IDENTIFIERS
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id:	226509
accession number:	CM.5.1183-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Friday 22 February 2019
updated:	Friday 22 February 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The 'Elephant' Mark below the monarch's portrait denotes the gold was supplied by the Royal African Company from West Africa. The 'Royal African Company' was founded in 1660 as 'The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa' by Charles II and in 1668 the first coin (this coin) was issued using gold supplied from this Company.
title:	British Isles

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Ex Doulton Collection sale, Christie's, 13.06.1888, lot 130.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Henderson Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/226509





CATEGORIES
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category: coin

DATING
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creation date:	1668 - 1668
creation date earliest:	1668
creation date latest:	1668

CREATORS
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maker: Charles II (1660-85)
maker: Royal Mint


CITATIONS
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Standard Catalogue of British Coins Volume One. Coins of England and the United Kingdom: Pre-Decimal Issues (53rd edn.)
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