Unique ID: 41
Insular Cf2 is the earliest identifiable British gold coinage. It was derived from, and contemporary with, the later GB-Ca2 classes (see 45). It is split into two classes, with the first starting as a near identical copy of GB-Ca2, and the second class being a much cruder copy. It is likely that the dies for the first class were cut by an experienced continental engraver who had worked on GB-Ca2, and the dies for the cruder second class were cut by a newly trained British engraver.
This coin is one of the class 1 coins. These are difficult to distinguish from GB-Ca2, and as a result, many GB-Ca2 are sold as Insular Cf because Insular Cf is listed in ABC as Extremely Rare (6 to 15) and used to attract a premium. However, they are now only Rare (31 to 50) and both types fetch the same price (although the copied GB-Ca2 class 5 is rarer).
This is one of two in the collection (see 29).
