James I gold Half Laurel, third coinage first bust, inital mark spur rowel

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JM36278

James I gold Half Laurel, third coinage first bust, inital mark spur rowel

Name: James I gold Half Laurel, third coinage first bust, inital mark spur rowel
Brand: Sovereign Rarities Live
SKU: JM36278
Price: 3500.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£3,500

James I (1603-25), gold Half Laurel of Ten Shillings, third coinage (1619-25), first laureate and draped bust left, value behind, legend and beaded borders surrounding on both sides, initial mark spur rowel (1619-20), reads .IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET. HIB: REX., rev. long cross fourchée over crowned quartered shield of arms, trefoil within legend, HENRIC 9 ROSAS REGNA (spur rowel) IACOBVS, weight 4.43g (Schneider 89; N.2116; S.2640). Lightly toned though once cleaned, rim cut at lower left of reverse, otherwise about very fine and scarce, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU details harshly cleaned.

NGC certification 8221158-005.

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 "Henry united the Roses, James the Kingdoms," a legend that is exclusively employed for this reign alone.

The original pyx trial records show that £109,653 of 22 carat crown gold was struck for this mint mark from 20^th August 1619 until 31^st March 1620, which is the smallest gold mintage when compared across the mint marks of the third coinage. Interestingly the spur rowel mint mark is also exclusively used for gold coins and did not feature in the silver at all.