCA-4622:  1679 Charles II Silver Groat.  Fashioned into a love token – “HPP” with leaf design.  See Medals & Tokens section – “Love Tokens”

 

 

 

Patterns (Silver & Copper)

WCA-3587:  1665 Charles II Copper Pattern Farthing.  Official pattern, Peck 412.  £115

 

WCA-3185:  1676 Charles II SILVER Pattern Farthing.  Large flan type, very good grade and fully documented in Peck.  Rare.  £259

 

 

 

Tin

Farthings

WCA-4166:  1684 Charles II Tin Farthing.  Lovely grade coin for issue.  Ex Thames find so stable.  £355

 

 

 

Copper

Farthings

WCA-4428:  1675 Charles II Copper Farthing.  Very nice grade with an approximate 10% off-strike.  £38

 

 

 

"Other"

WCA-4723:  Charles II Silver “Royalist” Badge.  Probably struck before Charles returned from exile.  An interesting example as it is cast silver and has the incuse design imitating hand engraved work.  £389

 

WCA-4207:  1661 Charles II Coronation Medal.  Listed in M.I. as “rare”.   For sale on the streets of London as the Coronation was taking place.  £99

 

WCA-4848:  1662 Charles II Large Silver Medal.  Commemorating the marriage of Charles II to Catherine.  A very large silver medal (52mm) with remains of original gilding remaining.   M.I. 480/90 and listed as “Rare”.  £395

 

WCA-3277:  1662 Charles II Medal – “THE ROYALLE OAK”.  Depicts the King’s head in the royal oak tree.  Pierced.  Listed in M.I.  £45

 

WCA-2898:  Charles II Jetton – EF Grade.  A lot of the original silvering remains.  £33

 

WCA-4865:  Charles II Drury Lane Theatre Token – Love Token.  A rare Charles II copper theatre token with Charles II on the obverse.  The reverse has been re-worked to read “EDWARD LEE MARIED TO MARY LEE AUGUST 11 1762”.  Quality engraving – a significant piece.  See Medals & Tokens section – “Love Tokens”

 

 

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