RARE LUSTROUS 1673 CHARLES II CROWN NGC AU50 RARITY 4/5

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This is an impossibly rare 1673 Charles II Crown graded AU-50, by ANACS. English Milled Coinage by Cope & Rayner rates this date as a Rarity 4 and I cannot help but wonder if this might be the Rarity 5 overdate 3/2??. I don’t know because I’ve never seen one, but the 3 is very strange looking and the 6 is definitely recut. This crown is absurdly difficult to photograph so that you see the wonderful glistening and colorful luster. When rotated in the light the coin reveals a lot of shimmering golden pink tones with seafoam blue/greens along the edges; the reverse is almost completely lustrous in golden pink with just an occasional hint of blue/green. NONE of this LUSTER shows in the photos that why I’ve included so many. The Obverse portrait of Charles is highly detailed with a full puffy cheek and good hair detail without the usual center weakness of strike ; the reverse is evenly struck with good detail with the very center showing just the slightest weakness.The coin has no major hits or scraps on either side and little haymaking, a very clean coin. PCGS has never graded any Charles II crowns higher than AU58 (4 of the 5 are 1662s) their highest 1673 is graded VF. Sorry I do not have an ANACS population report. Also I bought this coin in the holder in 1990 when I believe grading standards were stricter, so it might grade higher read more

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