½ Angel - James I 2nd coinage
Features
| Issuer |
England
(United Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| King |
James I (1603-1625)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1612-1619 |
| Value | ½ Angel (⅕) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 2.38 g |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 181451 |
| References | Sp# 2617 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Jeffrey James North. English Hammered Coinage. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). |
Obverse
St Michael slaying dragon, standing right breaking the beaded inner linear circle, mint mark before legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ·IACOBVS· D’. G’. MA’. BRI’. FRA’. ET. HI’. REX·
Unabridged legend: Iacobus Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex
Translation: James by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland
Reverse
Ship sailing, large quartered shield upon hull, thick mast above, flanked by I to left, rose to right, mint mark before legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: A · DNO · FACTVM · EST · ISTVD ·
Unabridged legend: A Domino factum est istud
Translation: This is the Lord's doing
Comments
House of Stuart (1603-49), James I (1603-25), Second Coinage (1604-19).
The series of half-angels (or angelets) had lasted 149 years from their first issue by Henry VI in 1470, until production finally ceased during 1619. Half angels were produced during the reign of James I from 1604 to 1619, although they are all extremely rare. In 1612 both these new half angels and all earlier issues of this denomination were revalued at five shillings and sixpence, up from five shillings. This was the last series of half-angels to be minted and with the currency reform in 1619 the denomination was discontinued. In these final years of issue under James the output was very small, and these little coins are excessively rare.
The reverse lettering is a quote from Psalm 117:23-24
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1612-1613) | mm. Tower (71) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1613-1615) | mm. Cinquefoil (32) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1616-1617) | mm. Book on lecturn (132) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1618-1619) | mm. Plain cross (7a) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1619) | mm. Saltire cross (16) | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 312.96
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Actual gold weight: 0.070 oz
Current gold price: 4460.11 USD/oz (see gold price 
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