SPINK SELLS REDDITE CROWN FOR RECORD PRICE

On March 27th, Spink sold the finest known example of the Reddite, an extremely rare silver Crown for a world record breaking price of £396,000.

The Reddite Crown is from the second part of the Glenister collection and is the twin of the The Petition Crown, which sold for £207,000 at Spink in 2007.

The Reddite, a superb pattern crown of 1663 was designed by Thomas Simon and carried a pre-sale estimate of £100,000-£120,000. Having received much attention from collectors and dealers, the Reddite was sold to a telephone bidder for £396,000 (including buyer's premium). This set new world records for both an English Crown and an English silver coin.

To read the complete article, see: Spink Sets New World Record for a English Silver Coin (www.spink.com/press-releases/spink-sets-new-world-record-for-a-english-silver-coin.aspx/?id=coins&year=2014)

The REDDITE CROWN struck in PEWTER is exceedingly rare and possibly a unique pattern. Made from the same pair of dies as the Petition Crown. It is named REDDITE because of the edge inscription.

Edge. REDDITE . QVAE , CAESARIS . CAESARI . &CT . POST followed by the sun rising behind the clouds.

Translation of Latin to English:
Render to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s etc.

To read the complete article, see: The REDDITE CROWN struck in PEWTER (www.petitioncrown.com/reddite.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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