1073. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Crown – 5 Shillings (21mm, 2.22 g, 2h). Tower (London) mint; im: lis. Struck 1625. ჭ CAROLVS · D · G · MAG · BR · FR · ET · HI · REX, crowned bust left, wearing elaborate ruff; V (mark of value) behind / ჭ CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT ·, crowned coat-of-arms. Brooker 182 (same obv. die); Schneider 222 (same obv. die); North 2179; SCBC 2703. VF, minor areas of weak strike. ($750) Purchased from Mark Teller, October 1975.
1074. COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AV Broad (30mm, 9.10 g, 6h). Dies by Simon. Blondeau’s mint, Drury House, London. Dated 1656. OLIVAR · D · G · R · P · ANG · SCO · HIB · &c PRO ·, laureate head left / · PAX · QVÆRITVR · BELLO · 16 56, crowned coat-of-arms. Lessen A2; W&R 39; Schneider 367; North 2744; SCBC 3225. Good VF, neatly pierced and plugged at 12 o’clock on obverse. ($4000) Purchased from Mark Teller, March 1984.
1075. STUART. James II. 1685-1688. AV Guinea (25.5mm, 8.21 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1687. IACOBVS · II · DEI · GRATIA, laureate head left / · MAG · BR · FRA · ET · HIB REX · 16 87, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms with scepters in quarters. MCE 128; SCBC 3402. VF, die break on reverse, scratch on face. ($750) Purchased from Mark Teller, May 1981.
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