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ANCIENT, BRITISH AND FOREIGN COINS AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS
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Charles I (1625-49), Unite, Tower mint, group C, 8.93g, m.m. plume, rev. garnished oval shield dividing C-R, crown above (N.2150; S.2690; Schneider 136-9), the reverse slightly double struck with weakness on the crown, very fine
£1,200-1,500
Charles I (1625-49), Unite, 9.09g, Tower mint, m.m. triangle over anchor, rev. triangle, fourth bust crowned left, wearing lace collar, mark of value behind, rev. crowned oval shield dividing crowned C-R (cf. Schneider 158; N.2153; S.2692), good very fine with an excellent portrait, rare
£2,000-2,500
PROVENANCE:
St James’s auction 7, 8 February 2008, lot 144 Bridgewater House collection, Sotheby, 15 June 1972
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Charles I (1625-49), Double-Crown, Tower mint, group B, 4.46g, m.m. castle (rev. over negro’s head), second bust, rev. garnished square topped shield, crown above (N.2161; S.2699; Schneider 178), a decent portrait, the reverse quite double struck, almost very fine
£600-800
Charles I (1625-49), Crown, Tower mint, group B, 2.18g, m.m. negro’s head, second bust, rev. garnished square topped shield, crown above (N.2181; S.2711; Schneider 227), soft facial features, the crown and adjacent legend double struck, nearly very fine, rare
£400-600
Charles I (1625-49), Crown, Tower mint, group B, 2.10g, m.m. cross calvary, second bust, rev. garnished square topped shield, crown above (N.2181; S.2711; Schneider 225), a few tiny surface marks, quite pleasing, very fine
£400-600
Charles I (1625-49), Halfcrowns (2), Tower, type 2a, 14.65g, m.m. plume, King on horse left, plume on head, cross on housing, rev. oval garnished shield, C R divided by lis above type 4, 15.40g, m.m. triangle in circle, King on foreshortened horse left, rev. oval garnished shield, Sixpence, type 3a, 3.03g, m.m. crown, no inner circles, Halfgroat, type 3a1, 1.04g, m.m. crown no inner circles (N.2205, 2214, 2241, 2257; S.2769, 2779, 2813, 2831), the first good fine, the second irregular, very fine, the third fine or better, the fourth very fine and attractively toned (4)
£150-200
Charles I (1625-49), Shillings (3), A2/1, 5.73g, m.m. lis, G2/2, 6.42g, m.m. sun, Aberystwyth (1638/9-42), 5.66g, m.m. book, large bust left, large plume before, large XII, rev. large shield, plume above (N.2216, 2232, 2331; S.2782, 2800, 2883), near fine to very fine, the second attractively toned and heavy, the last rare (3)
£300-400
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