Yet Another Question About 1677 Crown

Most coins like this have been cleaned at some point in their history - it has likely been sitting in collections for most of that time, and collectors a couple hundred years ago were less fussy about the whole "cleaning" thing. But this one has not been cleaned in a very long time (or it has been expertly re-toned), so we'll assume it counts as "not cleaned" as far as modern collector value and desirability are concerned.

As for purchasing value: a crown was a considerable amount of money back in 1677. It wasn't the sort of coin you'd take with you to do your daily shopping. If you were renting an unfurnished room in the city, you could pay a month's rent with it. Or, if you were better off, it would be a month's wages for your servant. For a skilled in-demand worker like a carpenter, it was two day's pay. You could buy enough "threepenny ordinary" pub meals of meat, broth and beer to feed 20 people. Before the Industrial Revolution, manufactured goods were much more expensive by comparison - your crown could have bought a suit of clothes, but not a very nice suit. Maybe a nice shirt, though.